Welcome to the
GEM Academy
The Guiding Extraordinary Minds (GEM®) learning platform hosts relationship based training courses and sessions to help you become more neurodiversity affirming while giving you the tools and knowledge to build a solid, reciprocal relationship with the neurodivergent person in your life - based on respect, not behaviors.
Whether you want to understand your child, student, or employee (or even yourself) better, GEM’s training will help and encourage you to identify and build on their strengths and positively affirm their authentic self.
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Come learn with us
Learn about Autism and neurodiversity from expert professionals who are Autistic themselves.
Gain genuine insight into how services can better support neurodivergent people - and the practical tools to implement them into your work and life.
Autistic people deserve to live full lives being their authentic selves. Our training will help you reflect on your own behavior and assumptions, while giving
you the confidence to support their wellbeing and access to education and/or careers while affirming who they are.
Gain genuine insight into how services can better support neurodivergent people - and the practical tools to implement them into your work and life.
Autistic people deserve to live full lives being their authentic selves. Our training will help you reflect on your own behavior and assumptions, while giving
you the confidence to support their wellbeing and access to education and/or careers while affirming who they are.
Benefits of our training programs
Our unique online training courses have been designed to give you the tools, knowledge and confidence to support the neurodivergent people in your life. Our training and methodologies are relationship-based not behavioral interventions to ensure that when you interact with neurodivergent people you are meeting them where they are and embracing who they are - not trying to change them into something they are not.
#1 Broaden your understanding
The world of Neurodiversity Affirming care and support is changing fast - learn the most up-to-date methods and impactful strategies to revolutionize your life and work
#2 Connect with experts
All our training courses have been created by professional experts in their fields of online learning and neurodiversity - and who are autistic themselves.
#3 Become a champion for neurodiversity
Our platform allows you to access ongoing support and community even after the course ends, so that you can continue to make an impact with your new knowledge
#4 Transform your life & relationships
Becoming neurodiversity affirming is a lifelong journey of understanding and acceptance. There is no checklist! However, we can give you the tools, support and community to allow you to become the best version of yourself for the autistic person in your life.
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The difference our training makes
Your training and presentation were super helpful to me. I am a licensed therapist and most of my clients are autistic. I love the way you presented the importance of co-regulation and also the things that might get in the way for an autistic individual. It was affirming and so helpful as a parent of an autistic child that needs a lot of co-regulation. Thank you for your work in this area!
Your session was powerful, incredibly informative, and challenged our community to explore ways to better support ALL students.
I really enjoyed the course. It was so helpful for the exploration of my own neurodivergence, as well as for my work as an MFT trainee/student right now. I believe it will allow me to serve my clients better, and bring a better understanding into my relationships with them, especially the autistic adults that I see.
I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated becoming BC certified. It gave us a chance to pause and reflect on our inclusion and disability practices intentionally, which gave us confidence that we were going to be more prepared for any experiences that came our way. Working through the workbook and meeting with Maisie was immensely helpful in updating our physical environment and our internal staff philosophy.
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