Training for Adults
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Fabic has developed 3 courses which run over 4 x 1½ hour modules. All courses are aimed at supporting an individual to gain an in-depth understanding of behaviour used by others or by themselves.
Training is conducted nationally and locally on the Gold Coast.
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Each course can also be conducted as a “Professional Development Day” to ensure entire staff from one organisation are all working from a similar framework and philosophy to create consistency.
Please find below a brief description of each course.
Full Course Title: Understanding Aspergers & ASD
Creating Positive Experiences for a Person with Aspergers or other Autism Spectrum Disorder
Description:
People with Aspergers & other ASD’s (Autism Spectrum Disorders) perceive this same world differently to others and thus may often be seen to be responding negatively to situations that other people may appear to be responding positively to. All people in the world (including you and me) exist on a scale from 1 (calm) to 5 (meltdown).
Meltdowns look different for all people but if we are honest we would see that most of us have them in some form! Increasing anxiety is a result of a person being presented with experiences they don’t feel equipped to handle; thus a cause for many people’s meltdowns.
In this workshop you will gain insight and an understanding of the perceptions of a person with an ASD and support you to see the individual as a person and not a “disorder”. You will learn to understand what might predict a meltdown for the person with an ASD and without judgment learn how that might differ to another. You will be exposed to hands on techniques that are required to achieve a reduction in anxiety and thus a reduction in use of unwanted behaviour while increasing the use of desired behaviours for a person with an ASD.
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Full Course Title: Understanding Behaviour
Conducting a Functional Behavioural Assessment for people using unwanted behaviours
Description:
We all use behaviours we would prefer not to be using ... if we want the behaviour to change we must first understand “why” this behaviour is being used! All behaviour happens for a reason ... no matter how unwanted or unacceptable the behaviour is, IT IS HAPPENING FOR A REASON. This reason must first be identified if we want positive behaviour change to occur.
This course aims to support people to look at behaviour in isolation of the person and be objective by investigating & identifying the reason or certain behaviour. You will be taught a scientific yet user friendly behaviour investigation tool enabling you to “Understand Behaviour used by self and other people”. Behaviour is often used to describe who a person is but if we learn to understand behaviour as “a form of expression and often as a coping strategy” we will be able to learn to understand that behaviour is not who a person is; rather what a person is doing.
Understanding behaviour is not an “excuse” or “allowance” for unwanted behaviour rather an identification of “WHY” the behaviour is being used ... the REASON! Functional Behaviour Assessment is a process that aims to look beyond the behaviour itself, enabling supporters to identify all factors associated with the occurrence of an unwanted behaviour. The objective information gained from a Functional Behaviour Assessment is used to support positive behaviour change.
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Full Course Title: Changing Behaviour
Behavioural Strategies to increase positive behaviours
Description:
Many people are using unwanted behaviours but really don’t want to be ...they simply do not know what new positive behaviours to use instead.
Using desired behaviours is a skill; a skill that often needs to be taught and not expected that people know how to do automatically...just like learning to read or driving a car; we all need the opportunity to learn new skills! People frequently use unwanted behaviours in response to challenges they are experiencing & currently do not know how to respond to this same experience by using desired behaviours.
Whether it be a 3-year-old or a 60-year-old; we all have used unwanted behaviours at some time, and will again in the future unless we are taught to respond differently. If we want to see new positive behaviours, we must teach what we want to see!
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- "The information was presented in a very clear and structured manner. One of the best presented workshops I've been to in a long time"
- "The practical application of the sequential approach was great. I would like to see this and the follow up workshop repeated on an annual basis. It will help me with staff coaching"
- "Thank you. This workshop was very practical. A great template to overlay what can often be a very perplexing situation!"
- "The course was informative and understandable and I enjoyed it. I loved the understanding that it gives of how the world is for an ASD person "
- "As a presenter. Tan was very calming and well presented. Lots of useful strategies and examples were given. Informative and not too technical."
- "Thank you Tan for providing an interesting approach to an ordinary day in the life of a parent with ASD. I will be able to implement many of these strategies in our home."
- "Great strategies for improving/assisting the lives of people we support plus implementing the sequence of Behaviour. Excellent and easy to understand"
- "I appreciated the real life examples which were very easy to follow and understand"
- "Well presented - Congratulations. Clear, concise and relevant. Presenter knew her stuff!"
- "Very pleased with the course. Completely different understanding on how to help my autistic son."
- "The whole concept of collecting data is very useful to me. The thermometer concept is excellent!"
- "Many thanks Tan. A very informative session. I have learned a lot about ASD"
- "I found this course really understandable and I could use what I had learned right away and put it into practice."
