Training Topics - Alphabetical Book Your Training! Schedule anInitial Consult Session This is a Full List of Our Training Topics Listed in Alphabetical Order (*sp) = specific pricing Atypical Development & Behaviors (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training will help you to understand the link between atypical human development and different types of problematic, unhealthy, or even violent behaviors.READ MORE > Building a Safety Net of Trusted Advocates for Vulnerable Adults (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training will focus on building a safety net to offer vulnerable adults trusted advocates with whom they can discuss personal topics, and it will emphasize the advocates’ role in balancing a person’s safety with their legal rights.READ MORE > Building Safer Spaces for Sexual & Gender Minorities - Part 1 LGBTQ+ people are often marginalized and omitted from the dominant narrative about sexual development – and may even be afraid or unsure how to tell you about their needs. Learn strategies to support someone to explore their own identity.READ MORE > Building Safer Spaces for Sexual & Gender Minorities - Part 2 Help your organization thrive, build morale, and bolster retention of both clients and staff by making changes to be a more mindful, inclusive, and empowering place to work.READ MORE > Categorizing Relationships; a Framework for Healthy Boundaries Learn how to build a framework for someone that can serve as an evolving tool for teaching about different relationship categories - including appropriate behaviors, boundaries, consent, and characteristics of healthy relationships.READ MORE > Decoding Sexual Behaviors (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!Learn how to evaluate sexualized behaviors from many different perspectives to ensure creative, just, and person-centered responses.READ MORE > Designing a Roadmap for Romantic & Sexual Relationships Build a relationship ‘roadmap’ with people you support to show them healthy ways to find romantic and/or sexual partner(s).READ MORE > Essential Ingredients of a Positive Behavior Support Plan (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!Learn the essential ingredients that should be included in every behavior services plan to ensure that it will prioritize safety while still protecting a person's legal rights, building their skills, and ultimately improving their quality of life.READ MORE > Intro to Social-Sexual Supports Learn tools to help your clients keep social and sexual behaviors safe, legal, and situationally appropriate.READ MORE > Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care Learn more about what trauma-informed care is and how you, your organization, and your clients can benefit from it.READ MORE > Let’s Talk About Sex! - For Parents It can be incredibly difficult to know what to do when you need to talk to your child about sex and sexuality. Feel more prepared for talking about the birds and the bees with your pre-teen, teen, or adult child!READ MORE> Let’s Talk About Sex! - For Professionals It can be incredibly difficult to know what to do when you need to talk with a client and/or their family about sex and sexuality. Learn to navigate these difficult and sometimes contentious issues.READ MORE > Proactive & Person-Centered Sexual Supports We can and should expect people to seek romantic relationships and express their sexuality. When they do, it is important to understand how to balance safety with empowerment. Learn how to teach people to make informed decisions about their relationships and sexuality.READ MORE > Puberty vs. Adolescence Puberty and Adolescence are not the same thing. This training will help you learn how to separate puberty from adolescence as two different processes, but understand the importance of each.READ MORE > Recognizing Sexually Maladaptive Behaviors Learn about healthy, unhealthy, and dangerous signs in sexual development and find out how to respond if someone you support is exhibiting concerning sexual behaviors.READ MORE > Sexual Health Advocacy (sp*) Learn how you can go beyond merely an ally and become an advocate for people regarding issues of sexuality.READ MORE > Sexual Health Rights are Basic Human Rights (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!Explore a broad overview of the global movements engaged in promoting sexual health as a basic human right and discover how those must be enforced for people with disabilities, disorders, and/or who need long-term care.READ MORE > Sexual Self-Determination & Supported Decision-Making This training walks you through steps to utilize supported decision-making with someone to teach them how to make decisions regarding their sexuality and relationships.READ MORE > Social-Sexual Card Decks for Skill Building (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training will teach participants how to use 5 different card decks to help build someone’s social-sexual skills, including: consent, boundaries, situationally appropriate behaviors, and much more!READ MORE > Social-Sexual Assessment Tools (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training will teach participants how to use two different assessment tools to evaluate sexual ‘incidents’.READ MORE > Sexual Violence & Trauma Informed Care Incidents of sexual violence are up to 7-10 times more prevalent in vulnerable populations - which is why knowing how to respond in a trauma-informed manner is so critical. Learn how to best support the people you supporT!READ MORE > Teaching Consent & Boundaries Whether it's medical, financial, social, or sexual, everyone needs to understand what consent is and their right to extend, decline or withdraw it. Learn about consent and how to teach it to someone else.READ MORE > The Ecosystem of Sexuality & Social Services (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training examines how social service systems often react to a sexual incident involving a vulnerable person in a manner which ultimately leads to violations of a person's rights.READ MORE > The Intersection of Sexual Development & the Need for Direct Care (sp*) NEW topic for 2025!This training outlines the needs, realities, and barriers of people who require direct care related to sexual development.READ MORE > The “M” Word; Education & Supports for Self-Stimulation Self-stimulation can be awkward and embarrassing to talk about, but it is also the safest expression of a person’s basic, biological sex drive. Learn how to talk about and support this private topic in a professional manner.READ MORE > Virtual Realities; Sexuality, Relationships & Technology Learn how to support someone else as they navigate the challenges, pros and cons, and potential consequences of digital desire… all while understanding the powerful drive for human connection.READ MORE > Workplace Relationships - Part 1 (working with a supported person) This training is for employment support professionals who help their clients experiencing intellectual, developmental, and/or neurological diversity in an employment setting to be better prepared to understand workplace relationships and boundaries.READ MORE > Workplace Relationships - Part 2 (working with employers) This training is for employment support professionals who want to set their clients up for success on the job by helping employers clarify rules and expectations for how people interact on the job.READ MORE > Training Formats & Fees Training Terms & Conditions Professional Education Credits
