Become a Neuroaffirming Parent, Teacher, or
Other School Professional!
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Announcing the launch of "Insight to Autism" a 4.5-hour, pre-recorded course to help you better understand and support the Autistic students in your life. Dr. Lisa Marnell is an international speaker, author, and occupational therapist who teaches foundational elements about Autism and guides adults to cultivate emotional regulation and learning in Autistic students, all within the paradigm of a strengths-based and neuroaffirming lens!
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Do you SUSPECT that the strategies being used with your Autistic student are causing anxiety or frustration?
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Do you WANT to adopt neuroaffirming IEP goals and accommodations . . . but don't know where to start?
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Do you HOPE to support long-term emotional regulation and learning but know you're on the wrong path ?
What Autistic Students Experience in School . . .
You want your Autistic student to enjoy being treated with human dignity and to be supported in areas of sensory regulation, and meaningful participation.
Yet, IEP teams in schools often write compliance-based goals, push task completion (and compliance) over nervous system safety, and treat handwriting drills and rewards-based motor skill practice as “therapy.” But that’s not neuroaffirming practice - and it's not working!
If you worry "traditional practice" isn’t working for your Autistic students, you're probably right.
But there IS a way to practice in schools that is:
✅ Ethical
✅ Research-aligned
✅ Neuroaffirming
✅ Practical in real school settings
That’s exactly what this course teaches you—step by step.
How is This Course Different?
This Course!
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A model that teaches how Autistic students experience a "Lack of Fit" in schools
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Participation-centered OT
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Centering CURRENT research + ethics + Autistic voices
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Strength-based present levels and goals documentation
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Real school ideas to implement today!
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This is for parents, teachers, and other professionals who WANT TO LEAD and NOT FOLLOW outdated methods
Other Courses:
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Deficit model
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Compliance & behavior charts
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"One right way" programs
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Deficit language
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Abstract theory
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Reliance on poor quality behaviorist reseach
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A mindset to "Do what we always do"
What This Course Offers . . .
The course integrates evidence, learning theory, neurobiology, and Autistic lived experiences while remaining practical and functional for real school settings!
✔ Understand “lack of fit” as the ROOT REASON Autistic students struggle in school—not because of “deficits”
✔ Write ethical evaluations, goals, and accommodations
✔ Use strengths-based IEP language that protects student identity and language
✔ Provide meaningful push-in and pull-out support for regulation, engagement, and access\
✔ Use neuroscience to explain student learning differences to staff
✔ Align your work with OT values of dignity, respect, and meaningful participation
✔ Advocate without conflict using OT theory + evidence + educational alignment
✔ Collaborate with teams using respectful, professional language that shifts thinking
Why Buy This Course Right Now?
THE SCHOOL YEAR IS ALREADY PASSING YOU BY . . .
Every year we “wait" to learn more and to support our Autistic students differently. But then we "get busy" and students continue to be misunderstood, mislabeled, and pushed to mask who they are - all of this worsening their mental health.
HONORING STUDENTS MATTERS A LOT TO YOU!
You know in your gut that you want to do better for your Autistic students - and the time to step forward is NOW. The shift to neuroaffirming practice happens because people - like parents, teachers, and other school professionals - change their practice and lead others to do the same!
YOU WANT TO FINALLY FEEL CONFIDENT
If you wait for the "PERFECT TIME" to sign up, you will find there is no "PERFECT TIME" to do what’s right. Buy now and you will learn different and concrete approaches to use, the research to support your direction, the ways to document strengths (not deficits), and how to lead others through change.
And with LIFETIME access to course materials and updates, you'll get the LIFETIME support you need!
What will you receive with "Insight to Autism
for Parents, Teachers, and Professionals?"
✔ 6 pre-recorded modules with case studies
✔ 4.5 hours of video teaching from Dr. Lisa Marnell
✔ Instruction on proven 5 nervous systems differences in Autistic young people
✔ The Kids Master Skills IEP Goal Template and case study goal examples
✔ A Neurodiversity-Affirming Goal Checklist (to make sure goals are neuroaffirming)
✔ Ongoing resource emails from Dr. Lisa
✔ 8 simple collection sheets to gather data on goal progress and accommodations use
as well as . . .
✔ The 170-page Kids Master Skills Accommodations Bank & Guidelines
(with 300+ IEP accommodations)!
$49 for LIFETIME Access!
Is This Course For YOU?
YES!
Are you a Person Who Fits the Following?
✔ You want to become a confident, ethical parent or practitioner who respects Autistic nervous systems
✔ You know traditional goals and reports harm Autistic students—but aren’t sure what to do
✔ You want a structured process for writing IEP goals and for determining individualized accommodations
✔ You are ready to move beyond compliance-based approaches that don't support learning or engagement in Autistic students
✔ You want to collaborate better with teachers, admin, and behavior teams—without conflict (with actual scripts to use!)
