Semester 1 2025 workshops now open for registration
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.
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 6 February 2025, 9:00 am to Friday 7 February 2025
Presented by Dr Fiona Zandt and Leonie Wilson
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Monday 17 March 2025, 9:00 am to Monday 24 March 2025
Presented by Dr Deeta Kimber
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Thursday 27 March 2025, 9:00 am to Friday 28 March 2025
Presented by Bendigo ICYMHS
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Friday 9 May 2025, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Presented by Leah Dalton & Jenny Reid
This is a 1 day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Monday 12 May 2025, 9:00 am to Tuesday 13 May 2025
Presented by Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Mental Health – Autism Consultation and Evaluation Service (MH-ACES)
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite: Adult Autism Introductory
Tuesday 27 May 2025, 9:00 am to Wednesday 28 May 2025
Presented by Orygen & Mindful
This is a 2-day 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).
Wednesday 15 January 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 17 January 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-and-a-half day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 23 January 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 24 January 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Monday 17 February 2025, 8:30 am to Tuesday 18 February 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Monday 3 March 2025, 8:30 am to Tuesday 4 March 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore VIC. Prerequisite training required.
Wednesday 5 March 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 7 March 2025
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 10 April 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 11 April 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Wednesday 14 May 2025, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a half-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite: ADOS-2 Introductory.
Thursday 22 May 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 23 May 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered face to face at Mindful, Travancore VIC. Prerequisite training required.
Thursday 5 June 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 6 June 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
Wednesday 25 June 2025, 8:30 am to Friday 27 June 2025
Presented by Deborah Sweeney
This is a 2-and-a-half day workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar. Prerequisite training required.
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 21 March 2025, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Presented by Dr Sanjay Patel & Dr Darren Hedley
This is a 4 hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Friday 2 May 2025, 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
Wednesday 21 May 2025, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
Presented by Dr Claire Burton and Anna Rose
This is a 5.5 hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
Thursday 12 June 2025, 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 20 June 2025, 10:00 am to 1:45 pm
Presented by Dr Emma Radford, Emily Mawson, Jade Parsons, Johanna Rouse
This is a 3.5 hour workshop delivered online via Zoom live webinar.
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Disclaimer
All information correct at October 2022. Mindful reserves the right to make changes to the training calendar or any general or specific information published in this calendar. Mindful reserves the right to cancel courses that do not achieve minimum participation, in which case, course fees will be refunded.