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Training For Parents, Professionals & Individuals
The DivergAntz Collective is happy to provide anyone visiting this site free access to our training regarding a range of topics.
For short, snappy ‘TikTok’ style training, have a watch of these clips done by Miss_DivergAntz, aka our Founder and Director, Tara Kent.
For a longer, more in-depth understanding, have a scroll through the following topics and watch as you like. Please note, clips which go over 1 hour will need to be downloaded and watched on your computer, or they will cut out at 1 hour.
Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Theory and Practice
Neurodivergent Affirming Professional Certificate
Welcome to learning with the DivergAntz Collective. The DivergAntz Collective is a collective representation of a few key Autistic led companies which us neurodivergent affirming practices, are Autistic Led and have all neurodivergent practitioners who actively reject ABA and utilise brain-based and sensory-based interventions to provide effective support. The DivergAntz Collective Lead Clinical Specialist is Tara Kent. Tara Kent is an NDIS Registered Specialist Behaviour Practitioner with Instinct Au, and works as a Developmental Educator for other Autistic led companies, such as TecAntz and The Experience Collectors (TEC).
The DivergAntz Collective has compiled a series of course options to enable the community to learn the key skills needed to provide safe environments and safe education to Autistic, ADHD, AuDHD and otherwise neurodivergent brains in bodies of all ages.
There are three course options to consider.
Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Theory and Practice
For parents, or anyone wanting some education regarding Neurodivergent Affirming Practice, Autism, ADHD, Neuroception (the brain), Sensory Registration, Profiles and the impact of sensory registration on coping strategies and maintaining a state of regulation, please enrol for free in the “Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming Practices”. This short course includes information, with short, multiple-choice questions, to help you understand the world from the perspective of an Autistic and ADHD brain and understand the impact of various environmental and social triggers on neurodivergent children, teenagers and adults.
This course is facilitated in a low-demand manner with no time frame for completion and you’re welcome to navigate back and forward for as long as it takes you to feel comfortable in understanding the information provided.
Once completed, you will receive a Certificate stating that you have attended and completed the Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming Practices.
For professionals working in this sector, including Occupational Therapists, Specialist Behaviour Practitioners, Speech and Language Pathologists, Support Coordinators, Specialist Support Coordinators, Allied Health, Therapists, Counsellors, Recovery Coaches, or Support Workers who wish to increase their skills, enhance their capacity and become able to provide more specialised, or intensive support to participants, you may wish to complete this “Neurodivergent Affirming Professional Certificate.”
This course costs $1,000 for access to all content, including templates, with multiple choice questions, and covers content across all States and Territories, as well as explaining the Commonwealth Legislation as it relates to the NDIS, Restrictive Practices and Positive Behaviour Support Plans. This course provides instructional guidance regarding how to complete specialist behaviour support pursuant to the NDIS regulatory framework, as well as providing access to all templates required to complete this work effectively.
This course is a pre-requisite to:
Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Practice – Completing Functional Behaviour Assessments & Producing Positive Behaviour Support Plans
Students completing this course can expect to get access to extensive resources which cover content related to:
Section One: Navigating Neurotypes
- ND Affirming service provision
- Autistic Neurotype
- ADHD
Section Two: Understanding our Brain and Body
- Sensory Registration and Profiles
- Neuroception and Polyvagal theory
- Trauma, mental health, and personality disorder
Section Three: Redefining and Understanding Disability
- Concept of Disability (social / medical / developmental definitions)
- Down Syndrome & DSRD
- Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities
Section Four: The Practice Framework, and Legislation (QLD State and Commonwealth)
- Positive Behaviour Support Plan Practice Framework
- Legislation (State and Commonwealth) regarding PBSP and RP
- NDIS Rules – PBSP, FBA, Specialist Behaviour Practitioners (includes registration)
Section Five: Putting it Together – Completing a Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) and Developing a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP)
- Completing an Interim PBSP
- Conducting Assessments and Compiling & Analysing Data
- Functional Behaviour Assessment
- Providing Training (Workers and Families)
- Ethical Billing and Practice Management
Once completed, you will receive a Certificate stating that you have attended and completed the Neurodivergent Affirming Professional Certificate.
