AUTISM IS NOT A PUZZLE — IT’S A BRAIN ORGANIZED AROUND DIFFERENT RULES.

When We Know the Rules, We Can Transform Care.

Join us for a groundbreaking, neuroscience-driven seminar that rewrites how clinicians understand—and powerfully support—individuals on the autism spectrum.

This training integrates cutting-edge neuroscience with the SWEET Institute’s Four Layers of Transformation (Conscious → Pre-Conscious → Unconscious → Existential) to move clinicians from information → insight → implementation → clinical transformation.

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2026
Time:4-6pm (EST)

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

CEUs: 2

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for social workers through the NASW National CE Approval Program in 48 states (EXCLUDING: New Jersey and West Virginia).

This course is eligible for 2 CEUs for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychologists in New York State

For more information about CEU approval, please click here.

WHY THIS SEMINAR MATTERS

Autism is not less, broken, or impaired. It's different. It is:

•      A different predictive coding system.

•      A different sensory weighting system.

•      A different relational language.

•      A different pattern of neural efficiency.

•      When we change the lens, every outcome changes.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

1. Conscious Layer — The Visible

•      Translate core neuroscience into practical clinical tools

•      Understand behaviors as prediction and regulation—not defiance

•      Reframe communication differences using predictive coding and executive functioning science

2. Pre-Conscious Layer — The Hidden Patterns

•      Sensory processing differences that change everything

•      The Double Empathy Problem and why “social deficits” are a myth

•      Conditioned relational patterns shaping treatment trajectories

3. Unconscious Layer — The Invisible Drivers

•      Early imprints and attachment neurobiology in autism

•      The deeper meaning behind shutdowns, meltdowns, and mismatches

•      Shifting from pathology → neurodiversity → neuroplastic possibility

4. Existential Layer — Identity & Integration

• Supporting agency, mastery, and strengths-based identity

• Integrating neuroscience, lived experience, and environmental restructuring

• Deepening clinical presence: from “doing” → “being with”

THE NEW LENS — THE PARADIGM SHIFT

Behaviors are adaptive nervous system strategies. Social difficulties are mutual misunderstandings—not deficits. Sensory overload drives most “challenging behaviors.” Effective care comes from relationship repair, not behavioral correction.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Clinicians, supervisors, educators, therapists, psychologists, social workers, case managers, psychiatrists, and leaders committed to transforming autism care.

THE INVITATION

Autism challenges us to expand our imagination about what a human brain can be. When we shift the lens, we transform the world for the individuals we serve.

Join us for a seminar that will alter your practice, deepen your presence, and transform how you engage with autistic individuals—forever.

Here's what attendees have been saying about SWEET seminars:

"Love being a SWEET member. I have learned so much practical information. Love the teaching model." - Michelle, LCSW-R

“The webinar had useful information and was well organized.” – Rebecca, LCSW

"I am very happy that I became a SWEET MEMBER. I always feel appreciated and welcomed. I feel that I am obtaining a valuable education from the best of educators. I feel lucky to have come upon this educational program/institution, and I thank you so much." - Mary Grace, LCSW-R