Education
Our presentations and workshops are expertly tailored around essential topics, designed to align with your group's unique learning objectives and needs.
Neurodiversity-Affirming Supports
Empower your team with engaging, research-informed sessions designed to deepen understanding and enhance neurodiversity-affirming practices in your specific role and setting. Led by an experienced clinician-researcher and facilitator, these interactive workshops are tailored to your team’s unique goals and context.
Participants will learn essential terminology, gain valuable insight into neurodivergent experiences of mental health and well-being, learn about the newest innovations and approaches to neuro-affirming practices and policies, and address common challenges faced by participants in their roles. Through real-world case examples and collaborative discussion, you will leave with practical tools to foster and enhance inclusive, respectful, and effective supports that benefit all clients and patients.
Ideal for counsellors, healthcare teams, community organizations, schools, and helping professionals committed to providing care in an environment where neurodivergent individuals can truly thrive.
Academic Presentation: Doctoral (PhD) Oral Defense
Research Presentation for Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) Board of Directors and Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Presenters: Michelle Goos, Rae Morris, Lizzy Walsh, and Dr. Rachelle Hole
Lunch and Learn Presentation for BC Centre for Ability Staff
Professional Development Workshop for ISABC Mental Health and Wellness Collaboration Group
Professional Development Workshop for Sea to Sky School District (SD48) School Counsellors
Guest Lecture for University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBC-O) Master of Social Work course HINT525: Disability Studies and Interprofessional Health Care
Guest Lecture for University of British Columbia Master of Social Work course SOWK526: Social Work Practice with Individuals and Couples
Guest Lecture for University of British Columbia Master of Social Work course SOWK532: Social Work Practice with Families
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2024: Inspire. Empower. Sustain.
Virtual Professional Development Workshop for YWCA Youth Program Staff
AutismBC Talks live virtual interview
University of British Columbia School of Social Work Guest Lecture – SOWK526: Social Work Practice with Individuals and Couples
Virtual Professional Development Workshop for YWCA Frontline staff
Presentation for Vancouver Coastal Health
Professional Development Presentation for University of British Columbia School of Social Work Field Instructors
Guest Lecture for University of British Columbia School of Social Work
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2023: "Healing the Land; The Mind".
Professional Development Presentation for Peak Resilience Counselling
Virtual presentation for British Columbia Association of Social Workers (BCASW) Continuing Professional Development Series.
Continuing Professional Development Presentation for British Columbia Assocation of Social Workers (BCASW)
Presentation for BC Children’s Hospital/BC Women’s Hospital Social Work Clinical Rounds
Presentation to Ontario Working Group on Mental Health and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Toronto, ON
Presentation at Autism Community Training (ACT) Focus on Research Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Presenters: Jodie Ellenor and Rae Morris
Workshop series hosted by the Redpath Centre, Toronto, ON
Presenters: Rae Morris and Barbara Muskat
Multi-Media Display presented during Child and Family-Centered Care (CFCC) Week at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON
Presenters: Rae Morris and Andrea Greenblatt
Research presentation at the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities (OADD) Annual Conference, Kingston, ON
Research presentation for The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Social Work Rounds, Toronto, ON
Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools
Empower your team with engaging, research-informed professional development sessions designed to deepen understanding and enhance neurodiversity-affirming practices that support student inclusion, well-being, and success. Led by an experienced facilitator, these interactive sessions are tailored to your team’s unique goals and setting.
Participants will learn essential terminology, gain valuable insight into neurodivergent students’ experiences, address common challenges faced by educators, learning support professionals, school counsellors, and other school-based staff, and reflect on success stories and lessons learned from other schools and settings. Through real-world examples and collaborative discussion, you will gain practical tools to foster more inclusive, respectful, and effective support across the school community.
Ideal for primary through post-secondary school settings and community organizations committed to providing care in an environment where neurodivergent individuals can truly thrive.
Lunch and Learn Presentation for BC Centre for Ability Staff
Professional Development Workshop for ISABC Mental Health and Wellness Collaboration Group
Professional Development Workshop for Sea to Sky School District (SD48) School Counsellors
Mini lesson for Braemar Elementary grade ¾ students
Professional Development session for Crofton House School Educational Assistants and Associate Teachers
Professional Development session for Mulgrave School Counsellors, Learning Strategies Teachers, and Administrative Staff.
Mini lesson for Braemar Elementary kindergarten students
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2024: Inspire. Empower. Sustain.
Crofton House Junior School Parent Presentation
Presenters: Rae Morris, Maeve Konnert, Elis Shen
Crofton House Junior School Student Presentations (Grade 6s and 7s)
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2023: "Healing the Land; The Mind".
