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Inside Autism
Neuro-affirming training for professionals.
Translating evidence-based education into practical skills and strategies.
- Flexible, Online, Autism-specific Training for Professionals
- For Educators, Support Workers, and Allied Health Professionals
- Relevant tools to understand & support young Autistic people in your care
14
MODULES
All
SKILL LEVEL
6:44h
DURATION
English
LANGUAGE
$296
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16+ Years
We are online training specialists with more than 16 years of experience creating and delivering high-quality training.
30,000+ people
More than 30,000 teachers, parents, and allied health professionals have accessed our Autism-Specific training resources.
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We are a proud Australian company delivering training designed for our schools and communities.
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About
All behaviour is communication.
We use a person-centric approach to help you understand and support young Autistic people in your care. We explain why certain behaviours make sense, and provide neuro-affirming in-the-moment and out-of-context strategies to overcome barriers and support their growth.
“This is a great group of experienced service providers who clearly understand what parents and educators are experiencing. They explain in simple language, with practical examples and strategies that can be utilised straight away to see benefits.” Renee A (NSW police).
Completing this training will help you:
- Understand what Autism is including differences in the brain.
- Recognise and support common traits of Autism.
- Learn to be neuro-affirming.
- Proactively support emotional regulation and processing.
- Use a clear framework to create child-centred goals.
- Identify and support anxiety-driven behaviours including PDA.
- In-the-moment strategies for meltdowns, shutdowns, and tantrums.
- Learn effective communication strategies.
- De-escalation and repair building tools.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
The total program is 6hrs and 44 mins including the introduction and conclusion.
The training is made up of 14 separate video modules ranging from 15 to 45 minutes. The first half of the training focuses on building your understanding of Autism and Autistic traits. The second half is full of practical strategies and tools to help you support the young Autistic people in your care.
Here are all 14 modules we cover in the program:
1. Self-awareness (What’s going on for me?)
2. How to be neuro-affirming.
3. Understanding Key Autistic Traits A & the Brain
4. Understanding Key Autistic Traits B
5. Masking
6. Emotions and Processing
7. Anxiety/PDA
8. How to clarify what Person-Centred Goals to focus on
9. Meltdowns/Shutdowns & Tantrums (Identifying Differences)
10. Meltdowns/Shutdowns & Tantrums (Prevention using SUPER)
11. Meltdowns & Shutdowns (Stages of Escalation & Initial Priorities)
12. Fundamental Communication Strategies and Approaches
13. Strategies for De-escalating Emotions
14. Recovery and Repair Processes
No, definitely not. You can jump in and out of the training as much as you want. You have access to all the training material for 3 months. There are also key slides and diagrams to download that you can keep forever.
Our standard fee for program is $370+GST. If you are using an NDIS plan to purchase the program it is GST exempt. We also have a discounted rate for groups of 10 or more. If you are unsure and want to confirm pricing with us please just call or email us 1300 948 608 or kristy@safetogrow.com.au
The training is delivered by the founder of Safe to Grow, Jackie Hall. She has worked in mental health for 16 years and exclusively with Autistic families for the last four.
She is a registered counsellor with the ACA, with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Autism). She is also an EMDR therapist, and 5-time author with a passion for understanding trauma and pain-based behaviours.
She has provided Autism-specific training to more than 30,000 parents, carers, and professionals, and is profoundly passionate about creating change.
Yes, absolutely. Although we provide some medical-based theory, the majority of our program is delivered from a strength-based, double empathy approach. We look at differences not deficits and provide evidence-based child-centric tools to help set specific goals and navigate a young person’s possible barriers to success.
Most likely, yes. This training can be included towards your Professional Development points. We will provide you with a Certificate on completion of the program detailing your training hours. We are not an RTO so please refer to your state or territory’s requirements.
No, not at all. There is no additional reading outside of the training slides which are all completely narrated. Our goal is to provide you with practical, relevant information you can transfer directly into your classroom, clinic, or care facility.
From prep years to young adults. The principles we teach are universal, however we give examples for young children just starting on their journeys through to late teens and 20’s transitioning into adulthood.
If you work with Autistic children and young adults, then yes. Whether your work entails brief encounters or you work with the same young people consistently, having a neuro-affirming understanding and approach to neurodiversity can make all the difference, especially to the young person in your care. We have designed this training with Teachers and EA’s. Support Workers, Childcare Educators, Child Safety Specialists and Residential Youth Workers in mind.
