Managing challenging behaviour in children with Autism

Introduction

A supermarket meltdown that draws every eye in the aisle. A held breath before a transition, table time to floor time, home to car. A day that was going fine until, all of a sudden, it wasn’t.

Managing Challenging Behaviour in Children with Autism is a one day, live online workshop from Therapia, built for the adults trying to work out what’s actually going on underneath it and what to do next, wherever they’re logging in from.

Features

• A single half day workshop, delivered live online, not a set of pre recorded videos to work through alone
• A mix of short presentations and real case discussion, so the ideas get tested against actual situations instead of just presented and left
• A resource pack included for every attendee, ready to take straight back into the home, a therapy session, or the classroom
• Join from wherever you’re logging in from, so no travel and no other commitments, just a stable connection and a few hours set aside

What You’ll Learn

The day moves through five parts, building from understanding to practical, everyday application.

Part 1: Why Challenging Behaviour Happens

Escape, attention, sensory input, or getting access to something wanted, the functions behind almost everything that looks like defiance.

Part 2: Proactive Strategies

Adjusting the environment, routine, and visual supports so triggers show up less often in the first place.

Part 3: Teaching Replacement Skills

A better way to ask for a break, communicate frustration, or cope when a routine changes.

Part 4: Responding in the Moment

Staying regulated yourself, de escalating safely, and keeping everyone around a child safe without relying on punishment.

Part 5: Tracking Progress

Simple data tools that work at home, in a therapy session, and in a classroom, so everyone can see what’s actually changing.

Benefits

• Everyone around the child works from the same playbook, instead of separate advice that falls apart the moment the child moves between them
• A proactive, function based approach, built to prevent escalation rather than just respond to it once it happens
• Every idea is tested against real case discussion on the day, built to be used the same week, not filed away
• A take home resource pack supports follow through, so the learning does not stop when the workshop ends

Who This Course Is For

This workshop is built for a mixed group on purpose. Parents and caregivers, allied health professionals, and teachers or school support staff all get more out of the day together than they would apart, because the child at the centre of it all moves between home, therapy, and school every week. When everyone around them is using the same language and the same strategies, the behaviour gains actually hold.

• Parents and caregivers of children with autism
• Allied health professionals working with autistic children
• Teachers and school support staff

Why Train With Therapia

This workshop is facilitated by Dr. Adnan Khan, whose qualifications and years in the field sit behind every strategy taught on the day.

• Led by an experienced, credentialed practitioner, a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BACB) and Certified Behaviour Analyst (CBA) with over 20 years in the disability sector, spanning Early Intervention, Positive Behaviour Support, and Complex Needs Support
• Delivered live online for genuine ease of access, so parents, therapists, and teachers can join from home, the office, or the staff room without travel or time away from the family or the workplace
• Every attendee leaves with a practical resource pack, so the strategies keep working long after the workshop ends, in the home, the therapy room, and the classroom