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Training for Professionals and Organisations

We provide practical training for professionals, teams, and organisations supporting children and young people.

This may include schools, childcare services, allied health teams, support workers, disability providers, sporting clubs, community groups, recreation providers, libraries, and other organisations working with children and families.

Training can be delivered in-house or at our Fyshwick clinic.

Training course
Areas of Expertise

We regularly provide training in areas including:

  • Communication and AAC

  • Feeding and mealtimes

  • Child development and developmental milestones

  • Emotional regulation

  • Positive Behaviour Support

  • Neurodiversity-affirming practice

  • Inclusion and participation

  • Restrictive practices

  • Supporting children with disabilities and developmental differences

Example Training Topics

Examples of workshops and presentations include:

  • Understanding behaviour: what it is, how it works, and why it makes sense

  • Neurodiversity 101: understanding autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability

  • Supporting communication and AAC

  • Supporting children with feeding challenges

  • Understanding child development and developmental milestones

  • Supporting emotional regulation

  • Creating inclusive learning environments

  • Understanding restrictive practices and your legal and ethical obligations

  • From escalation to regulation: de-escalation without punishment

  • Language matters: understanding the shift in how we speak about disability

This is not an exhaustive list. Training can be tailored to suit the needs, experience, and goals of your team.

Tailored Training

Whether you're supporting children in a classroom, on a sporting field, in a community program, or in a therapeutic setting, we can work with you to create training that reflects your team's needs and goals.

Training can be delivered at a level that suits your audience, from introductory sessions for people who are new to a topic through to advanced workshops for experienced professionals.

Training may be delivered as a short presentation, workshop, professional development day, or ongoing training package.

Enquire About Training

Interested in training for your team or organisation?

Get in touch to discuss your training needs.

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We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as the traditional owners of this land on which we work and live. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and connections to land, water and community. We pay respect to the Elders of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri Nations past, present and emerging.

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