The ADA Training Pathway

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Your Journey to Becoming a Certified Autism Dialogue Approach® Practitioner

Autism Dialogue Roffey Park

We are all facing major challenges when interacting and communicating across neurotypes, potentially triggering and re-traumatising autistic and other highly sensitive, neurodivergent people.


Unfortunately, healthcare professionals, public servants, educators, therapists and coaches are inclined to adapt protocol to account for autism and neurodivergencies as a collection of deficits.

A therapeutic approach should be holistic and relational and include up-to-date training in autism and neurodiversity in order to improve access to treatment and outcomes.

Professionals must be highly aware and confident in refining their positions and practices in line with the needs of autistic and neurodivergent people.

The Autism Dialogue Approach® places you at the cutting edge of emerging autistic, social and cognitive science, and improves access to treatment and outcomes for autistic and neurodivergent people.

The ADA programme is in 3 stages:

Skills for Life

On our foundation course, you will gain an extensive, working knowledge of Autism and Neurodiversity and understand the benefits of ADA in family, community and society. This comprehensive, stand-alone course will maximise your insight and capability to function with confidence and clarity in most relational and supporting situations, working with major themes in autism and neurodiversity. As an agent of change, you will learn about ideas and potential for personal and systemic therapeutic interventions and your own unique strengths and applications. 

For anyone considering learning ADA for a wide range of settings, people working in all types of relational work including criminal justice, paediatrics, education, occupational and speech therapists.


Practitioner

Includes Group facilitation + Pairs modules

Begin to hone your skills towards working more decisively with the art & skills of facilitating in pairs and groups, fine-tuning your group dynamics and designing and practicing generative dialogues programmes. Learn about the differences between therapy and coaching in the autism context and be provided with new and emerging work in the science of communication, bringing the relational dimensions of Enaction theory, compassion, s piritual integration and Interbeing into the dialogic learning environment. 

Challenges.

For people who are already on their professional coaching or therapy journey and have completed Stage One.



ADA Accredited 

For professionals who have achieved a good level of integrity in their own practice and completed our previous stages. You will work on a case study and be supported with a formal assessment in a style and methodology of your own choosing. Professional ethics and supervision are further becnhmarks and by the time you are an accredited ADA Practitioner, you will have reached a high level of ethical maturity and skills and confidence to apply the Approach in a wide range of settings including psychotherapy, counselling and coaching. 


Testimonials

Don’t take our word for it – here’s what our clients say:

JD

Group participant

“It feels like a cocoon of support and a safe space to share autistic experiences, and experiences of the ‘neurotypical’ world. It is the bridge between the autistic and neurotypical world.”

Ann

Therapist

“Listening to autistic people telling their stories in their own way has been a revelation. My mind has been opened”


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Ian Dale

National Autistic Society

“I’ve never seen an event of this kind for and with Autistic people that was so calm and inclusive.”

Helen

Client

“Brilliant”

What’s included

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8 fully interactive days

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27+ workshops

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video & document library 

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handbook

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ADA’24 – 1st Generation

Course dates

March

April

May

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Our Team

…a small but mighty core…

KATE

Kate Salinsky

Trainer-Facilitator

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Jonny Drury

Trainer-Facilitator

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Hanne De Jaegher

Research Consultant

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Jackie Elliott

Supervisor

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