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On-site Workshop : The Foundational Toolkit (Half-Day)
The Foundational Toolkit is an overview designed for school teams, paraprofessionals, and families. This four-hour, empathy-led "build" moves away from deficit-based labels and toward a functional understanding of the Deaf Autistic Operating System (OS). Participants will learn to identify neurological needs and provide high-fidelity communication support through ASL or SimCom, ensuring every student has the map they need to navigate their environment.
Workshop Overview
This workshop provides the "big picture" framework required to support students on the spectrum who use sign to communicate—whether they are nonspeaking, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf. We focus on the high-speed processing of the Autistic brain while providing acute awareness of how hearing status and language access impact behavior and regulation.
Key Learning Modules
The Autistic Operating System & Dual Citizenship: We reframe Autism as a specialized OS—a specific way the brain is wired to process and retrieve data. We affirm the student’s Dual Citizenship, recognizing they are 100% Deaf and 100% Autistic simultaneously. Attendees will explore the 70-Bit Reality: while a standard brain processes roughly 7 bits of information per second, an Autistic brain processes closer to 70 bits, creating a high-performance system prone to "flooding" if not properly supported.
High-Fidelity Language & Input Quality: We demonstrate how ASL or SimCom serves as a low-latency, high-fidelity visual channel that bypasses "auditory static." We expose the Device Illusion, educating staff on why a student who "hears" on an audiogram may still be functionally deaf due to scrambled neurological signals. We briefly address how Language Deprivation Syndrome (LDS) creates a "Categorization Gap," leading to the rigidity often mistaken for core ASD.
The Loading Bar: Processing & Lag: We examine the Double Visual Load, where the visual system must do the work of both auditory and visual channels. Participants will master Wait-Time Discipline (The 10-20 Second Rule), learning how to hold the space for the student’s internal "loading bar" to finish. We demonstrate why repeating a command actually resets the student’s CPU to zero, triggering frustration and system shutdowns.
Regulation Infrastructure & Redirection: Rooted in Conscious Discipline and CPI principles, we introduce a non-negotiable Hierarchy of Needs: Safety → Regulation → Connection → Communication → Learning. Staff are trained to read posture and micro-expressions as "System Error Logs" and apply the External Processor Rule, recognizing that a student’s nervous system will always mirror the state of the adult’s OS.
Outcomes & Deliverables
The Survival Guide: Every attendee receives a printed copy of our comprehensive reference manual for immediate classroom implementation.
Diagnostic Framework: A practical lens to assess if a "disconnect" is due to language access barriers or sensory flooding.
Actionable Redirections: Tools to provide visual supports and sensory breaks that honor the student's neurobiology.
Investment Tiers
Pricing includes a bound copy of our Survival Guide for every attendee. Travel expenses are billed at cost.
To schedule this toolkit for your campus, please contact us with your estimated participant count and preferred communication modality (ASL or SimCom).
The Foundational Toolkit is an overview designed for school teams, paraprofessionals, and families. This four-hour, empathy-led "build" moves away from deficit-based labels and toward a functional understanding of the Deaf Autistic Operating System (OS). Participants will learn to identify neurological needs and provide high-fidelity communication support through ASL or SimCom, ensuring every student has the map they need to navigate their environment.
Workshop Overview
This workshop provides the "big picture" framework required to support students on the spectrum who use sign to communicate—whether they are nonspeaking, Hard of Hearing, or Deaf. We focus on the high-speed processing of the Autistic brain while providing acute awareness of how hearing status and language access impact behavior and regulation.
Key Learning Modules
The Autistic Operating System & Dual Citizenship: We reframe Autism as a specialized OS—a specific way the brain is wired to process and retrieve data. We affirm the student’s Dual Citizenship, recognizing they are 100% Deaf and 100% Autistic simultaneously. Attendees will explore the 70-Bit Reality: while a standard brain processes roughly 7 bits of information per second, an Autistic brain processes closer to 70 bits, creating a high-performance system prone to "flooding" if not properly supported.
High-Fidelity Language & Input Quality: We demonstrate how ASL or SimCom serves as a low-latency, high-fidelity visual channel that bypasses "auditory static." We expose the Device Illusion, educating staff on why a student who "hears" on an audiogram may still be functionally deaf due to scrambled neurological signals. We briefly address how Language Deprivation Syndrome (LDS) creates a "Categorization Gap," leading to the rigidity often mistaken for core ASD.
The Loading Bar: Processing & Lag: We examine the Double Visual Load, where the visual system must do the work of both auditory and visual channels. Participants will master Wait-Time Discipline (The 10-20 Second Rule), learning how to hold the space for the student’s internal "loading bar" to finish. We demonstrate why repeating a command actually resets the student’s CPU to zero, triggering frustration and system shutdowns.
Regulation Infrastructure & Redirection: Rooted in Conscious Discipline and CPI principles, we introduce a non-negotiable Hierarchy of Needs: Safety → Regulation → Connection → Communication → Learning. Staff are trained to read posture and micro-expressions as "System Error Logs" and apply the External Processor Rule, recognizing that a student’s nervous system will always mirror the state of the adult’s OS.
Outcomes & Deliverables
The Survival Guide: Every attendee receives a printed copy of our comprehensive reference manual for immediate classroom implementation.
Diagnostic Framework: A practical lens to assess if a "disconnect" is due to language access barriers or sensory flooding.
Actionable Redirections: Tools to provide visual supports and sensory breaks that honor the student's neurobiology.
Investment Tiers
Pricing includes a bound copy of our Survival Guide for every attendee. Travel expenses are billed at cost.
To schedule this toolkit for your campus, please contact us with your estimated participant count and preferred communication modality (ASL or SimCom).