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day 1
Supporting Big Emotions & ‘Challenging Behaviours’
Today we will completely reframe your perspective on your child’s ‘challenging behaviours’. We will help you understand why your child has tantrums, meltdowns and anxious feelings. We dive deep into the common triggers and both the constructive and destructive strategies people on the spectrum use to cope. You’ll gain a tremendous amount of insight into how your child’s brain works and why it’s wired differently. You’ll be empowered with practical and common-sense strategies you need to diffuse and de-escalate any emotional overwhelm and outbursts, but most importantly you’ll learn how to avoid it in the first place. Lastly, we teach you how to create calmness in a chaotic sensory world and equip you with the tools you need to add to your child’s self-regulation toolbox – today!
Prof TONY ATTWOOD
Prof Tony Attwood
- What anxiety is, common triggers and the red flags
- How to reduce anxiety with constructive strategies
- What catastrophising looks like
- Why if we reduce anxiety we can reduce the behaviours associated with autism (interesting!)
- How to identify if your child is depressed (not just really sad)
- What CBT is and why it can be effective for people on the spectrum
- The warning signs of suicide
- What you should (and shouldn’t) do if your child is suicidal
Maggie Dent
Allison Davies
Allison Davies
- What self regulation actually is
- The difference between a tantrum and a meltdown
- How to use brain care to support behaviours
- Why we need to reframe our thinking around challenging behaviours
- Why the word “naughty” should be made redundant!
- How to adopt a lifestyle approach to supporting behaviours
- Allison’s personal tools and strategies for her and her daughter
Rhiannon Crispe
day 2
Diet & Lifestyle
Today you will learn inexpensive and widely applicable lifestyle optimisation strategies to promote the healthy development of your child’s body and brain. You will learn exactly how food is affecting your child’s behaviour and health, and what you can do to improve their diet. You’ll be guided through the steps to optimise your child’s gut health and get a clear picture as to how the gut is actually related to autism (a ‘neuro’developmental condition). And all that information would be absolutely useless if we didn’t address the how – how you are actually going to get your child to eat real, nutritious and cultured foods! So we delve deep into all the tips and tricks you can implement today to encourage your fussy eater to try new foods.
Sue Dengate
Sue Dengate
- The food additives you need to avoid
- Why you need to learn how to read the deliberately confusing food labels (including the ingredients list!)
- The harmful effects additives can have on kids
- Why natural fruits and vegetable may need to be avoided
- What foods contain amines and salicylates and how they can affect your child
- What the FAILSAFE Diet is and why it may be right for your child
- Changes you may notice in your child on the FAILSAFE Diet
Alexx Stuart
Kirsty Wirth
Simone Emery
Simone Emery
- Reasons why kids can be fussy eaters
- The difference between a picky eater and a problem feeder
- The SOS approach – 6 Steps To Eating Hierarchy
- How you should respond to your child’s fussy eating behaviours
- Why force feeding has negative effects
- Why messy play is important and should be encouraged
- Top strategies to encourage trying new foods
- How to respond when your child eventually tries a new food (this may surprise you!)
day 3
Thriving at School & Work
Is your child struggling to make and keep friends? Do they experience high levels of social anxiety? Do they have a difficult time paying attention in a world that’s so distracting? Is school, the workplace or job seeking a constant challenge?
If you answered yes to any of these questions – you are not going to want to miss today’s interviews! Today you are going to learn from a diverse range of speakers on how you can enable and empower your child to thrive at school and in the workplace. We discuss the best resources and strategies to promote coping skills, enhance attention, boost learning and manage anxiety.
But mainstream school isn’t for everyone, right? Homeschooling is becoming a more popular option for children on the autism spectrum. So, today we explore why homeschooling could be a better option for your child and we tackle one of the biggest conversations around this topic – does homeschooling really hinder the development of social skills?
