On-Demand Training

Practical takeaways and real-life learnings from educators and former students with autism. Building relationships with autistic students, implementing accommodations, teaching communication skills and more.

This foundational course is presented by Dr. Todd Cunningham, a school and clinical psychologist. He is an Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - University of Toronto, where he also chairs the School & Clinical Child Psychology program.

Understanding attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and related conditions, and how they impact student learning. How to build an ADHD-friendly classroom, regulate the limbic system and more. With practical handouts.

Learn to recognize the core features of autism in early childhood. Develop your understanding of behaviours in neurodiverse children. Teach fundamental communication skills and manage challenging behaviour with established best practices.

A comprehensive review of autism spectrum disorder and learner accommodations. Includes strategies to support sensory sensitivities, prevent and address challenging behaviours and a facilitator guide for group training. 

This course is for educators who want to know where to begin. You will be informed on how to encourage functional play in students with ASD who struggle to join in.

Understanding autism spectrum disorder, in childhood and adulthood. Learn evidence-based interventions and accommodations. If you care for, teach or work alongside a person with autism, this is for you.

Deepen your understanding of autism spectrum disorder and neurodiverse workforce administration. Learn best practices for interviewing, hiring, onboarding, managing and retaining talent that will benefit your entire workforce.

In this presentation, Dr. Alice Shillingsburg presents a variety of evidence-based procedures to promote social interactions and social communication with adults and peers.

Guidelines for sex-education programs. Introducing intimacy, consent, message interpretation and sexual boundaries. Practical advice and information on how to respond to – and decrease – inappropriate behaviours. 

Anxiety disorders are among the most common and impairing psychiatric comorbidities seen in children and young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Anxiety-related issues and OCD are often misdiagnosed, unrecognized, or ignored. A major challenge for practitioners is determining whether observed symptoms are related to the core features of ASD or indicate the presence of OCD.

In this course, you'll learn essential instructional components for self-determination, and how to modify skill building for a variety of learners.You'll also learn how to facilitate communication, choice making and goal selection, and the key elements to teaching individual rights.

Designed for professionals who provide services to individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, and/or dual diagnosis in residential settings, this presentation reviews and provides strategies for common challenges encountered when supporting this population.

Understanding the difficulties that autistic students can have with sensory sensitivities. Strategies to enhance autistic students’ sensory and motor functions, and how to teach self-regulation and motor skills.