Crofton House Junior School Professional Development Day
Professional Development Presentation for Crofton House Senior School
Professional Development Presentation for Crofton House Junior School
Neurodiversity-Inclusive Employment
These engaging and informative sessions are expertly tailored to inspire and amplify neurodiversity-affirming and inclusive workplaces. Led by an experienced facilitator, these sessions blend the latest research with real-world insights as applicable to your unique setting. Through interactive discussions, participants will learn key terminology, unpack common workplace challenges, and walk away with practical tools to implement meaningful change.
Ideal for employers, colleagues, and HR professionals committed to fostering an equitable inclusive workplace culture that celebrates neurodivergent talent.
Professional Development Workshop for leadership staff at BC Centre for Ability
Virtual Professional Development Workshop for all staff at BC Centre for Ability
Virtual presentation for AutismBC Staff Learning Series
Virtual Professional Development Workshop for YWCA Managers/Supervisors
Presenters: Sarah Southey, Rae Morris, David Nicholas, & Megan Pilatzke
Virtual research presentation at CERIC Cannexus23 Conference.
Compassion Satisfaction in Caring Fields
Empower your team with engaging, research-informed sessions designed to enhance compassion satisfaction and professional quality of life, especially among those in caring roles. Led by an experienced clinician and facilitator, these interactive workshops are tailored to your team’s unique goals and context.
Participants will learn essential terminology and concepts and gain valuable insight into risk and protective factors associated with compassion fatigue and burnout as relevant to your specific roles and setting. Through collaborative discussion, you will leave with practical tools to foster and reinforce individual and collective self-care and compassion satisfaction to promote professional quality of life and thriving.
Ideal for educators, therapists/counsellors, healthcare teams, community organizations, and helping professionals committed to creating a workplace environment where those in caring roles can thrive.
ProD presentation for ISABC Newcomer Mentorship Program Mentors and Mentees
Virtual presentation for AutismBC Staff Learning Series
Virtual professional development presentation for Nechako Lakes School District Professional Development Day.
Presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Newcomers Program Closing Session 2024
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2024: Inspire. Empower. Sustain.
Professional Development Presentation for Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Senior School Principals Meeting
Professional Development Presentation for Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Learning Resource Meeting
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2023: "Healing the Land; The Mind".
Professional Development Presentation for Coast Mountain Academy ProD Day, Squamish, BC
Virtual presentation for Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2022: "Supporting Minds: Supporting Futures".
Workshop presented for Independent Schools Association of BC (ISABC) Learning Resources Group
Presentation for Brockton School Professional Development Day
Neuro-Affirming Families
Empower the families in your community with engaging, research-informed sessions designed to advance neuro-affirming beliefs and actions. Led by an experienced clinician and facilitator, these presentations are tailored to participants’ unique goals and context.
Participants will learn essential terminology and concepts as well as practical tools to foster and reinforce individual and collective knowledge, curiosity, and inclusion and better understand and support mental health and thriving among neurodivergent loved ones and all community members.
Ideal for schools and community organizations committed to strengthening family-centered offerings and collaboration in care.
Research presentation for InclusionBC: Everybody Belongs 2025 Conference
Presenters: Lizzy Walsh, Michelle Goos, Dr Rachelle Hole, and Rae Morris
Mulgrave School Parent Education Series Session
Mini lesson for Braemar Elementary grade ¾ students
Mini lesson for Braemar Elementary kindergarten students
Crofton House Junior School Parent Presentation
Presenters: Rae Morris, Maeve Konnert, Elis Shen
Crofton House Junior School Student Presentations (Grade 6s and 7s)
Presentation for Parents at Brockton School, North Vancouver BC
Other Presentations
We have also shared our knowledge and expertise with participants on other topics such as supporting LGBTQ2SiA+ youth, social work practice, and mental health. Please reach out directly if any of these or other topics may be of interest to you or your team.
Research Presentation for Community Living British Columbia (CLBC) Board of Directors and Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Presenters: Michelle Goos, Rae Morris, Lizzy Walsh, and Dr. Rachelle Hole
Lunch and Learn Presentation for BC Centre for Ability Staff
Presentation for parents hosted by Niagara Islamic School, St Catharines, Ontario.
Presentation for University of British Columbia students, staff, and community members hosted by the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning and the UBC Black Muslim Collective
Virtual presentation at Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Professional Development Day 2023: "Healing the Land; The Mind"
Presentation at the Seniors Services Society of B.C.’s Housing Navigator Training
Virtual presentation as part of Panel Webinar for AIDE Canada (Pacific Autism Family Centre Foundation) “Transitioning out of the Family Home”
Virtual workshop for Independent Schools Association of British Columbia (ISABC) Pro-D conference “Supporting Minds: Supporting Futures”
Presentation for parents during Brockton School Mental Health Week
Presentation at Autism Community Training (ACT) Focus on Research Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Presentation for parents during Brockton School Mental Health Week
Mulgrave School Parent Education Series Session