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MODULE 1: A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism & Behavior

Never again write generic interventions that just don’t work. First, you’ll go deep into autism learning styles based on the latest research. This will help you move past outdated, deficits-based ideas about autism, and feel confident in your expertise. Then, with this foundation, you’ll learn a concrete process that will allow you to generate relevant, effective, and strengths-based interventions every time.

MODULE 2: Therapy Process

Get past feeling “stuck” and not knowing where to start with helping your clients meet their goals. Learn how to use informal assessment, individualized structure, visual instructions, and evidence-based autism teaching strategies to guide your therapy process from assessment through goal mastery and generalization.

MODULE 3: Making Schedules

Stop wasting your limited time making schedules that your clients don’t understand or use. You’ll learn how to create truly individualized schedules that will reduce transition battles and increase flexibility.

MODULE 4: Visual To-Do Lists & Self-Care Skills

Move beyond giving constant redirections and reminders that leave you feeling ineffective and make your clients frustrated and confused. You’ll master a method for creating visual to-do-lists that even your most concrete (or youngest) clients will understand. These visual to-do lists will keep your kids at the table for learning, increase independence in self-care skills, and provide new opportunities for social engagement and play.

MODULE 5: Play & Leisure

You know play and leisure are so important, but you often feel stuck knowing where to start or how to really explore new ways to play with your clients. Learn a fun, effective process for presenting new play activities and seeing if they become true play for your clients.

MODULE 6: Community Integration

Get past your fears of moving your intervention to the community, where real life happens! Learn exactly how to bring it all together and help your clients succeed out in the community.

This course is
actionable and concrete.

You’ll learn how to confidently help your clients meet their goals without ever using rewards or other compliance-based strategies in your practice. It’s all about understanding how autistic* people think and learn and shaping our interventions to reflect respect for their strengths and how they think and learn.

You’ll develop intervention plans you can apply in your practice right away.


*identity-first language used as it’s the preference of the autistic community

Investment

$389 for over 7.5 recorded hours packed full of actionable content. We also offer payment breakdown to 3 payments of $130.

Access

This course is entirely self-paced. Once you register, you’ll have access for 6 months to complete on your own time.

Continuing Education

This course is registered for .95 AOTA CEUs (9.5 contact hours) & is in the registration process for .95 ASHA CEUs (available beginning 5/27/21).

FAQs

Information about completion requirements, accommodations, and more can be found in the FAQs.

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The Learn Play Thrive Approach to Autism is
for you if…

