Neurodiversity training for the people supporting kids and families

Practical professional development on ADHD, autism and neuro-affirming practice – built for child and family welfare teams, foster and kinship carers, and the frontline workers doing the hard yards.
Dr Amanda Mullin is a clinical psychologist (and an ADHDer) who makes the science usable, not academic.

Neurodiversity training
for the people supporting
kids and families

STAFF & PRACTITIONER PD

For case workers, support workers and practitioners.
Half-day and full-day workshops that build real, usable skills for working with neurodivergent kids, young people and families – delivered in person or online.

Popular topics:

Popular topics:

  • Understanding ADHD
  • Understanding Autism & PDA
  • Neuro-Affirming Practice
  • Emotional Regulation

Format: half-day or full-day; in person, Zoom or Teams.

FOSTER & KINSHIP CARER TRAINING

For the carers holding it all together.
Sessions that help carers understand the behaviour they’re seeing and respond in ways that help – grounded in the science, delivered without jargon or judgement.

Popular topics:

  • ADHD and the Developing Brain
  • Big Behaviours and What’s Behind Them
  • Neuro-Affirming Care
  • Looking After Yourself While You Care

Format: carer evenings, half-day or series; in person or online.

CONFERENCE & EVENT KEYNOTES

For sector conferences, AGMs and staff days.
A keynote that lands – warm, sharp, science-backed – to open your conference or lift a whole-of-organisation day.

Format: from 20-minute slots to 45-minute keynotes and longer.

Dr Amanda Mullin delivering neurodiversity training for family services workers.

Amanda was amazing. Some of the best training I’ve attended. Her personal knowledge and experience made the training so informative and provided so many great strategies

Amanda was amazing. Some of the best training I’ve attended. Her personal knowledge and experience made the training so informative and provided so many great strategies

Why Dr Amanda is Trusted by the Organisations That Do This Work Every Day

Major organisations continue to rebook Dr Amanda’s training, including:

  • MacKillop Family Services
  • ADHD Foundation
  • Centre for Excellence in Child & Family Welfare -ongoing carer training program
  • Delivered for VACCA and Berry Street through sector partnerships

Repeat bookings reflect practical, relevant training that workers can put into practice on Monday, because the training respects how hard the job actually is.

Warm, authentical and relatable approach

  • She’s clinical, and she’s practical. A Doctor of Clinical Psychology who’s spent a decade with real clients – so the content is right, and it works in the messy reality of frontline practice.

  • She gets neurodivergence from the inside. As an ADHDer, she explains “different, not deficit” in a way that sticks – and helps workers see the kids and families they support differently.

  • She respects the work. No lecturing, no judgement, no academic distance. She knows your teams are stretched, and she builds training they can actually act on.

 

Your inclusive language and promotion of people who are neurodiverse is fantastic. I have a son with a neurodiverse condition and I wish more people were as supportive in their terms as you are.

What Dr Amanda Covers

  • Understanding ADHD – what it is, what it isn’t, and what actually helps

  • Understanding Autism & PDA – including demand avoidance and what to do differently

  • Neuro-Affirming Practice – moving from “managing behaviour” to understanding it

  • Emotional Regulation – co-regulation, big feelings, and the science underneath

  • Trauma, Neurodiversity and the Overlap – telling them apart, and why it matters

  • Carer & Worker Wellbeing – preventing burnout in demanding roles

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Your inclusive language and promotion of people who are neurodiverse is fantastic. I have a son with a neurodiverse condition and I wish more people were as supportive in their terms as you are.

Organisations I’ve worked with

Trusted by KPMG, Adobe, ACMA, the ADHD Foundation, MacKillop Family Services and many more.

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