FREEBIES
For Professionals
At Making Sense of Autism®, we recognize the importance of staying current with tools that genuinely support autistic individuals.
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This collection of free resources was created specifically for professionals in education, healthcare, therapy, and counseling. Whether you’re a teacher, therapist, counselor, or healthcare provider, these tools are designed to deepen your understanding and strengthen your support for autistic individuals.
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*Download, print, and save these tools—you’ll want to return to them often.
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This course will help you shift from a compliance-based lens to one that truly honors the autistic experience — giving you the tools to better understand behaviors, recognize hidden strengths, and provide meaningful, individualized support.​
Autistics Strengths & Motivations
WORKSHEET
Strengths
Current skills/behaviors that the individual can do (strength) that you can build on to improve skills/behaviors the individual is trying to do (potential strengths) and how the individual is most likely to show they understand what they are doing and
recognize when they are successful.
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Motivations
Key Motivators (sources, activities, tangibles) that you can use to motivate the individual to attempt and continue to try when learning a new skill and that you can use to prompt them while learning a new skill (then fade to encourage independence).
Personal Strengths Often Observed in Autistic Individuals
CHECKLIST
Many people don’t see common actions or skills of autistics as strengths. The purpose of this form is to help autistics see skills they have as strengths and help parents and professionals use those strengths to build on potential strengths.
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This form can be completed by autistic individuals, parents, or professionals.