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 Deaf Autism Deep Dive is an empathy-led, clinical "build" designed for specialized interdisciplinary teams (Deaf Ed teachers, SLPs, Psychologists, and Audiologists) who manage complex student profiles. This seven-hour session moves beyond basic awareness to untangle the "Knots" created when Language Deprivation Syndrome (LDS) ripples through core Autistic Neurology, ADHD, and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Rooted in Conscious Discipline and CPI principles, we focus on building a high-fidelity linguistic environment that honors the student's unique Operating System (OS).
Workshop Overview
This workshop is for teams who need actionable tools to bridge the gap between a student's neurobiological "Hardware" and their communicative "Software." We explore the mechanics of language acquisition—specifically the fidelity of the patterns a student is exposed to—and how to overcome the sensory and motor barriers that traditionally block learning. Every attendee receives a printed Survival Guide to use as a clinical field manual for the day.
Key Learning Modules
Untangling the "Knot" (LDS Ripple Effects): We begin by analyzing how LDS acts as a multiplier for other diagnoses, creating "Information Clutter" that mimics or worsens the rigidity seen in ASD. We address the Attachment Barrier (RAD) by implementing Firewall Commands—teaching staff to honor "NO," "WAIT," and "BREAK" as the first high-fidelity language patterns used to rebuild safety and agency.
Language Acquisition Mechanics & Fidelity: We discuss why an inconsistent or "scrambled" language signal—whether from a poor device map or inconsistent signing—prevents the brain from recognizing patterns. We integrate Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) and NLA frameworks, training staff to recognize Stage 1 "Scripts" as competent linguistic units.
Overcoming Sensory & Motor Barriers: We address why forcing eye contact is a "System Failure" for the Autistic OS and practice the Signing Space Adjustment to ensure the signal is received within the student’s natural "Attention Tunnel." For students with tracking difficulties, we master Tactile Scaffolding and proprioceptive boundaries to "ground" the communication signal.
The Auditory Paradox & Wait-Time Discipline: We expose the Device Illusion, explaining why a "normal" audiogram can still mean a child experiences speech as painful static (CAPD/ANSD). We practice the 10-20 Second Reset, a hands-on drill in mastering "Wait-Time Discipline" to allow the student’s internal "loading bar" to finish processing.
Mastery & Crisis Prevention: We conclude with actionable mastery tools, including Backchaining for Success—ensuring every academic or motor task ends in a neurological "win." We design Visual REST Routines to prevent sensory fatigue and apply the Hierarchy of Needs to assess whether a disconnect is sensory, linguistic, or regulatory before attempting to redirect.
Outcomes & Deliverables
The Survival Guide: A comprehensive printed clinical workbook for every participant.
The "Knot" Analysis Tool: A diagnostic framework to identify the root cause of behaviors (LDS rigidity vs. Autistic neurology).
Custom Communication Scaffolds: Actionable plans for integrating tactile supports and high-fidelity sign patterns into daily routines.
Investment Tiers
Pricing includes a printed Survival Guide for every attendee. Travel expenses are billed at cost.
Attendance TierFull-Day (7 hrs)Tier A (Up to 30 Attendees)$3,600Tier B (Up to 100 Attendees)$7,200Tier C (Up to 200 Attendees)$12,000
To schedule this deep dive for your specialized team, please contact us with your estimated participant count and preferred communication modality (ASL or SimCom).
The SPED Team Intensive is our most focused and high-impact offering, designed to be a clinical "build" where philosophy meets the classroom floor. Because this session is highly individualized—requiring us to untangle the "Knots" of the specific, complex students your team supports daily—attendance is strictly limited to 30 participants. This small-group format ensures that every teacher, paraprofessional, and administrator leaves with a mastered, actionable "Classroom Playbook" tailored to their specific environment.
Workshop Overview
This is a "Train-the-Trainer" model that integrates Deaf Education and ASL with Autistic Neurology, rooted in the empathy-led principles of Conscious Discipline and CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention). We move beyond theory to conduct a hands-on analysis of your team’s most difficult challenges. Every attendee receives a printed Survival Guide to use as a clinical blueprint for the day and a permanent reference for the classroom.
Key Learning Modules
The Adult as the "External Processor": Before we can support the student, we must align the team. Using Conscious Discipline, we teach that the student’s nervous system will mirror the state of the adult's OS. We practice "Adult First" regulation, recognizing that a calm, regulated staff is the primary tool for preventing system crashes in a high-speed, 70-bit Autistic brain.
Language Fidelity & Sensory Grounding: We master the mechanics of language acquisition by ensuring the quality of the signal remains high-fidelity. We address the physical barriers to communication, such as the Eye Gaze/Facial Watching Barrier, and practice Tactile System supports—using pressure and proprioceptive boundaries to "ground" the communication signal for students who cannot track visually.
The "Knot Analysis" Clinic (Case Studies): This is the heart of the intensive. Staff members bring specific student profiles for a collaborative build. We identify the "Ripple Effects" where Language Deprivation (LDS) intersects with ASD, RAD, or ADHD. We design custom Firewall Commands (WAIT, BREAK, HELP, NO)—treating these signs as non-negotiable system inputs that rebuild a student's sense of agency and safety.
Environmental Architecture & Backchaining: We physically map out the Line of Sight Highway for your specific classroom to eliminate "communication deserts." We also master the Backchaining technique for your students' actual academic tasks—performing 90% of the work so the student can complete the final step, ensuring every interaction ends in a neurological "win".
The Virtual Follow-Up (2 Hours)
Scheduled 2–6 weeks post-workshop, this dedicated session allows the team to regroup and troubleshoot. We review classroom data, check the fidelity of the "Line of Sight Highway," and adjust the "Classroom Playbook" based on real-time implementation with your students.
Outcomes & Deliverables
The Survival Guide: A comprehensive printed clinical manual for every participant.
Custom Classroom Playbook: A team-wide framework for consistent regulation and communication.
Individualized Student Plans: Specific, actionable strategies for the focus students discussed in the clinic.
Workshop Investment
Pricing includes the printed Survival Guide and the 2-hour virtual follow-up. Travel expenses are billed at cost.
To schedule this intensive for your team, please contact us to receive the "Student Profile Worksheet" so your staff can begin preparing their cases for the Knot Analysis Clinic.
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