Our world is made up of many invisible and arbitrary concepts, such as time, social rules and expectations. Making these visible for our Autistic children helps them to understand and participate in the world more successfully.

This parent workshop is a very practical and hands-on workshop where parents will walk away with visual resources that can be used at home, in the community and at school.

Emotional regulation is a complex skill and one that is often tricky for our Autistic children. In this workshop, Liz Martin, will support parents to understand the complexity of emotional regulation, a framework for helping our Autistic children understand their emotional states and a toolbox for managing emotions.

Liz will explore the link between emotions, interoception, language, theory of mind and psychological flexibility. Parents will leave with a practical tool and a variety of strategies that they can use to help their child develop emotional regulation skills.

Join Emily Northcott, a Neurodivergent Behaviour Analyst, Teacher and Case Manager at MICAH, as she shares her passion for communication and AAC.

Objectives of this workshop:

• Explore Communication and AAC

• Address communication barriers and their impact

• Raise awareness of Human Rights and Safe Guarding

• Understand communication scope

• Debunk communication and AAC myths

• Examine AAC modes and devices

• Create practical AAC implementation strategies

• Learn to be an effective Communication Partner

This parent workshop will focus on understanding our children’s behaviours, how to prevent meltdowns, how to increase tolerance of tricky triggers, how to navigate a meltdown and how to reset after.

Liz Martin, will guide families through the science behind behaviour. Through her experience as a Behaviour Analyst working with many families and a mother herself of Autistic children, Liz will focus on the reality of parenting an Autistic child and practical strategies for everyday life.

Join us for a workshop that dives deep into the unique journey of parenting a child with autism. Deepen your knowledge of your child's unique autism profile, explore how autism impacts families, and some tools to support caregivers' mental health and wellbeing.

Liz Martin, a mother of two Autistic children, a former teacher, current Behaviour Analyst and Neurodiverse individual, will share insights into her own journey, what she has learned raising two children with different Autism profiles and strategies she uses so that she see the joy in life.

This workshop if for Support Workers seeking to deepen their understanding of Autism and its diverse profiles. It will focus on Learn practical strategies to support participation in the community and daily life, social interaction and relationship building.

A workshop for primary educators working with Autistic children exploring Autism and it's diversity, practice strategies to support and include and how analyse, prevent and respond to behaviours of concern.

A workshop of educators working in childcare and early childhood education settings exploring Autism, practice strategies for inclusion and how to support children and their families on this journey. Presented by Liz Martin, a Neurodiverse Early Childhood Teacher, Behaviour Analyst, and Mother to two Autistic children.

Outcomes:

Understand the diagnostic process and criteria for ASD and how Early Educators can support.

Explore the spectrum of Autism profiles and neurological differences.

Learn how to include Autistic children in an education setting authentically.

Explore how to increase the skills and development of Autistic children.

Understand the family journey and how to support them.