  • You currently work with neurodivergent clients on functional daily skills
  • You feel bored and ineffective using the same interventions over and over again
  • You feel guilty sending the kids back to class or back home knowing that you weren’t as effective as you could have been
  • You want to feel confident in shaping your interventions based on autistic strengths
  • You are ready to let go of compliance-based approaches like withholding interests, hand-over-hand, and using reinforcers
This has been the best course I have ever taken! It is worth every penny and your time. Meg offers so many practical real-life examples that you can put into practice right away. I walked away with so many tools and strategies to better serve my kids. Best of all, I feel as though I have a greater understanding of autistic learning styles.
Angie Jones,
Angie Jones,OTR/L
Learn Play Thrive is the only course I would recommend for learning how to better evaluate and treat autistic children. I love that it values autistic perspectives and does not try to force autistic kids to present neurotypical, rather it helps support them in their own goals. I appreciate that it provides concrete examples and extra space to practice and discuss.
This is a career and practice changing course.
Mary Pat Kochenash,
Mary Pat Kochenash, OTR/L
Wow! I honestly cannot say enough positive things about this training. Meg has put together a thoughtful, thorough, and highly informative training. I left feeling more confident in my understanding of how people with autism learn, think, and play, and with new concrete tools to use in my practice - a combination I feel is often lacking from trainings. I am excited to get back to work and implement all that I learned from this training as I am confident that it will help me feel better prepared and more capable when working with my clients!
Lili W. MS,
Lili W. MS, OTR/L
This is by far the best course and professional development I have done to enhance my OT practice! Meg has taken a huge amount of research, knowledge and experience and condensed it into a course that is accessible, practical and just makes sense. I highly recommend this course to any OT working with young people with autism. You will not only walk away with explicit strategies and interventions but also a much deeper and useful understanding of autism learning styles and how this informs our practice.
Christine B.,
Christine B.,OT
If you’re looking for effective, real-life strategies for working with children on the autism spectrum, you need to take this course. Meg uses her extensive experience to teach you not only what to do, but how to actually do it! Her presentation is engaging, easy to follow, and you’ll walk away with the confidence that you can put these strategies into action right away.
I am an OT with over 30 years of experience working in the school setting. I have thoroughly enjoyed this very comprehensive course! In this course, Meg provides therapists with a comprehensive approach to meaningful and thoughtful assessment and intervention techniques. The information is shared in slides as well as in lively lectures. The format which incorporates “ homework” really makes the information stick as you put it into practice. She provides thoughtful feedback and the Facebook group encourages further sharing amongst therapists. In all my years, I have never engaged in such a thoughtful and organized course where knowledge is gained and applied giving therapists a strong foundation in both theory and practice.
Patricia Fowler
Patricia Fowler
What a great way of positive, holistic and respectful thinking and working! This course provides me a new "lense" to use in my clinical reasoning and blends in well with my SI and DIR Floortime background. Not to mention all the concrete ideas that you can immediately put in practice.
Johanna B.
Johanna B.
This was an amazing course! I learned so many helpful strategies, and more importantly, how to get started on applying these strategies right away!
This was a really great course - practical, well delivered, thoughtful and covers a broad range of areas relevant to OTs working with autistic kids and young people. I would absolutely recommend it for anyone who wants to add tangible new ideas to their therapeutic toolbox. I love that Meg has incorporated autistic voices within and sought out their feedback on the content of her course - Meg sets the bar high!
This is the most beneficial course I have taken in years. The information is presented clearly, and is research based. I found the assessment and intervention strategies to be practical and child/family oriented. I have also found that the intervention strategies really work! Meg is a wealth of knowledge, and a wonderful instructor. I am grateful to have had this opportunity.
This is the most impactful CEU course I've taken to date. Typically a course will teach about autism in an outdated way; this course taught effective strategies and interventions to help take the perspective of autistic clients in a way that works. I have an entire new approach to working with autistics now and feel confident moving forward to educate others!
Dani A.,
Dani A., OTR/L
This is one of the most practical courses I have ever taken! The techniques can be implemented immediately, and they are realistic for the parents to incorporate into daily routines straight away.
This course has been one of the most helpful and practical courses I have taken in....well forever. I have struggled ever since a student to accept the behavioral strategies taught to me and I could never carry them over with my clients. The forced compliance always felt wrong and unkind. This discomfort grew to an absolute rejection once I had my own children and eventually my own autistic children. I was never taught alternatives and therefor have spent years sort of "winging it" using strategies I learned from Floortime and Dr Ross Greene . This course has really pulled it all together for me and now I feel like I have a true framework to build from.
K.F.
K.F.
The LPT Approach to Autism is a course that all neurodiveristy affirming clinicians should take. I learned so much and it helped to really solidify some ideas I have about effective intervention with the autistic population. It was a great, easy to follow course.
Kaitlin Mulcahey,
Kaitlin Mulcahey, MS CCC SLP
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Meet your
Instructors

INSTRUCTOR

Meg Proctor,

MS, OTR/L
Founder of Learn Play Thrive, Occupational Therapist
GUEST INSTRUCTOR

Rachel Dorsey,

MS, CCC-SLP
Course Instructor, Speech Language Pathologist
GUEST INSTRUCTOR

Sarah Selvaggi-Hernandez,

MOT, OTR/L
Course Instructor, Occupational Therapist
INSTRUCTOR

Kate McLaughlin,

SLP
Course Instructor, Speech Language Pathologist

Please note: disclosure statements are contained in the Bio page for each speaker. Click on "READ BIO" above to review the disclosures.

I feel confident that it will change your practice.

– Meg Proctor, Founder of Learn Play Thrive

Full Course Objectives

MODULE 1: A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism & Behavior

1 hour 41 minutes

Learn how to confidently and clearly understand behaviors and plan interventions based on clients’ strengths.

  • Develop six or more specific hypotheses about how a child’s behavior may be related to autism learning styles
  • Generate six or more intervention strategies based on specific client’s strengths
MODULE 2: The Process of Autism-Specific Therapy

1 hour 37 minutes

Get un-stuck and become more effective in your therapy process.

  • Analyze a child’s learning needs using a process of informal assessment
  • Analyze client’s learning style and utilize this understanding to plan meaningful learning activities and visual instructions
  • Apply two or more teaching strategies that promote flexibility and generalizing for clients after task is mastered
MODULE 3: Making Schedules

51 minutes

Stop wasting time making schedules that just don’t work.

  • Apply the interpreting behaviors process and an understanding of autism learning styles to identify three reasons why transitions may be hard for your clients with autism
  • Analyze a client’s learning style to determine what type of schedule (object, photograph, symbolic picture, picture & word, or written) will be most meaningful to them
  • Plan a schedule for a client, including instructions at the appropriate level (object, photograph, symbolic picture, picture & word, or written) , a method for the child to use the schedule (take and use, take and match, mark off, move to finished), and at least two concrete ways that the schedule can be used to promote flexibility
MODULE 4: Creating Visual To-Do Lists for Table Activities & Daily Living Skills

57 minutes

Get your kids’ engagement so that you can confidently teach.

