Neurodiversity & Trauma
Supporting Children with Complex Needs in Out-of-Home Care.
With Dr Vanessa Spiller, Clinical Psychologist, Educator, Author, and Parent to a young adult with complex neurodiversities.
Many children in Out-of-Home Care have complex care needs. They may have multiple diagnoses, such as Autism, ADHD, FASD, ODD, cPTSD and more. These conditions and experiences require a different set of parenting skills and expectations, without which we see high rates of child and carer distress and placement breakdown. Unsupported, these can also lead to criminal justice involvement.
Many carers, support workers and schools are overwhelmed by this complexity and, despite having lots of assessments and information, often struggle to know where to start in supporting these complex young people.
Dr Spiller has been working with complexity for nearly 30 years. A clinical psychologist and former foster carer, she has extensive practical experience supporting children with complex neurodiversities and trauma as well as their parents and carers. The author of two books, "Explained by Brain" and"Mind the Gaps," her approaches are informed by national and international research, best practice guidelines, and real-world and lived experience.
This training will:
Use brain-based abilities to explain neurodiversity and trauma rather than focusing on diagnoses alone.
Explore how brain functioning impacts everyday skills and abilities including complex behavioural symptoms for children in OOHC.
Teach simple tools for mapping brain-based abilities and functioning (not diagnoses). These will be explained and practised.
The "Explain by Brain" framework will be introduced, and its application to neurodiversity and trauma will be explained.
Show how to use ability and functioning mapping to plan interventions that support the brains of individual children.
Apply the framework to common behavioural symptoms, such
as stealing, lying, verbal and physical aggression and more.
Use these tools to teach participants how to advocate for support, including funding support, of children with complex needs in schools and with the NDIS
Cost: $325 (+ GST)
Venue: Online
Please note participants are expected to have a basic understanding and prior training in supporting children with trauma.
Learn Practical Tools to Support Children and the Carers of Children with Complex Support Needs
Terms and Conditions
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Pricing is not inclusive of GST.
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To receive a refund, written notice of cancellatios must be provided in 10 working days (2 weeks) prior to the workshop date. The cancellation policy is final and not negotiable.
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Registrations can be transferred to another person.
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JumpStart Psychology is not responsible for any personal circumstances that prevent your attendance.
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In the event of presenter cancellation, training will be transferred to an alternative date.
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The workshop running is subject to a minimum number of enrolments.
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Your attendance is subject to full payment being received
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Upon completion of the training, a certificate of completion will be issued via email.
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Pre and post-training evaluations are optional, and any information collected may be de-identified, published and used for quality assurance.
Purchase Monday, 8th July 2024
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Looking For Dr Spiller's latest book "Mind the Gaps" - Tools to Map the Support Needs of Diverse Brains.
