How to stop feeling underprepared and start teaching every student with confidence.

You already care. That's why you're here.

Maybe you've had a student whose behaviour you couldn't quite read. A parent who asked questions you weren't sure how to answer. A moment where you wanted to do better and didn't know where to start.

These courses were built for that moment.

They're practical, real-world, and designed specifically for the dance studio. Not theory pulled from a classroom textbook. Not generic disability awareness training. Guidance built from 17 years of teaching students with diverse needs, disabilities and neurodivergent profiles in a performing arts setting and watching them thrive.

Whether you're a dance teacher investing in your own practice, or a studio owner building a more inclusive culture across your whole team - you're in the right place.

COURSES

auti

  • $189

Autism Confidence

  • Course
  • 36 Lessons

Understand autism deeply, recognise what you'll see in your studio, and walk away with a practical toolkit of strategies that work - from communication and sensory needs to masking, RSD and beyond.

  • $189

Become A Behaviour Detective

  • Course
  • 19 Lessons

Every challenging behaviour is telling you something. This course teaches you how to read it - using the Behaviour Iceberg, the ABCs framework, the SEAT model, and the sensory science behind why students do what they do. For any student, any age, any profile.

  • $189

Down Syndrome Awareness

  • Course
  • 34 Lessons

Down Syndrome Confidence for Performing Arts Educators is an online course for performing arts educators who want to teach students with Down syndrome with greater confidence and understanding. Gain practical strategies tailored to how your students learn, communicate, and move so you can create a space where they truly belong.

“I’ve been teaching for twelve years and I was honestly embarrassed by how little I knew about autism before this course. I had an autistic student enrol two weeks after I finished and I felt genuinely ready. That’s never happened before."

Sarah L.

Ballet & contemporary teacher, Brisbane QLD

“Really helpful tips and information. This training is much needed and should be included for all teachers - Cert III or IV module.”

Jen M.

Registered dance and movement therapist

“As a studio director I enrolled my whole teaching team. The conversations we’re having now are completely different, shared language, shared strategies, and we’re actually talking about inclusion as a team for the first time.”

Kate T

Studio director, Perth WA

Taught directly by the founder and director of Perform Ability, with 17 years inclusive dance teaching experience.

✓ Understand autism deeply — not just surface-level traits, but why your students think, feel and move the way they do

✓ Recognise what you're actually seeing in the studio — stimming, masking, RSD, meltdowns vs tantrums, PDA, and more

✓ Use practical, evidence-informed strategies from day one — communication, sensory needs, calming, feedback, transitions

✓ Communicate confidently with families and set up your studio systems for inclusion

✓ Finally feel like the teacher this student deserves