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Safe and Confident Autism Assessments 

Safe and Confident Paediatric Autism Assessments 

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This course is for clinicians working with paediatric populations (2 to 17 years of age) wanting a space to reflect on making autism assessments neuro-affirming AND evidence-based at each step of the way.

Safe and Confident Paediatric Autism Assessments is designed to give clinicians a strong foundation in the fundamentals of autism assessment for paediatric populations, equipping you with the power and confidence to know how to bend the standard structures. 

Because that's what we're all about - moving away from the one-size-fits-all approach to a model that supports collaborative care and meets families needs. 

Change doesn't happen overnight, and so after spending 2 full days together, we'll come back again after a month to share our reflections and use that as our diving board forward. 

You'll walk away feeling like the flexibility expert, with tools to audit your assessment practice, plenty of ideas to start putting in place as well as have a better understanding of assessing the spectrum of autistic individuals, from non-speaking to highly masked, internalised presentations. 
Where: Online via Zoom*

*This workshop is not recorded due to the heavy emphasis on discussion so participants must be available across the two days.


What: Enjoy  a mixture of presentation and group discussions on autism assessments in the early years delivered in a way that works for your brain, complete with very many tea breaks and processing time. 

Who: Sandhya Menon as your trainer

When :
Next on in March 2026

Full  training days (9:30am to 4pm AEDT)
  • Monday 2nd March 2026
  • Friday 6th March 2026
     
Follow up discussion :
1st April 2026 6pm to 7pm AEDT

How much (inc. GST): 
Concession: $950 
General Registration: $1200 

Details

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Grandparents Understanding Autism

Grandparents, we can't do without you! Many of us rely heavily on grandparent care and you're an important part of the circle of wisdom, love and care around our Autistic children. 

The world may have changed in how we understand and support Autistic kids. 
Families are learning to embrace neuroaffirming care, ways of seeing and supporting children that honour who they are, instead of trying to change them.
 

This webinar is a chance for grandparents to:

✨ Learn what neuroaffirming care means (in everyday, practical terms).

✨ Understand how to show up for both your grandchild and their parents in meaningful, supportive ways. We'll navigate support needs, masking and some of those distress behaviours together.

✨ Ask questions in a safe, respectful space.

✨ Walk away with tools to deepen connection and confidence in your role.

Where: Online via Zoom*

This event is recorded and recordings will be sent out. 

When:
We ran this on 7th November to such lovely feedback that we'd love to run it again in 2026! Pop your details down in the link below to stay tuned to when it's scheduled to run again. 
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Don't see what you're after?

We're in the process of trying to slow down in this capitalistic world, and making sure our on-demand library is equipped to provide community the answers to the questions they're looking for when we finally go into hibernation. 

With that in mind, we're taking requests. What live workshops would you like to see in 2025 and where? Fill them down below or hop on over to our self-paced learning section.
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