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The Autism Parenting Summit is a virtual event hosted by Autism Parenting Magazine.

This Summit aims to help parents of children on the autism spectrum and is packed full of expert speaker sessions helping attendees in the areas that matter most.

Parenting a child with autism can be challenging. Autism parents aren’t just mom or dad, they’re teachers, advocates, therapists…and so much more! All parents worry about their children, but autism parents face increased challenges with communication, social skills, behavior, daily activities, and much more. The Autism Parenting Summit features expert speaker sessions offering attendees advice and support in their parenting journeys.

Our aim is to help autism caregivers develop their parenting skills, learn from experts, and discover new techniques and approaches that could benefit their children. Our speaker line-up includes doctors and experts, as well as people on the spectrum and fellow autism parents: to help attendees know they’re not alone in their parenting journeys.

The Autism Parenting Summit seeks to raise awareness of children on the autism spectrum, their unique needs, as well as other support for their parents.

A number of doctors, therapists, and autism experts will present at the Autism Parenting Summit.

Some of the confirmed sessions include:

  • Occupational Therapy: A FUNctional Approach to Autism
  • Building Confidence for Autism Parents 
  • Educational Options For Your Child With Autism
  • The ‘ESSENCE’ in the Autism(s): Towards Understanding and Effective Intervention
  • Q&A: Empowering Young People on the Autism Spectrum for the Job Search – Tips for Family Members
  • Bullying Prevention: Information, Helpful Tools, and Intervention Strategies
  • Dealing with Challenging Behaviors
  • Autism Fitness: Understanding the Three Keys to a Successful Program
  • Nutrition Intervention for Autism and ADHD: How Food and Nutrients Affect Your Child’s Health & Behaviors
  • Five Secrets About Your SLP: Real Life Strategies for Communication Success
  • Supporting Nervous System Function Through Sensory Intervention & Adaptation
  • Financial Planning for Your Autism Family 
  • Transitioning into Adulthood: Five Social Competencies to Foster
  • Q&A: Preparing Kids for the “Real World” 
  • Q&A: Supporting Girls on the Spectrum

Click here to attend and register! We cannot wait to see you on the summit!

Click here to attend and register!

FROM THE BLOG

"I really enjoyed watching the course. Great presentation. Really engaging. The information on some of the measurement tools for criteria A was particularly valuable and is exactly what I was looking to help with diagnosis in the higher functioning kids where the ADOS, and CARS don’t give diagnostic clarity. Thank you."
Workshop Attendee
Workshop AttendeeMasterclass: Diagnosis with Children with ASD
"I wanted to say a huge thank you for the emotion management for children and adolescents with Autism course last week. It was truly enlightening and empowering. As a parent of an pre-teen with Aspergers it has felt a very long, lonely and often exhausting journey. Michelle and Tony so eloquently explained so many manifestations and turned so many previously thought of as impossible to deal with traits into something so much more positive and manageable. I just wanted to say a huge thank you and I really look forward to your next event."
Workshop attendeeBehaviour and Emotion Management
"My 9-year-old daughter has just been diagnosed with autism level one & generalised anxiety disorder and struggles with sleep issues, meltdowns, school refusal, anger, sensory overwhelm etc. I have honestly struggled to find that genuine, down to earth practical advice that this teaching has given me. It has changed the way to see my child’s behaviours & in turn the way I respond to them. I feel very blessed to have this. Thank you."
Workshop attendeeBehaviour and Emotion Management
I've just finished watching Michelle and Tony's presentation on girls and women on the spectrum and wanted to send a huge thank-you. The session was detailed and informative and they're lovely presenters. I just wish I could pop in and chat to them!
Louise, Workshop AttendeeGirls & Women with Autism
"I think everyone should experience the positivity these two exude while speaking so passionately about autism."
Workshop Attendee
Workshop AttendeeBehaviour and Emotion Management
"Your resources have been life-changing for us as parents and for our family. We are both physicians, my wife a paediatrician, and never have we learned as much as we have learned about this subject than what we have learned from you."
Workshop Attendee
Workshop AttendeeBehaviour and Emotion Management
"Tony and Michelle are at the cutting edge of knowledge for ASD in Australia. They most certainly inspired me."
Workshop Attendee
Workshop AttendeeMasterclass: Diagnosis with Adults with Autism
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Dr Michelle Garnett founded Minds & Hearts in 2005 to meet the enormous need for Allied Health Services specifically tailored for people on the Autism Spectrum, and to increase knowledge and awareness of Autism. Minds & Hearts is a now led by Dr David Zimmerman and Dr Wesley Turner, Clinical Psychologists. Michelle & Tony offer diagnostic assessments there on Wednesdays.