Semester One 2026 workshops now available
About Mindful's Autism Training Program
Mindful is the largest provider of autism training in Victoria and a leading provider of autism training within Australia, delivering over 40 workshops to 2000+ participants each year from over 570 individual organisations. We provide high quality, accessible, and affordable training to clinicians in both the public and private sectors.
As the Victorian Government has provided funding to Mindful to coordinate and deliver autism training for mental health services, there are subsidised places are available in select workshops for Victorian public ICYMHS/AMHS clinicians. Please see individual workshops for costs and further information.
Our Participants
Our workshops are attended by early career clinicians and experienced clinicians from a range of disciplines wanting to expand their autism knowledge and skills. Workshops are offered online and in person.
Our Presenters
Presenters come from a range of multi-disciplinary, clinical, academic, and lived and living experience perspectives. The focus of training is the translation of knowledge to development of practical clinical skills.
Our program offers a sequential progression of training categorised into 3 streams:
Core Training
Provides a comprehensive understanding of autism and co-occurring mental health conditions. Our most popular workshop, Autism Assessment Fundamentals & Co-occurring Conditions, demonstrates the complexity of a multidisciplinary autism assessment and is the prerequisite for advanced training workshops.
Skill Development
A deeper exploration into co-occurring mental health conditions. Targeted and specific to enhance clinicians' knowledge and skills in working with autistic clients who experience co-occurring conditions and advancing knowledge of current evidence-based strategies integrated with neurodiversity affirming practice. (e.g. Autism and ADHD, Eating Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Anxiety, & more).
Advanced Assessment
Training in autism assessment tools for use in clinical practice: the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R).
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Browse our current trainings below. Please note our workshops sell out quickly and therefore may not be available. We are sorry if you cannot access the training you would like to at this time.
Core Training
The core training workshops are designed for psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists, mental health nurses, teachers, Headspace clinicians, paediatricians, child & adolescent psychiatrists & trainees.
This is an online self-paced interactive learning module (3 hours). Participants will have access to LMS for two months after date of enrolment to complete the module.
Wednesday 1 January 2025 to Wednesday 31 December 2025
Presented by Mindful
This is an online self-paced interactive learning module (3 hours). Participants will have access to LMS for two months after date of enrolment to complete the module.
Thursday 5 February 2026, 9:00 am to Friday 6 February 2026
Presented by Royal Children's Hospital & Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service Autism Assessment Teams
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Monday 30 March 2026, 9:00 am to Tuesday 31 March 2026
Presented by Dr Emma Radford and Mindful
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite: Adult Autism Introductory
Tuesday 14 April 2026, 9:00 am to Tuesday 28 April 2026
This is a 3-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Part 1: Monday 13 April 9:00am - 2:30pm
Part 2: Monday 20 April 9:00am - 2:30pm
Part 3: Monday 27 April 9:00am - 12:30pm
Thursday 7 May 2026, 9:00 am to Friday 8 May 2026
Presented by Bendigo CAMHS
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Wednesday 20 May 2026, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Presented by Leah Dalton & Jenny Reid
This is a 1-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore VIC.
Monday 1 June 2026, 9:00 am to Tuesday 2 June 2026
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite: Adult Autism Introductory
Thursday 11 June 2026, 9:00 am to Friday 12 June 2026
Presented by Mindful
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Skill Development
Skill development workshops are designed for professionals working with clients with autism. They focus on understanding co-occurring mental health conditions and practical skill development.
Friday 13 February 2026, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Presented by Dr Julia Cook & Willow Metcalfe
This is a 3.5-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Friday 13 March 2026, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Presented by OTARC, Dr Sanjay Patel, & Mindful
This is a 5.5 hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Friday 1 May 2026, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm
Presented by Dr Fiona Zandt
This is a 3.5-hour workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore VIC.
Thursday 21 May 2026, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Presented by Dr Jennifer Harrison
This is a 5.5-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Friday 5 June 2026, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Presented by Dr Emma Scibberas, A/Prof Daryl Efron
This is a 5.5-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Friday 19 June 2026, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Presented by Dr Emma Radford, Emily Mawson, Dr Abbey Love & Johanna Rouse
This is a 5.5-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Advanced Assessment
Training in autism assessment tools for use in clinical practice: the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) and Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI-R).
This is a 2-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Tuesday 20 January 2026, 8:30 am to Thursday 22 January 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2 and a half-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 26 February 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 27 February 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Monday 16 March 2026, 8:30 am to Wednesday 18 March 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2 and a half-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore, VIC. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 19 March 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 20 March 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore, VIC. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 23 April 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 24 April 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Wednesday 13 May 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 15 May 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2 and a half-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 28 May 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 29 May 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore, VIC. Prerequisite training required.
Tuesday 23 June 2026, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 4-hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite: ADOS-2 Introductory.
Thursday 25 June 2026, 8:30 am to Friday 26 June 2026
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
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