We offer two groundbreaking workshops for parents, teachers, therapists and support people of autistic individuals.

davis stepping Stones workshop - 2 DAYS

Beginning steps to the Davis Autism Approach Programme

You can help a young child unlock their knowledge and capabilities with our specialized two-day Davis Stepping Stones Workshop. This course has been tailored specifically for family members, educators and therapists wanting to assist a child (or children) under the age of eight, or an individual with low or no verbal ability.

The Davis Stepping Stones Workshop is rooted in our philosophy of embracing and celebrating neurodiversity, respecting every individual, nurturing growth, and building on strengths to overcome challenges.
By the end of the workshop, you will have all you need to support a young child effectively. You will be able to guide them to:​
  • increase their self-awareness
  • improve self-regulation
  • deal more positively with change
  • cope with meltdowns, and
  • better understand the world around them – all without losing their beautiful uniqueness.

Who can attend the Davis Stepping Stones Workshop?
  • ​Any family member, educator or therapist working with autistic individuals under the age of eight.
  • Any family member, educator, or therapist working with autistic individuals with low (or no) verbal or receptive language.

What is covered in the Davis Stepping Stones Workshop?
​This comprehensive two-day workshop takes you through every step of the Davis Stepping Stones Program, providing exceptional training on how to best work with a child at home, school or in a professional therapy setting. You will come away with:​
  • a personal set of tools (mental strategies) to help you remain calm and relaxed while working with a young child or student
  • a highly effective set of self-regulation strategies to help the child manage stress, regulate their energy, and enhance their ability to focus
  • methods for facilitating a greater awareness of self and others
  • the ability to teach and actively create the fundamental  life concepts of change, consequence, cause and effect, before and after, using the engaging hands-on method of modelling with plastilina clay, and
  • an understanding of how to create meaningful, positive learning experiences in the home, school or external environment to actively explore these life concepts. This enables the child to integrate their experiences into their personal identity, as a framework for understanding the world, and creates a solid foundation for stimulating positive and lasting change.

Download the Workshop Outline click here

What kind of outcomes do children experience ?
​Young children who complete the Stepping Stones Program experience many positive changes. Below are examples of some of the most significant improvements that have been reported back to the Foundation:​
  • better self-awareness (for e.g. expressing pain appropriately when injured)
  • better self-regulation (can calm themselves down)
  • fewer meltdowns
  • less resistance to change
  • willingness to try new things
  • increased ability to refer to self as ‘I’ or ‘me’
  • increase in imaginative play 
  • growth in language
  • increased understanding of cause and effect, and
  • can follow instructions using the concepts of before and after.    ​

davis life concepts for autism workshop - 5 DAYS

You can help unlock the knowledge and capabilities of an autistic individual you are supporting, with the in-depth 5-day Davis Life Concepts for Autism Workshop.

This is a course specifically designed for family members, educators and therapists. We provide a supportive learning environment that empowers you with proven tools and techniques to create inspiring change for the person you are supporting.
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The Davis Autism Approach Programmes were created by an autistic man for autistic individuals. It is a deeply respectful and non-intrusive approach that empowers individuals to participate more fully in a life they choose, while retaining the essence of who they are as an autistic individual. 
By the end of the workshop, you will have all of the tools and materials you need to take an individual through the Davis Life Concepts for Autism Program. You will be able to confidently guide them on a journey to increase their sense of self, improve self-regulation, reduce meltdowns, and develop a greater capacity to participate more fully in the world around them – all without losing their beautiful uniqueness and identity.

Who can attend a Davis Life Concepts for Autism Workshop?
  • Family members, educators and therapists of individuals over the age of eight who are on the autism spectrum.
  • Adult individuals on the autism spectrum who are looking for a self-development program.

What is covered in the Davis Life Concepts for Autism Workshop?
This comprehensive five-day workshop equips you with the knowledge and tools to confidently take someone through the Davis Life Concepts for Autism Program in order to help them to participate more fully in a life in the ways they choose. You will come away with:
  • a personal set of tools (mental strategies) to help you remain calm and relaxed while working with the individual
  • the ability to help the individual to become more present in the world; develop accurate perceptions; gain an awareness of self; and develop the ability to regulate their focus, stress and energy levels 
  • the ability to teach and actively create (using the engaging hands-on method of modelling with plastilina clay) the fundamental life concepts of:
          - change, consequence, cause and effect, before and after, time, sequence, order and disorder
          - continue, survive, perception, thought, experience
          - energy, force, emotion, want, need, intention, and
          - motivation, ability, control, responsibility.
  • an understanding of how to create meaningful, positive learning experiences in the home, school or external environment to actively explore these life concepts. This enables the individual to integrate their experiences into their personal identity, as a framework for understanding the world, and creates a solid foundation for stimulating positive and lasting change.
  • knowledge of how to help an individual to establish order in their physical environment by learning how to use the concepts to establish order, determine order, and create and maintain order
  • the ability to support an individual to develop self-responsibility. You will learn a strategy to foster self-responsibility through identifying which life concept/s are missing and thereby preventing or limiting that individual’s capacity for self-responsibility, and
  • how to facilitate social awareness by exploring the different types of relationships and behaviors we have with others. 

Download the Workshop Outline click here

What kind of outcomes do people experience?
Individuals who have completed the Davis Life Concepts for Autism Program have experienced many changes, including:
  • less anxiety
  • increased ability to be able to take part in daily activities and create order in their life
  • willingness to try new things
  • greater capacity to cope with change
  • an ability to cause a positive change in their life
  • a reduction in sensory overload symptoms
  • reductions in meltdowns
  • a greater sense of self, and
  • being better equipped to manage relationships and social interactions.​
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Workshop Information and images have been provided by the Ron Davis Autism Foundation.
​"This workshop was informative, inspiring, and some of the best professional development we have experienced around the areas of Autism, ASD and Aspergers.  As adult learners we felt valued and inspired to move forward with your programme."
​Claire, Primary Teacher