Chris Varney
Deb Hopper
Deb Hopper
- The common classroom challenges
- How to set up a sensory friendly classroom
- How to increase attention and focus in the classroom
- How to reduce anxiety around transitions and toileting
- How to support perfectionists
- Ways to increase participation in school sport and physical activity
- Ways to help kids to self-regulate at school
Michelle Morrow
Michelle Morrow
- What homeschooling means and how to know if homeschooling is the right fit for you and your child
- The pros and the cons to homeschooling
- If homeschooling really means reduced socialisation
- What a homeschooling day looks like
- How to structure the day
- How many hour and days per week a homeschooler does
- Where to begin when you decide on homeschooling
- The logistics of homeschooling: costs, curriculum, laws and responsibilities
Yenn Purkis
Yenn Purkis
- Yenn’s personal insights into pre-employment and work
- What to consider before applying for a job
- How to motivate your child to seek employment
- Why work experience and volunteering is so valuable
- How to prepare for an interview
- Whether to disclose the autism diagnosis with an employer
- Basic survival skills needed for work
- How to manage workplace anxiety, social situations and sensory challenges
day 4
The World of Therapies
Are you navigating the confusing world of autism therapies? Would you like to learn more about different approaches so you can find the best fit for your child? Are you craving more knowledge and practical advice from professionals in the industry to guide your interventions at home? Well, we’ve got you covered! Today we explore two very different models of autism intervention – ABA and Floortime. You will learn how these approaches differ and be given the information you need to decide whether an intensive structured skill-based program or a flexible child-led approach with a focus on social and emotional capacities is right for your child – or a combination of both.
Vivienne Williams
Vivienne Williams
- What DIR Floortime is and the goals of this approach
- How to know if a DIR Floortime approach is the right fit for your child
- How you can join your child’s world, follow their lead and expand on their play
- The 6 basic developmental capacities explained
- What a DIR Floortime session can look like
Sarah Crook
Sarah Crook
- What an Occupational Therapist is and when intervention is required
- Why play is absolutely fundamental to development
- How play is different for a child with ASD
- How to increase attention span
- How challenges with fine and gross motor skills impact everyday life
- Strategies and activities to support fine and gross motor development
- Activities to help kids with handwriting
- How to identify if your child is having difficulties crossing the midline
- Why pretend and symbolic play is a necessary skill and how to develop it
Joanne Stephen
Joanne Stephen
- What a Speech Pathologist is and when intervention is required
- The common communication challenges for kids with ASD
- How visuals can be used to support your child to communicate
- Why visuals won’t replace spoken language (they’ll encourage it)
- How to scaffold a conversation
- How to use the natural learning environment to support communication
- The 3 social skill survival strategies for kids on the spectrum
Katherine Savidis
day 5
Love, Hope & Advocacy
Today you will be soak up the absolute awe-inspiring wisdom and insight from parents who have a child on the autism spectrum. These incredible humans and their insatiable quest for knowledge and nothing but the very best for they child, has lead each of them on a different journey – but they are all seeking the same destination – a happy, healthy, vibrant and resilient child.
These parents may be further along the autism journey than you and will show you how they have redefined their narrative, tackled bullying head on, unapologetically advocated for their child’s rights, coped with the hard times and taken unpopular risks in search of their true north. This will be one of the most game-changing, heart-warming and empowering video series – you do not want to miss!
Dr James Best
Dr James Best
- Why James took his teenage autistic son on an unplanned 6 month trip to Africa
- Why structure and routine isn’t what the autistic brain actually needs
- Why randomness and change is needed for development (particularly during early intervention and adolescence)
- How to incorporate more unpredictability into your routine
- Why you need to follow your gut instinct as a parent
Randa Habelrih
Randa Habelrih
- What the red flags for bullying are (they aren’t always as obvious as a black eye)
- Strategies to put in place at school to protect your child from bullying
- How the MATES Program can protect your child
- What you can do to help build your child’s resilience and self-esteem
- How to be your child’s best advocate
- What real inclusion looks like
- How to help your child find their ‘tribe’
Kristy Forbes
Kristy Forbes
- Kristy’s autism journey as an autistic and a parent of children on the spectrum
- How Kristy and her family embrace autism as a culture and identity
- Why Kristy stopped buying into the ‘doom and gloom’ narrative (and how you can too)
- The misunderstandings surrounding autism
- Kristy’s greatest lessons so far
Laura Lewis
Laura Lewis
- Advice Laura wishes she had at the time of diagnosis
- Everyday tools and strategies that are still effective (14 years later) for Laura’s son
- Why autistic interests shouldn’t be labelled as ‘obsessions’ and how to harness passions
- Why it can be helpful to learn from autistic adults and who you can follow
- How to ensure you’re a positive role model (even in the tougher times)
- Why you need to second think everything you post on closed Facebook support groups
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