Wellbeing workshop for caregivers of Teenagers with Autism

Introduction

Masking through a whole school day. A group chat that moves too fast to follow. A bedroom that finally feels calm, until the bell for dinner cuts through it. Adolescence asks a lot of any teenager, and for a young person with autism spectrum disorder, it often asks for a version of themselves that takes real effort to hold up.

Enhancing Wellbeing for Adolescents with ASD is a one day workshop from Therapia, built for the people around that teenager, parents, therapists, and teachers, learning the same strategies in the same room.

Features

• A single 6 hour workshop, run entirely online, so the ideas get tested against actual situations instead of just presented and left
• A mix of short talks and real case discussion, so the day stays grounded in real situations rather than theory alone
• A resource pack included for every attendee, ready to take straight back into the home, a therapy session, or the classroom
• One room, three audiences, so parents, therapists, and teachers all get the same tools at the same time

What You’ll Learn

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

Part 1: Adolescence Through an Autism Lens

Identity, masking, and the mental health risks that show up more often in this age group than people expect.

Part 2: Emotional Regulation and Sensory Strategies

Tools built for a teenager, not a toddler, because a lot of what works at seven stops landing at fourteen.

Part 3: Social Connection and Self Advocacy

Teaching a teenager to ask for what they need instead of coping quietly.

Part 4: The Shift Toward Independence

First jobs, more time unsupervised, learner driving, and what wellbeing looks like through that stretch.

Part 5: Strategies That Travel

Practical approaches that move between home, therapy, and the classroom, so a plan built in one room doesn’t fall apart in another.

Benefits

• Everyone around the teenager works from the same playbook, instead of separate advice that falls apart the moment the teenager moves between them
• Strategies are age appropriate, adapted specifically for adolescence rather than borrowed from early childhood programs
• 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 room 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 teenager 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 wellbeing gains actually hold.

• Parents and caregivers of adolescents with ASD
• Allied health professionals working with autistic teenagers
• Teachers and school support staff

Why Train With Therapia

• 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

Limited spaces available. Enrol now to secure your spot.