Autism and Positive Behaviour Support 9th May 2025 (online): CYMHS/CAMHS/ICYMHS, Orygen, Children's Health and Wellbeing Locals (Hubs), Victorian headspace, ACHHO/ACHHS and Take Two clinicians
This is a one-day workshop delivered online via Zoom
Please read the flyer, workshop description and cancellation policy to the left (select the image to view) before registration.
This is the subsidised cost registration page for Victorian CYMHS/CAMHS, Orygen, Children’s Health and Wellbeing Locals, Victorian headspace, Take Two and ACHHO/ACHHS only. Please note you cannot reserve a place in this workshop by purchasing a ticket you are not eligible for. If you purchase a subsidised place and are not eligible, your refund may be subject to an administration fee.
Who is the training for?
Mental health professionals working with clients aged 2-15 years (or older youth with co-occurring ID) e.g. mental health clinicians, psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurses, teachers, early intervention workers, family support workers, headspace clinicians, paediatric fellows, and trainees in child & adolescent psychiatry.
Who provides the training?
Leah Dalton, Mental Health Social Worker
Jenny Reid, Speech Pathologist & Clinical Educator
Both presenters have extensive experience working with neurodivergent children and youth implementing a positive behaviour support approach. They have worked in mental health, education and community settings.
What does the training include?
This one-day online workshop focuses on the child and adolescent age group and encompasses skill development in the following areas:
-Using Positive Behaviour Support within a neuroaffirming framework
-Understanding behaviours of concern and how to create a supportive environment for neurodivergent people
-Collaborative problem solving with the young person and carers
-Create an autism specific profile and behaviour support plan
-Finding the function of a behaviour of concern
-Supporting the development of new skills to promote independence and quality of life.
Please come with a specific client or case study in mind.
Pre-reading materials will be emailed 1-2 weeks before the workshop. This information will be assumed knowledge for the training.
Click here to download the course flyer
Mindful's workshops are funded by the Victorian Health Department. Some workshop places are made available for private practice and interstate clinicians, but many of our courses are specifically designed to skill-up particular cohorts of the Victorian mental health workforce. Our training is only available to overseas based clinicians on a case-by-case basis. If you practice outside of Australia please email our team at mindful-asd@unimelb.edu.au to confirm your eligibility.
Cancellation and No Show Policy:
Registered participants who are unable to attend and notify us of this in writing prior to fourteen days before the workshop may either:
(1) cancel their registration and receive a refund of their payment minus administration fee of 20% or $40, whichever is greater;
(2) transfer their registration once to another eligible participant within the same workplace (no fee);
(3) in some circumstances may be able to transfer their registration once to an equivalent-cost ASD workshop in the same calendar year, if space is available.
Cancellations with less than 14 days' notice are not refundable. If there is someone else in your workplace that you wish to transfer your registration to, this may be permitted. In exceptional circumstances, please contact us.