✔ You believe Autism is not a behavioral disorder and support should follow nervous system needs and unique processing
✔ You want professional language backed by research to advocate for Autistic students (again, with actual phrases to use!)
✔ You want clear tools you can use immediately in documentation and in IEP meetings that you attend
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Are you a Person Who Fits the Following?
✘ You believe Autistic students need to be “trained” to act neurotypical (they just have to try harder!)
✘ You support compliance-based or ABA-style behavioral control as part of effective practice in classrooms
✘ You are looking for handwriting worksheets and pencil grip drills
✘ You want quick-fix behavior hacks instead of real ethical practice applications with a solid foundation of current neuroscience
✘ You think masking is a reasonable school success strategy and kids need to "get used to it" for life
✘ You believe adults in an Autistic child's life should focus on simple, surface-level reasons for a child's "behaviors" but not look deeper
✘ You want to use traditional behaviorist approaches (and believe that providing rewards can change nervous system processing)
✘ You imagine that "gently" introducing stressors in an Autistic child's life helps them in the long term
What Are People Saying About
Dr. Lisa Marnell's Teaching?
Mae -
"I felt relaxed and focused in Dr. Lisa's course. Visual graphics were concise and clear. Her specific examples were very helpful. And Lisa speaks clearly and had a good pace for learning."
Hannah -
"As a new OT graduate, I really enjoyed the examples Dr. Lisa shares for interventions and accommodations. Thank you so much! I would love to learn about other courses from Lisa and Kids Master Skills to use as AOTA CEUs in the future.
Jessica -
"I love the way Dr. Marnell teaches using examples, pictures, and straightforward slides. As an Autistic person she says she is a categorical thinker and I see that - she teaches by putting information is such well-organized categories!
Oscar -
"I appreciate the detailed explanations Lisa offers about sensory needs, biology, motor skills etc., explaining how the child might feel and how we can truly make the situation easier for the child with our OT knowledge. Inspiring!"
What Are People Saying About the
"Insight to Autism" Course?
Alishia -
"I loved the content! I think . . . we know forcing writing, compliance, social interaction, etc. may not be what is best for the child. We fight against the norms of the education system and I appreciate the evidence that backs up our thinking."
Sarah -
"I enjoyed the case studies and the examples on how to apply these within the school setting. "
Vanessa -
"I loved the entire course!"
Emma -
"I appreciated how Dr. Marnell provided information regarding our responsibility to address the needs of Autistic students through goals that are meaningful and supportive. I think this PD was set up and executed exceptionally well. "
More Details About this Course!
COURSE PLATFORM & CONTENT DELIVERY FORMAT:
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Hosted on the Thinkific learning platform, this course uses a distance learning, independent, on-demand format.
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This course is targeted to parents, teachers, and school professionals and set at an introductory learning level.
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No prerequisite coursework is required.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
In this PD activity, Dr. Marnell presents six pre-recorded modules to enable parents, teachers, and school professionals to embrace evidence-based approaches to use with autistic children and teens in school. Topics will cover foundational knowledge, including current neuroscience, autistic development, social and sensory processing in autism, evidence regarding autistic lived experiences, as well as the commitment to honor diversity, equity, and inclusion for marginalized populations of autistic students.
TIME ORDERED AGENDA & LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Module 1:
TITLE:
Why Adopt Neuroaffirming and Strengths-Based Approaches in Autism?
Module 3:
TITLE:
What Are Neuroaffirming and Strengths-Based Approaches in School?
Module 2:
TITLE:
Autistic Neurobiology Relates to Student Function and Learning
Module 4:
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Collaborate and Create Neuroaffirming IEP Goals
Module 5:
TITLE: Develop Individualized and Neuroaffirming IEP Accommodations
TITLE: Guiding Your IEP Team Toward Neuroaffirming Practice
Module 6:
PURCHASE INSIGHT TO AUTISM FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND PROFESSIONALS!
$49
Course is LIVE now!
FINANCIAL & NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE:
Neither speaker, Lisa Marnell, nor the professional development provider, Kids Master Skills, have financial or non-financial interests or relationships to disclose in regard to this PD activity.
CONTACT LISA MARNELL AT
KIDS MASTER SKILLS
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Cancellation by the PD provider, Kids Master Skills, will entitle all registered learners to receive a full course refund within 3 days of written notice.
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Learners may cancel registration prior to starting the second course module on any Kids Master Skills' PD course and will be eligible for a full refund, which will be sent within 3 days.
STANDARD CANCELLATION POLICY: