Explore Our Workshops
Practical, evidence-based workshops designed to build real-world skills
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
PDUs/CEs: 6
Presenter: Aubry Dodge
Health Care and Applied Behavior Analysis: Trauma-Informed Care for Patients and Providers
Autistic Australians are a rapidly growing community, yet they face severe health disparities, including significantly shorter lifespans, higher rates of chronic illnesses, mental health issues, and suicide, along with ongoing barriers to effective healthcare access. Although providers often see behavior and communication differences as challenges, research and clinical practice demonstrate that these issues can be addressed through trauma-informed, assent-based care and evidence-based strategies that promote cooperation instead of avoidance. By teaching skills, collaborating with healthcare providers, and guiding them to adopt practical, compassionate approaches, behavior analysts can increase access, enhance patient experiences, and save lives for autistic individuals and others with disabilities.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 8:30am - 3:30pm
PDUs/CEs: 6 Cultural Diversity
Presenter: Rachel Dunn
Culturally Trauma-Informed Practice: Cultural Safety in Behaviour Support
This interactive workshop explores how behaviour support practice can be strengthened through a culturally trauma-informed and culturally safe approach when working with Aboriginal individuals, families, and communities.
Participants will examine how colonisation, intergenerational trauma, systemic racism, and institutional experiences shape engagement with services and influence interpretations of behaviour. Moving beyond cultural awareness, the session focuses on practical, applied approaches to culturally safe practice.
Through case examples and discussion, participants will explore the links between trauma, culture, behaviour, and professional practice, and be introduced to practical communication strategies, including the Speaking Safe framework, to support culturally safe engagement in everyday work settings.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 8:30 - 11:30am
PDUs/CEs: 3
Presenter: Melanie Daly
Beyond the Plan: From Documentation to Implementation Through Behaviour Skills Training
Improve outcomes for clients by ensuring behaviour support plans are implemented effectively with this hands-on workshop on Behaviour Skills Training (BST). Learn how to train and support implementers—families, educators, clients, and support workers—to apply evidence-based strategies with confidence, translating plans into meaningful change. Through practical activities, role-play, and feedback, participants will leave with tools and skills to bridge the gap between planning and real-world implementation.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 8:30 - 11:30am
PDUs: 3
Presenter: Jade Fountain
From Principles to Precision: Building Core Skills in Reinforcement and Teaching
This hands-on workshop introduces PORTL (Portable Operant Research and Teaching Lab), an experiential tabletop tool developed by Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and Mary Hunter and inspired by operant training games used in animal training. Participants work in pairs to practise core behaviour-analytic skills including timing, reinforcement delivery, shaping, and data collection using clickers and structured teaching tasks. By rotating between learner and trainer roles, attendees directly experience how behaviour is shaped through reinforcement contingencies. Suitable for both beginners and experienced practitioners, the workshop strengthens observational accuracy, timing, and fluency in reinforcement-based teaching while also enhancing understanding of the learner experience.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 8:30am - 11:30am
PDUs/CEs: 3 CD or Ethics
Presenter: Penelope Webb
Exploring the Impacts of Sociolinguistic Bias in the Implementation of Behavioural Science
Explore how sociolinguistic factors shape communication and influence the implementation of behavioural science. This interactive half-day workshop helps participants identify personal communication biases and understand their potential impact in diverse contexts. Through reflection and case-based learning, attendees will gain practical strategies to reduce risk of harm and support more culturally responsive, ethical practice.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm
PDUs/CEs: 3
Presenter: Shane Spiker, Ph.D., BCBA-D
The Ins and Outs of Assessment and Treatment of Sexualized Behavior in ABA
This workshop addresses the assessment and treatment of sexualized behaviour within a behaviour analytic framework. Participants will learn how to define and differentiate behaviours, conduct safe and appropriate assessments, and select effective, ethical interventions. The session also highlights risk management and ethical considerations, helping practitioners build confidence and competence in an often under-addressed area of practice.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm
PDUs/CEs: 3
Presenter: Karishma Khullar
From Assessment to Treatment: Compassionate Behaviour Strategies for Stereotypy in Autism
Restricted and repetitive behaviours, including stereotypy, are commonly observed in Autistic individuals and are frequently addressed in behavioural intervention. This interactive workshop supports practitioners to understand stereotypy and it's function through autistic perspectives, integrate participant voice with evidence-based ABA strategies, and design effective programs that produce socially meaningful outcomes.
Date: 24/7/2026
Time: 12:30pm - 3:30pm
PDUs/CEs: 3
Presenter: John Wooderson and Oliver B Roschke
Integrating the Constructional Approach with Staff and Organisations to Address Restrictive Practices
This half-day workshop equips behaviour support practitioners and service leaders to reduce restrictive practices by treating them as staff and organisational behaviour shaped by service contingencies—not simply “client behaviour” problems. Using Goldiamond’s Constructional Approach and Human Performance Technology, participants will learn to draft a provider-facing constructional plan that builds workable, rights-affirming staff repertoires (while meeting duty of care) and installs maintenance systems so non-coercive practice becomes easier to sustain than restriction.