For professionals working in this sector, including Occupational Therapists, Specialist Behaviour Practitioners, Speech and Language Pathologists, Support Coordinators, Specialist Support Coordinators, Allied Health, Therapists, Counsellors, Recovery Coaches, or Support Workers who have completed the Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Theory may wish to undertake a structured mentorship (in small groups only), to complete the “Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Practice – Completing Functional Behaviour Assessments & Producing Positive Behaviour Support Plans.”
In this course, for $1,500, you receive small group, guided tuition using the Teams/Zoom platform and support from a registered Specialist Behaviour Practitioner (non-ABA – all neuroscience based), to complete an Interim Positive Behaviour Support Plan, then a Comprehensive Positive Behaviour Support Plan, which is conducive with the NDIS regulatory framework.
The full course, when completed in its entirety, aims to provide the learner with sufficient knowledge, information, and templates to be able to work as a Specialist Behaviour Practitioner. This includes the relevant and necessary information required to conduct Functional Behaviour Assessments (FBA), with the purpose of developing Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSP) which meet the requirements of the NDIS Safeguards Commission, as well as both State and Commonwealth Legislation.
In Australia, in all States and Territories, Specialist Behaviour Practitioners must be Registered with the NDIS Safeguards Commission to practice. This course does not cover what’s required for you to be become a registered provider, there will only be a brief discussion about this. This course is designed to support anyone wanting to work with Instinct CBT or another NDIS Registered Provider, or those willing and able to become registered themselves. This course is designed to cover the ‘how to’ regarding being a practitioner. The way to approach situations, methods of engaging with others to develop rapport, methods of assessment, methods of problem-solving and all the templates that practitioners require to complete all these tasks.
Once Registered, Specialist Behaviour Practitioners can work with participants to help them understand the factors which are adversely affecting their wellbeing and create accommodations to support them to:
- Understand their own sensory needs and profiles and how to self-regulate.
- Teach those around them to co-regulate with them to help them cope and manage.
- Help respond to any negative neural connections created due to previous experienced trauma and harm.
- Understand the impact of the world upon them and the adjustments or accommodations they need to be aware of to manage their own wellbeing.
Specialist Behaviour Practitioners can register with the NDIS Safeguards Commission at the following levels, based on skills, experience and competence.
- Core
- Proficient
- Advanced
- Specialist
Please remember that the DivergAntz Collective does not approve practitioner status and cannot guarantee that anyone completing this course will be able to gain practitioner registration. This is a decision made by the NDIS Safeguards Commission and will be dependent on each person’s ability to demonstrate their skills and experience.
Method of Delivery
This course is facilitated using fortnightly supervision sessions (through zoom/teams) to go through each section and explain how to complete a Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) and develop a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP), based on the template provided, with the hypothetical participant and resources.
All those enrolling in this course must have completed the “Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Theory” prior to commencing.
This course is broken up into the following sections and includes a Zoom/Teams meeting in small groups to review the content submitted by participants. This course is based on a requirement for student to attend small-group face to face zoom/teams meetings, and this requirement is essential for the facilitation to be successful.
Lesson 1: Intake of participant, commencement of safety phase, practice framework.
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Lesson 2: Safety Phase & Sensory Profile.
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Lesson 3: Completing Interim PBSP.
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Lesson 4: Regulation Phase: Completing FBA Assessments and Scoring.
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Lesson 5: Write up of FBA and Completion of Comprehensive PBSP.
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Lesson 6: Summary of Process, Training and Maintenance of PBSP
Student to complete online work, prepare the relevant section of the PBSP, then submit their work prior to attendance. Zoom/Teams meeting will be used to go through each participants work, discuss methodology and provide feedback. Work must be completed and submitted prior to zoom/teams meeting.
Once completed, you will receive a Certificate stating that you have attended and completed the Professional Certificate of Neurodivergent Affirming, Specialist Behaviour Practitioner Practice – Completing Functional Behaviour Assessments & Producing Positive Behaviour Support Plans.