Neuroaffirming training for the adults around neurodivergent kids and colleagues
Practical, evidence-informed training for schools, early childhood settings, workplaces and allied health teams across Melbourne — built to be used on Monday morning, not filed away after the session.
- Single workshops or ongoing partnerships
- Face to face (inner north & greater Melbourne) or telehealth
- Delivered by registered psychologists
What “Neuroaffirming” Actually Means In Training
Neuroaffirming practice treats autism, ADHD and other neurodivergence as natural variation, not deficits to correct. In a classroom or workplace, that means adjusting the environment, communication and expectations to work with someone’s wiring rather than pushing against it — not lowering standards, but changing which standards actually apply.
Who We Train
Four settings, four different starting points
Early Childhood Educators
The early years are when small adjustments have the biggest long-term payoff. This training focuses on noticing developmental differences early, and knowing when — and how — to raise them with families without causing alarm.
Covers
- Recognising signs of neurodivergence
- When and how to refer families for support
- Routines and coregulation
- Sensory processing basics
- Talking to families with sensitivity
Schools and Teachers
Moves staff beyond managing behaviour toward understanding what’s driving it — including presentations that don’t fit the classic classroom picture of autism or ADHD.
Available as a single workshop, a short series, or an ongoing arrangement across the school year.
Covers
- Autism and ADHD presentations in class
- Demand avoidance (PDA)
- Sensory processing and learning
- Coregulating dysregulated students
- Strengths-based reporting
- Communicating with families
Workplaces
For managers and teams who want to genuinely retain neurodivergent employees, not just accommodate them on paper. Neurodivergent staff often bring real strengths — and often work in environments never built with them in mind.
Covers
- What neurodivergence looks like at work
- Retaining neurodivergent employees
- Psychologically safe team culture
- Practical adjustments that help everyone
Allied Health Teams
Peer learning and clinical upskilling for psychologists, OTs, speech pathologists and others who want to sharpen their neuroaffirming practice and keep pace with the current evidence base.
Delivered as a one-off session for a team, or as part of an ongoing professional development arrangement for your practice.
How It’s Delivered
Scaled to what your team actually needs
Single workshop
A focused session on one topic
Short series
A handful of sessions building on each other
Ongoing partnership
Ongoing PD woven across the year
Why Minds of All Kinds
What you’re actually getting
Based in Heidelberg and Fairfield, delivering face to face across the inner north and greater Melbourne, or by telehealth anywhere in Australia.
Delivered by registered psychologists with direct clinical expertise in autism, ADHD and neurodevelopmental presentations — not generic trainers.
Grounded in current evidence and informed by lived-experience perspectives, not just theory.
Built to be practical — strategies your team can use the same week, tailored to your specific setting.
Ready to bring this to your team?
Get In Touch
Tell us about your setting and what you’re hoping to build, and we’ll put together an approach that fits.