Fall 2026

Seven Week Course and Coaching Cohort

Join us this fall for our next seven-week course and coaching series to build on your knowledge, increase your confidence, and equip you with strategies to support pediatric patients with autism.

This isn't a webinar or lecture series. It's a small-group, interactive experience that combines practical learning with individualized coaching, helping pediatric professionals translate what they learn into meaningful, immediately applicable changes in practice.

Program Details

  • Format: 7-session series held online weekly on Wednesdays

  • Dates: Starting September 16th running through September and October

  • Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm ET

  • Sessions: 60 minutes live on Zoom (sessions are not recorded)

  • Topics: Each week features a new topic, along with time for discussion, application, and implementation in your daily work. Topics include sensory supports, environmental adaptation, communication supports, predictability, preparation, and more!

  • Who: Pediatric healthcare professionals

  • Cost: $595/person

  • Registration closes: Saturday, September 12 , 2026 (subject to change if filled prior)

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Build Confident, Responsive Care

Support autistic children with greater confidence.
Strengthen collaboration with families.
Build systems that prevent distress before it starts.

Join us this fall and begin integrating autism-informed care practices into your clinical work right away.

  • Healthcare environments can unintentionally increase distress for autistic children. Sensory overload, unpredictable routines, and communication differences can quickly escalate care experiences for both patients and providers.

    This coaching series equips you with respectful, neurodivergent-affirming tools that support:

    • Reduced distress and escalation

    • More effective communication

    • Improved collaboration with families

    • Greater provider confidence

    • Calmer, more predictable clinical encounters

    These strategies are designed for real clinical pace — practical, efficient, and immediately implementable.

    • Live, case-based instruction

    • Practical strategies designed for real clinical settings

    • Immediately usable tools and frameworks

    • Interactive discussion with fellow professionals

    • Certificate of completion

  • Designed for licensed healthcare professionals and clinical providers, including:

    • Pediatric nurses and nurse practitioners

    • Child life specialists

    • Physicians

    • Therapists and allied health providers

    • Medical assistants and clinical support staff

    If you work with autistic children in healthcare environments and want more effective, respectful approaches, this training is for you.

    • Focused and foundational: Live instruction designed to build essential knowledge and practical understanding you can apply immediately.

      Real-time learning: Live Zoom sessions with time for Q&A, reflection, discussion, and problem‑solving.

      Resource-rich: Tools and strategies you can use right away.

      Community support: Learn alongside peers facing similar situations.

      Upon completion: Individualized certificate of completion

Autism-Informed Pediatric Care

Are you looking to deepen your knowledge and feel more confident supporting autistic children in healthcare settings?

Join a live online training series designed to strengthen your foundation in understanding and supporting autistic children and their families in pediatric environments.

Through clear instruction, real clinical examples, and thoughtful discussion, you’ll gain practical strategies you can begin using immediately.

Led by Jill Hudson, a child life specialist and autism consultant with more than 25 years of experience, each session focuses on essential topics such as autistic experiences, sensory needs, communication differences, visual supports, predictability, and collaborative care approaches.

FALL 2026

The seven-week course and coaching is back this fall. Register now to hold your spot. Sessions will be held on Wednesdays in September, October, and November. Each session is 60 minutes and awards a total of 7.0 PDCH + certificate of completion.

Enrollment is capped to preserve discussion quality and interactive learning. A overflow course will be added on Thursdays if needed.

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