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Behaviour as Communication: Positive Support Strategies for Neurodivergent Learners

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About Course

This practical, neuro-affirming course helps educators, teacher aides, and parents move beyond punitive behaviour management and understand what neurodivergent students are really trying to communicate. You will explore evidence-based frameworks including Positive Behaviour Support, co-regulation, and low-arousal approaches to respond effectively to ADHD, autism, sensory-driven, and demand-avoidant profiles. Packed with stage-specific strategies for primary and secondary classrooms and home environments, this course builds your confidence to reduce anxiety, increase engagement, and strengthen trust with every student.

What Will You Learn?

  • Identify the unmet need, sensory trigger, or communication function beneath a student's challenging behaviour
  • Apply Positive Behaviour Support frameworks in ways that are genuinely affirming for neurodivergent learners
  • Distinguish between inattentive ADHD, hyperactive ADHD, sensory-driven, and demand-avoidant presentations and adjust your response accordingly
  • Use co-regulation techniques in the moment to support a dysregulated student without escalating the situation
  • Implement at least 10 proactive classroom and home strategies drawn from Universal Design for Learning and low-arousal approaches
  • Design environmental and routine adjustments that prevent behaviour challenges before they occur
  • Write strengths-based behaviour observations that inform planning and avoid deficit-focused labelling
  • Communicate with families using a consistent, collaborative, and non-blaming approach to support students across settings

Course Content

Reframing Behaviour: Understanding What Students Are Communicating

  • Why Behaviour is Always Communication: The Neurodivergent Lens
  • The Stress-Behaviour Connection: Anxiety, Sensory Load, and the Nervous System
  • From Compliance Models to Neuro-Affirming Practice: A Shift in Mindset
  • Quiz: Reframing Behaviour

Knowing Your Student: ADHD, Autism, Sensory, and Demand-Avoidant Profiles

Positive Behaviour Support Frameworks in Practice

Practical Strategies for Classrooms and Home Environments

Strengths-Based Observation, Planning, and Family Partnership

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