Understanding & Supporting Your Autistic Child
A parent course for Families New to AutismFor parents and caregivers in the early stages of an autism journey — whether you're mid-assessment, newly diagnosed, or just starting to look for answers.
A diagnosis (or the possibility of one) brings a lot of questions. This course doesn't have all the answers, but it gives you a grounded, neuroaffirming starting point. You'll learn what autism can look like, how to understand your child's interests and sensory world, and how to build routines and communication that work for your child specifically.
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Practical strategies, rooted in connection and joy.
What You'll LearnParenting a neurodiverse child can feel overwhelming. Learn to recognize strengths, celebrate progress, and trust your instincts with practical, supportive strategies.
Build Confidence
Each module includes ready-to-use resources, including useful activity ideas, frameworks and PDF downloads.
Practical Tools
Discover new ways to engage with your child, expand communication, and support learning through connection, curiosity, and play.
Learn Through Play
Understand your child’s unique perspective while building the foundations for communication, learning, confidence, and meaningful connection.
Strengthen Your Foundation
With guidance from Brittany Clark, SLP, and Shawna Fleming, BCBA, this series gives you actionable, parent-friendly tools to understand your child, strengthen communication, and support learning in everyday moments, all while honouring who your child truly is.
Course Outline
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Module 1: Understanding Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference that influences how people communicate, process information, and experience the world. It is not an illness or something that needs to be fixed. Learn more about autism in this mini module.
Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference that influences how people communicate, process information, and experience the world. It is not an illness or something that needs to be fixed. Learn more about autism in this mini module.
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Module 2: Exploring Your Child's Interests Through Sensory Matching
We break things down into simple, manageable parts so you never feel overwhelmed.
We break things down into simple, manageable parts so you never feel overwhelmed.
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Module 7: From Reaching to Requesting... Turning Mands into Meaning
When we usually think about language, we focus on form: the words a child says or the sentences they use.
For children with autism, it helps to also think about function: why your child is communicating.
Asking for something they want → “I’m thirsty, I want water”
Naming or showing something → “Look, water!”
It’s not just words, communication is about meaning!
When we usually think about language, we focus on form: the words a child says or the sentences they use.
For children with autism, it helps to also think about function: why your child is communicating.
Asking for something they want → “I’m thirsty, I want water”
Naming or showing something → “Look, water!”
It’s not just words, communication is about meaning!
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Module 8: Building Joyful Activity Routines at Home
Social interaction can be a source of joy, information, and learning.
For some children, we build routines that make interaction useful and motivating.
Short predictable routines create repeated chances to communicate.
Social interaction can be a source of joy, information, and learning.
For some children, we build routines that make interaction useful and motivating.
Short predictable routines create repeated chances to communicate.
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Course Content: Sneak Peek
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Discover what it really means to support autistic children with connection, joy, and evidence-based strategies that make a difference every day.
This course guides parents through understanding autism as a natural neurodevelopmental difference, focusing on how social communication develops and why it’s the foundation for learning. You’ll gain practical, compassionate strategies to support connection, curiosity, and growth at home, tailored to your child’s unique strengths. By the end, you’ll feel more confident in fostering meaningful moments that truly help your child thrive.
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Discover a fun, curiosity-driven way to explore your child’s interests and open doors to connection, learning, and joy.
This module helps parents of young children, youth, and teens learn how to expand their child’s interests in a way that’s child-centered, strengths-based, and playful. You’ll explore why sensory and theme matching matters, how to gently build on what your child already loves, and practical strategies you can start using at home. By the end, you’ll feel confident creating opportunities for engagement, communication, and growth while honoring your child’s individuality.
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This moduleis a quick, parent-friendly introduction into how ABA views communication by function (what it does), including the verbal operants and why requests matter.
You’ll learn to spot early “indicating” behaviours (reaching, pointing, looking, guiding) and use simple reinforcement strategies to turn those moments into more effective communication.
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Learn how short, predictable routines can turn everyday moments into connection, communication, and real joy!
This module helps parents of young children, youth, and teens create simple shared activity routines that make social interaction feel useful, motivating, and safe. You’ll learn what a Joyful Activity Routine is (a short, repeated sequence of shared actions), why joy matters for learning, and how to build routines by observing your child’s interests and “indicating behaviours” like approaching, tapping, guiding, or looking. We’ll cover core components like following your child’s lead, keeping chains short and consistent, celebrating attempts, and staying flexible when stress shows up. By the end, you’ll have practical examples, troubleshooting tips, and a clear plan for creating routines that support communication while always offering an easy way to stop or say “no.”