Works with children and adolescents aged 3-15.

Suitable for those who work neurodivergent children & adolescents.

Designed for parents, carers, educators, and professionals.

Short, self-paced, easy to digest.

Bite-sized lessons (30 minutes total) with clear takeaways, reflection prompts, and ready-to-use tools, designed to fit a busy life without overwhelm.

Evidence-backed, clinical-level.

Grounded in current research and best practice, translated into plain language and practical steps for home, school, and community.

Action over theory.

Downloadable checklists, conversation scripts, and accommodation ideas you can implement the same day, plus guidance for collaborating with families, schools, and multidisciplinary teams.

About the Course

Masking (also called social camouflaging) is when a child or teen works hard to hide autistic traits or social differences to blend in. The effort to “pass” can be exhausting and unsustainable, often showing up as anxiety, burnout, or after-school meltdowns once the child is finally safe. This course equips adults to spot masking early and reduce the need for it by shaping safer, more supportive contexts, so young people can be their authentic selves with less daily stress. You’ll learn to identify common and subtle signs across settings, such as a child who “does fine” at school but unravels at home, perfectionism and people-pleasing, or heavily scripted social talk, and understand what those signs are communicating about safety, sensory load, predictability, and expectations. We translate this insight into concrete responses: predictable routines, flexible participation, alternative communication supports, sensory-aware adjustments (quiet entries, uniform flexibility, alternatives to bells, low-demand recovery time), and co-regulation strategies that protect energy and dignity. You’ll also gain a simple framework for strengths-based goal-setting and gentle advocacy with educators and clinicians, aligned with inclusive practice in schools. By the end, you’ll recognise when masking is likely and why it’s happening, respond with accommodations that lower pressure to camouflage while supporting mental health, collaborate with the child, their support network, and school on a plan that swaps camouflage for comfort and connection, and track change using quick check-ins and agreed signals so supports stick. This course isn’t about “fixing” children; it’s about equipping the adults around them to build environments where authenticity is safe, and thriving becomes possible.