Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Change can be challenging for autistic young people, especially when it comes to new environments, routines, or milestones. This practical resource offers a free, evidence-informed guide to planning successful transitions, whether it's a daily classroom change or a major life event like starting high school. Includes tools, visual aids, planning tips, and a downloadable checklist to support young people and the adults around them.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Autistic young people may experience self-care and daily living tasks differently. This free, evidence-informed resource, built for parents, carers, and educators, provides clear insights and practical strategies to support routines like hygiene, sleep, physical activity, and emotional well-being. You'll find downloadable webinar slides, visual aids, and links to useful tools like social stories, apps, and inclusive community activities.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Executive functioning, our brain's behind-the-scenes engine for planning, organising, shifting attention, and self-regulation, is key for managing everyday life. This free, evidence-based toolkit includes a recorded webinar, PDF slides, and practical templates such as strategy lists, planning prompts, and visual support ideas. It’s designed to help parents, educators, and support staff tailor effective routines and scaffolds at home, school, and in the community.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Understanding how autistic individuals communicate is key to fostering belonging and meaningful interaction. This resource includes a two-part webinar series, downloadable slide decks, and actionable ideas, from embracing varied communication styles to becoming a stronger communication partner. It offers strategies to spark natural, two-way conversations that are engaging and supportive.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Every young person has a unique combination of strengths, needs, and contexts that shape their learning and engagement. This free, evidence-informed resource offers a dual approach:
Diversity Wheel: A visual framework across six key areas; Strengths & Interests; Connections to Culture & Community; Social & Communication; Sensory Processing; Self‑Care & Independence; and Executive Functioning, that helps you reflect on how levels of independence may vary across environments.
Planning Tool: A downloadable, multilingual planning template (including prompts and examples) designed to capture observations, helpful vs. unhelpful impacts, and tailored strategies. It encourages collaboration among educators, caregivers, and the young person themselves.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Interoception; the ability to notice and interpret internal body signals, is foundational to emotional awareness and self‑regulation. This evidence-based resource offers a comprehensive toolkit for educators, carers, and parents, including:

- A recorded webinar and downloadable slides
- Practical implementation guides for home and school contexts
- Activity planning templates such as engagement observations, personal best trackers, and interoception session structures
- Insight into embedding interoceptive practices into everyday routines and the Australian Curriculum

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Supporting autistic young people to thrive emotionally is central to inclusion.

- A recorded webinar and downloadable PDF slides
- Practical insights on nurturing a positive sense of wellbeing, acknowledging that friendship and social connection look different for everyone
- Strategies, programs, and tools to help young people build self-awareness, recognise challenges, and develop resilience
- Tips for strengthening partnerships between home and school to support strengths and shared needs

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
Navigating conversations about sexuality with autistic young people requires clarity, empathy, and lived experience awareness. This free resource offers:
- A recorded webinar and downloadable slide deck exploring how autism can shape a young person's understanding of sexuality, stages of personal development, and respectful communication strategies.
- A curated collection of practical tools and external resources to support educators and carers, including interactive guides from Raising Children Network, SECCA (WA), the Organisation for Autism Research, and apps for consent and sexual health education

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
This free article from the Child Mind Institute explains what Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) can look like in children and why it is often misunderstood. Rather than seeing demand-avoidant behaviour as defiance, it reframes it as a response to anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. The article introduces strategies that focus on reducing pressure, building trust, and offering choices in ways that help children feel more in control. It's a helpful resource for anyone supporting a child who seems to push back on expectations, even in everyday situations.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
This free guide offers a fresh way to support individuals with a PDA profile. Rather than using traditional behaviour-based strategies, it focuses on building trust, reducing anxiety, and promoting collaboration. The resource introduces ideas like emotional safety, power balance, and adaptable approaches, including the PANDA framework. It also explores why control-based methods often backfire and how low-pressure, respectful strategies can lead to better engagement. A downloadable summary is included, making it easy to share and apply in real-world settings.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
This free online course, developed by the Tutor Network in Australia, helps build confident, capable tutors who can deliver engaging, personalised support in small-group settings. You'll explore trauma-informed practice, goal-setting, communication strategies, and how to monitor progress with simple tools. Includes a certificate on completion.

Uploaded: 01/09/2025
These fact sheets offer plain-language explanations for common learning and developmental topics—from ADHD and dyslexia to anxiety and emotional regulation. Each sheet helps families and educators quickly understand signs, basic support strategies, and next steps. They're designed for clarity and confidence, perfect for on-the-go reference when you need a helpful overview.