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Personal
For Individuals to Enrol. Payment Per Person + GST
$
370
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3 months unlimited access to the training, including key slides and downloadable workbook.
Business
For Organisations Enrolling 10 or more people. Payment Per Person + GST
$
296
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3 months unlimited access to the training, including key slides and downloadable workbook. Plus Group Dashboard to manage participants and track progress.
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Program INclusions
Our strategy for your success
100% flexible, online training to work around your busy schedule. Our content is broken into easy-to-understand modules that leave you with a strong understanding of Autism and ways you can better support the Autistic people in your care.
Core Video Modules
Just over 6 hours of comprehensive training, broken into small achievable video modules. Taking you through the science behind the behaviour and neuro-affirming tools and strategies to help navigate and overcome everyday challenges.
Option Video Modules
Beyond the Core Program, there are optional video modules that take a more comprehensive look into common challenges like high anxiety and PDA, School Avoidance and Emotion Coaching.
Always with a child-centric, trauma-informed and neuro-affirming approach.
Key Downloads & Extended Access
We provide key slides and a comprehensive workbook to download so you can start putting your learning into practice. With three month’s access to all the training material, you also have ample time to complete and revisit the training.
You will learn skills that will serve you for life.
Your understanding will have a profound impact on their well-being
Learning Modules
What we teach and why...
Each topic is broken down into easy-to-consume video content. We use a child-centric approach to help you understand why a certain behaviour makes sense, and strategies to overcome barriers or support their growth. This includes ways you can adjust your approaches for better outcomes. In-the-moment strategies are important but out of context support is where the most growth happens.
Module One
Self Awareness
Introducing the SUPER framework and understanding how you as the carer can influence behaviour. Here we make you aware of your patterns and upload some upgrades for immediate effect.
Module Two
How to be neuro-affirming
Being neuro-affirming is not just about acknowledging someone’s neurodiversity. It’s in the language we use, and the culture we create. We introduce you to double empathy framework.
Module Three
Key Traits & the Brain
We explore the fundamental traits (according to the DSM-V) of Autism and differences in the brain. We highlight differences not deficits, and how you can support these in your work.
Module Four
More Key Traits
Supporting key traits including Executive Functioning differences, Sensory Processing, and Restrictive and Repetitive Practices, and identifying how these might show up in behavior.
Module Five
Masking
Autistic masking involves camouflaging one’s neurodivergent traits in order to appear more neurotypical. It’s exhausting and damaging behaviour that requires your support.
Module Six
Emotions & Processing
Understand how emotions are often processed by young Autistic people and how the body responds to trauma. Learn the fundamentals required to recover from stress and trauma.
Module Seven
Anxiety & PDA
Pathological Demand Avoidance is an anxiety-based profile of autism. Knowing how to support a PDAer can be life-changing for them. We are always taking a child’s sensory needs into account.
Module Eight
Person-centred Goals
Here we give you a clear framework to identify and structure person-centred goals. Setting the right goals is critical for the young person’s well-being. Often we set the wrong goals with good intentions.
Module Nine
Identifying differences
To most people Meltdowns, Shutdowns and Tantrums can look very similar, however there are important differences in how the brain and body functions, which dictate how you should respond.
Module Ten
Preventing Dysregulation
Using the SUPER framework to prevent dysregulation. We teach in-the-moment and out-of-context strategies that can be used daily. Your situational awareness is so important here.
Module Eleven
Escalation & Priorities
When the rational brain goes offline, you must swap to a bottom-up approach. We take you through the five stages of escalation and what to say and do in each stage to bring them back to baseline.
Module Twelve
Communication Strategies
Here we go through the 3 C’s of communication, collaboration and co-regulation. This gives you the tools to work with the young person to create a feeling of safety.
Module Thirteen
De-escalating Emotions
Six de-escalation tools you can use when a young person’s emotions are beginning to heighten. As well as how to utilise rapport-building skills we taught you earlier in the training.
Module Fourteen
Recovery & Repair
Such a crucial step for the young person’s well-being that is so often overlooked. We go through a bunch of strategies as well as some specifically for non-speaking children.
Conclusion
Key Slides & Diagrams
We want you to put everything you have learned into practice so we provide a downloadable workbook with the key frameworks and slides for printing so you have access to these forever.
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What people say about our training...
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