Why do parent training?

In short, to improve your child’s behaviour and create calm. Multiple academic studies show that parents trained in ABA effectively improve their child’s behaviour. And who wouldn’t want that!

The common misconception is that ‘parent’ and ‘training’ in the same sentence implies a lack of education or knowledge. Our experience is that parents of children with autism are some of the most highly informed and highly educated folk we know. 

So rather than educating or informing, ABA parent training deals with the practicalities of autism. It shows how to respond proactively and tactically to your child’s behaviours, traits, and patterns. And it helps you respond in a way that works for you, while simultaneously aiding their development. 

ABA parent training is about learning specific techniques to deal with everyday issues: tantrums, non-compliance, absconding, hitting. It’s about gaining skills to help your child with toilet-training, eating, anxiety, sensory overload. It’s about learning different and distinctive ways of communicating so your child’s needs (and yours) can be met. 

And with three delivery methods, there’s an ABA parent training session to suit your circumstances.

  • Is ABA right for me and my child?

    Live Streamed
    Parents considering ABA based supports for their child
    January 2023 Onwards, Click Register Now for Dates
    2hrs
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    This 2-hour introductory course is for parents and family members who would like to learn more about ABA-based therapy. The course will provide an overview of how ABA-based therapy programs are individualised, designed and delivered, who is involved on the therapy team and how your child’s progress is monitored. Led by a skilled facilitator, the course will offer plenty of time for questions and answers to provide you with information to help you and your child find the next step along your pathway. You will leave the course with a better idea of whether ABA therapy is right for your child and family.

    Topics that will be discussed are ABA as a framework, Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention, What to expect with ABA and Q & A with the facilitator.

    This will be held online via ZOOM at various dates. Enrol now for our ‘Is ABA right for me and my child?’ course to understand what ABA is and it’s role in providing supports for people with autism.

    Click REGISTER NOW to see all available dates and we hope one suits you and your schedule!

    **please note due to staffing, there will be a delay in response, and setting your trainings up for the week of September 25th, all will resume to normal from October 2nd. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

  • First Steps for Parents

    Live Streamed
    Parents
    January 2023 onwards, Click Register Now to see Dates
    1 DAY plus 2hr Follow Up.
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    First Steps for Parents is a course for parents who are on a waitlist to access services and/or who are wanting to learn more about practical evidence-based support strategies for use at home.

    This course has been specifically designed for parents who are looking for practical strategies to use to support their child at home and in community settings. An initial full-day will be led by a skilled facilitator and will focus on strategies that you can use to support your child’s communication and language development, teach daily living skills (like bathing, eating, and dressing), and prevent and respond to behaviours of concern. A few weeks later, a shorter session gives you the opportunity to ask questions and receive more advice on how to support your child using the strategies introduced in the workshop.

    Topics such as Understanding and using positive reinforcement, Breaking skills down for teaching, Prompting to support learning, Thinking functionally about behaviour will be covered during the full day course.

    Enrol now our First Steps for Parents course to learn how you can implement basic ABA-based supports with your child.

    Click Register Now to see course Dates!

    **please note due to staffing, there will be a delay in response, and setting your trainings up for the week of September 25th, all will resume to normal from October 2nd. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

  • Foundations of ABA

    Live Streamed
    Parents, Guardians, Carers, Siblings and extended Family Members
    January 2023 onwards. Click Register Now to see Dates
    3 Day Training
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    Previously known as: Level 1 ABA Therapist Training

    This introductory Applied Behaviour Analysis Course will lead to a greater understanding of ABA. This course is suitable for parents, guardians, siblings or extended family members. It will make little and big lives function better! As a facilitator-led course, you can expect group discussion-based activities, role plays, interactive tasks, flexibility in the delivery of content and the opportunity to get all your questions answered by one of our highly skilled facilitators. Taught over three days, this course comes with a training manual including slides, workshop handouts and additional references and resources to continue to kick-start your ABA knowledge.

    Enrol today for our interactive & facilitator-led course for Applied Behaviour Analysis Therapist Training, that consists of 21hrs of training over 3 days, covering 11 different modules!

    Click ‘Register Now’ to choose which date suits you best and to read what Modules you’ll be studying!

    Purchase with NDIS funding or self-fund because you understand that change begins with you.

    **please note due to staffing, there will be a delay in response, and setting your trainings up for the week of September 25th, all will resume to normal from October 2nd. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

    Course requirements: a PC or laptop, an internet connection, and access to a printer.

  • Making it Work as an ABA Therapist (Online)

    Online
    Parents and Carers
    Anytime
    30hrs ( 19 modules)
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    With 19 modules and 30 hours of training, Making it Work as an ABA Therapist is a jam packed training that you can complete when suits you and your schedule. This e-learning, self paced training will equip you with all the needed skills to receive your certificate of completion and begin working as a ABA Therapist!

    Suitable for parents or extended family members, this course also makes little and big lives function better: at home, in the playground, on an outing.

    Modules to be completed during the courses are as follows; Intro to Applied Behavior Analysis, Intro to Autism Spectrum Disorder, Working with Families of individuals with autism, behavioural challenges of Autism, reinforcement schedules, stimulus control, data collection, behaviour and decisions, decreasing behaviour, shaping and chaining, teaching expressive language, functional assessment and behaviour intervention plans, naturalistic teaching strategies, teaching receptive language skills, increasing behaviour, imitation and joint attention, session delivery, discrete trial instruction – induction, discrete trial instruction – implementation.

    With 24/7 access for 45-days, you’re purchasing total control of your learning schedule and pace.

    Purchase with NDIS funding or self-fund because you know the benefits far outweigh the cost.

    **please note due to staffing, there will be a delay in response, and setting your trainings up for the week of September 25th, all will resume to normal from October 2nd. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

    Course requirements: a PC or laptop and a decent internet connection.