Professional training that turns understanding into practice
Practical, neuroaffirming and trauma-informed training for schools, alternative provisions and organisations supporting children, young people and families.
Training that goes beyond awareness
Professionals are often given information about diagnostic labels without enough help translating that knowledge into everyday practice.
Our sessions combine current psychological understanding with practical, realistic approaches that teams can use in their own settings. Training is thoughtful, interactive and adapted to the people you support.
Featured training
Beyond Behaviour in Alternative Provision
Autism, ADHD, Connection & Regulation
A focused, interactive session for professionals supporting young people with complex and often overlapping needs. The training moves beyond behaviour-management strategies to explore nervous-system regulation, sensory load, executive functioning, communication, relationships and a young person’s sense of safety.
90 minutes • Live online or in person • Tailored to your setting
What your team will take away
Depending on the session and your organisation’s needs, participants will develop their ability to:
- Understand autism and ADHD beyond common stereotypes
- Recognise when behaviour may communicate distress, overload or an unmet need
- Consider why the same visible behaviour can have different underlying causes
- Understand the effects of sensory load, regulation and executive-functioning differences
- Use simple psychological formulation to make sense of complex situations
- Communicate in ways that reduce threat and support connection
- Identify practical changes that can be used immediately
Training shaped around your organisation
Training can be developed or adapted around the particular needs of your staff, service and the people you support.
- Autism, ADHD and AuDHD
- Distressed or difficult-to-understand behaviour
- PDA and demand-related distress
- Emotionally based school avoidance
- Sensory processing and regulation
- Neurodivergent girls and masking
- Supporting neurodivergent families
- Building effective parent–professional relationships
- Creating more neuroaffirming environments
Flexible training formats
Sessions can be delivered live online across the UK or in person in Dorset and other locations by arrangement.
- Focused 90-minute sessions — accessible training on a clearly defined topic, with practical learning that staff can apply immediately
- Half-day workshops — additional time for examples, discussion, activities and applying the learning to your setting
- Full-day training — a deeper exploration of the subject, with opportunities for reflection and implementation planning
- Bespoke training and consultation — content created around your organisation’s needs, recurring challenges or areas of development
About the trainer
Sarah Wellaway is the Founder and Child & Family Psychology Practitioner at Equally Different Therapy. Sarah holds a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Clinical and Developmental Neuropsychology and an MSc in Clinical Associate Psychology. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and receives regular clinical supervision. She combines psychological knowledge, clinical experience and lived experience of neurodivergence to make complex ideas understandable and useful in everyday practice.
Her training is grounded in neuroaffirming and trauma-informed practice, with a strong focus on helping professionals translate understanding into realistic support.
Talk to us about your team
Tell us about your setting, the people you support and what you would like your team to understand or approach differently. We can recommend an existing session or discuss creating training around your organisation’s particular needs.