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Autism and Perinatal Mental Health 20th June 2025 (online): Other Professionals

This is a two-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.

$140.00

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ASD2025S1PER-JUN-F

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Contact: mindful-asd@unimelb.edu.au

Phone Number: 03 8344 3425

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To register for this training, please click 'Enrol', then click the cart icon on the top left of the screen for payment (if applicable).

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Upon successful enrolment, you will receive two automated emails (an order confirmation and invoice/payment), in addition to a registration email from the Mindful team within 72 hours. If you do not receive an email from Mindful within 5 business days, please contact us.

For information about upcoming training and frequently asked questions, please visit our website: https://mindful.org.au/asd-training

Who is the training for?
Mental Health Clinicians and other professionals working with autistic women or birthing people, e.g. psychologists, social workers, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, midwives, psychiatric nurses, paediatricians, psychiatrists and registrars.

Who provides the training?
Dr Emma Radford is a Consultant Psychiatrist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. She works in General Adult Psychiatry and with the Mental Health Autism Consultation & Evaluation Service (MH-ACES). Dr Radford has a particular interest in the diagnostic assessment of autism in adults and meeting the unique needs of neurodivergent consumers presenting to mental health services.

Emily Mawson is a Clinical Psychologist, with a particular interest in women’s health issues, autism and trauma. Emily works across both the public and private mental health sectors and has previously worked in the Werribee Mother Baby Unit.

Johanna Rouse, Senior Occupational Therapist & Autism Clinician, Mindful

Jade Parsons Lived and Living Experience Consultant, PBS clinician and mother.

What does the training include?
This half day workshop will focus on the autistic experience of the perinatal period and associated mental health experiences. The session will be presented from a multidisciplinary lens. Learning will include:

-An overview of the current literature in this area.
-Social communication, sensory and cognitive differences that autistic women or birthing people may experience and how these affect the perinatal experience, mother-infant relationship, and mental health and wellbeing.
-Case based discussion and activities.
-Lived experience perspective.

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.