  • Apply the interpreting behaviors process and an understanding of autism learning styles to identify three reasons why kids on the spectrum may have difficulty with adult-directed activities
  • Generate an individualized visual to-do list for table-top learning and for self-care routines
  • Create a plan for teaching using to-do lists that incorporates two or more strategies to promote flexibility and generalizing
MODULE 5: Exploring Play & Leisure

2 hours 11 minutes

Get crystal clear on how to teach this essential and challenging skill.

  • Analyze typical play environments to identify 2 barriers to play and leisure experienced by kids on the autism spectrum
  • Identify a child’s level of mastery and emerging skill level for both social play and play skills
  • Generate treatment plans that utilize one or more naturalistic strategies combined with one or more examples of structure and visual instructions
MODULE 6: Community Integration

14 minutes + your final case study

Ditch your fears of taking intervention out into the real world.

  • Synthesize and apply your knowledge across all modules to create intervention plans for clients going out into the community that include at least 3 strategies from the course
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Frequently Asked Questions

This course is developed for occupational therapists and speech therapists working with kids on the autism spectrum. It is also appropriate for any professional working on real daily skills with kids with autism. This is not a course designed for parents.

 

This course is targeted at the intermediate level.

In each module I help you tailor the interventions to your client’s age and developmental level. This course is appropriate for professionals working with kids from early intervention through adolescence.

Each module includes lecture, slides, videos, case studies, and an opportunity for you to apply your knowledge.

Yes! This course is registered for .95 AOTA CEUs (9.5 contact hours) and .95 ASHA CEUs (9.5 contact hours). That means that if you are SLP or OT in the US and you successfully meet the requirements of the course, you can use it for your state and national license renewal.

 

This course is not approved by any physical therapy associations. However you can check with your state board to see if it meets your license renewal requirements.

Yes! The course is self-paced and you have six months to complete it on your own time.

Yes! If 3 or more people from your company plan to enroll email me the names of everyone enrolling at admin@learnplaythrive.com and I’ll provide a coupon code. It’s 15% for 3 registrants, 20% off for 4 or more, and 30% off for 7 or more.

Yes! One full scholarship is awarded each enrollment period to an OT from an under-resourced country. Contact meg@learnplaythrive.com to learn more.

In order to complete the course, you must:

 

– Watch all course lectures to 100% completion (approximately 7.5 hours).

 

– Pass a short multiple choice quiz at the end of each of the first five modules. You may attempt this multiple times, and must pass with 75% accuracy.

 

– Complete a final case study and submit it for approval (on average this takes just over 1.5 hours for learners to complete). If it demonstrates the appropriate use of at least 3 strategies from the course, no reliance on compliance-based strategies, and no significant confusion about course principals it will be approved.

 

After Meg reviews your case study you will receive your certificate of completion by email. This will happen within two business days of completion, unless you are notified in advance that there will be a delay during certain days.

 

Only learners who complete the quizzes and final case study satisfactorily will be awarded a certificate.

You will have 6 months access to the course.

Full refunds are provided within 30 days of purchase if no more than 3 modules have been completed. Email meg@learnplaythrive.com to request a refund. Since this is a self-paced course, there is no option to cancel once the 30 day / 3 module limit has been exceeded. If for any reason the course is canceled by the provider before your registration period has expired, you will receive a full refund.

All videos in this course have closed captions that can be turned on or off. If you have other special learning needs, please email admin@learnplaythrive.com before registering. Accommodations will be made to support learners in compliance with the Americans with Disability Act.

You can send an email to admin@learnplaythrive.com

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Group Discounts

We are happy to offer a discount for your group! Email your list of participants to admin@learnplaythrive.com to receive a coupon code.

• 3 participants: 15% off
• 4+ participants: 20% off
• 7+ participants: 30% off
• 50+ participants: please inquire

Parent / Teacher Handouts

Understanding the content is one thing but supporting your parents and teachers can be a whole different job! I’ve got you there too. Now when you enroll you’ll get a digital catalog of handouts to explain the most important topics to your clients’ caregivers.

30 Day Money Back Guarantee

I think you’ll love it. But take 30 days to complete up to three modules. If it’s not what you’d hoped, you get your money back.

Private Community Forum

Gain confidence with a real community behind you. During your enrollment, you'll get access to an exclusive group to share the optional work you complete in the course and collaborate with Meg and other therapists on the same learning journey.

Continuing Education Credit

Receive 9.5 hours of continuing education credit through a self-paced online course that you can revisit again and again to feel totally confident in your ability to synthesize and apply the new strategies.

Sometimes when you work with neurodivergent kids, you feel like you’re trying the same ineffective strategies over and over. This takes a huge hit on your confidence.

But with The Learn Play Thrive Approach to Autism you will reclaim your enthusiasm and show up more equipped to help your autistic clients.

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This course will be available for ASHA CEUs until May 27, 2026, at which point Learn Play Thrive will apply for re-registration.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.