Sensory Detective® Autism Workshop – Bundaberg

Date: 10 September 2026
Venue: Brothers Sports Club, Bundaberg QLD
Region: Wide Bay–Burnett
Duration: 6 Hours CPD

The Workshop HANDOUT NOTES will be emailed prior to the event or handed out on the day.

For: Teachers, Allied Health Therapists, Behaviour Specialists, Support Workers, and Families.

If you work with autistic people, you've likely seen it:

• behaviour that escalates unexpectedly
• students who perform well, then crash
• PBSPs that look good on paper but don't translate to real life
• adults labelled "unmotivated" when they're actually overwhelmed

With NDIS funding changes tightening and schools/frontline services increasingly expected to absorb more complex support in-house, bridging these gaps is no longer optional—it's essential.

This is why Nelle Frances is bringing her popular Sensory Detective Workshop® directly to Bundaberg on 10 September 2026 at Brothers Sports Club. Her presentation fuses lived experience with research-informed knowledge, providing you with the complete neurobiological profile of autistic neurology—and the missing information that standard training overlooks.

That is the foundation of the Sensory Detective® Workshop.

This six-hour professional learning experience introduces a regulation-first, neurobiological framework that explains why:

• behaviour plans work briefly, then fail
• therapy gains don't generalise across environments
• "capacity" disappears under stress
• students can perform one day and shut down the next
• families feel blamed instead of supported
• support teams are working hard—but not together

The Sensory Detective® Framework answers the question everyone is asking:
"Why isn't this support increasing capacity?"

What you will gain from this 6-hour CPD session:

• how sensory load, interoception and executive demand interact
• why masking and compliance exhaust autistic capacity
• how regulation loss looks like non-compliance, avoidance or lack of motivation
• why traditional behavioural or skills-first approaches unintentionally increase risk
• how to identify what is actually destabilising the nervous system
• what to change first—without asking for more effort

This workshop is for you if:

You're a clinician or practitioner

• seeing repeated burnout, regression or plateauing in clients
• wanting an evidence-aligned framework that makes sense of complexity
• needing language that holds up in reports, reviews and audits

You're a teacher or early childhood professional

• seeing students cope until they can't
• wanting to reduce escalation, shutdown and exclusion
• needing practical, system-level adjustments—not just "strategies"

You're a support coordinator or support worker

• struggling to translate plans into lived success
• seeing participants cycle through providers with limited change
• wanting to understand what actually supports participation

You're a family member

• knowing your child / adult is working hard to be their best
• exhausted by being told to do more
• wanting a framework that explains your lived experience

What you will leave with:

• A shared language across disciplines
• A way to see nervous-system load in real time
• Clarity about what to prioritise—and what to stop pushing
• Practical adjustments that reduce escalation and risk
• Renewed confidence that progress is possible when regulation comes first

MOST IMPORTANTLY Teams will leave ALIGNED - this is where real and sustainable change begins!

If you are ready to stop asking autistic people to perform through overwhelm—and start building environments, supports and expectations that actually work—this workshop was designed for you.

The Sensory Detective® Workshop
6 hours CPD | Regulation-first | Practical | Evidence-aligned

This is not about doing more. It's about doing what works.

Nelle Frances
Autism Education Consultant & Trainer
Creator, Sensory Detective® Framework
Sensory-First Supports that Create Lasting Change

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Contribution (6 hours):
Please retain your Certificate of Attendance as a record of CPD. This workshop aligns to General Capabilities, in particular the organising elements of Personal & Social Capabilities, Critical & Creative Thinking and Ethical Behaviour within the Australian Curriculum.

Cancellation Policy:

Notification of cancellation received in writing no less than 7 days prior to the workshop will be refunded. No refunds will be given after that.

The Workshop HANDOUT NOTES will be emailed prior to the event or handed out on the day.

Disclaimer: The Sensory Detective Workshop is for educational and professional development purposes only. It does not provide medical, therapeutic, or clinical advice. The content is based on the lived experience, professional expertise and research-informed practice of Nelle Frances. This workshop does not constitute medical, therapeutic or clinical advice. Important: This workshop includes a brief sensory simulation activity. For the safety of all participants, anyone with autism, sensory processing disorder, anxiety, trauma, or any condition that may be affected by this activity are strongly advised not to take part.. You are welcome to observe from outside the room.. Nelle Frances accepts no liability for any injury, loss, or damage arising from participation in this workshop or from the use of information provided.