Trainings

Come and learn about teaching your neurodivergent teen how to set healthy boundaries.

Check out the next session of our “Social Media Safety” Series

Email tricia.lund@summitbehavorconsulting.com to register.

Past Trainings

I believe in providing evidence based information about a variety of topics. Below are some of the trainings/community events I have participated in.

  • Relationship Challenges for Individuals with IDD, Autism, ADHD, and Other Challenges – Learn Why, What and How to Support Your Teenager
    • Being able to set and maintain boundaries helps us have healthy and safe relationships and it prevents abuse and exploitation. Learning to set boundaries is a necessary skill for anyone, but especially for neurodivergent individuals. If you have a teenager with unique learning needs, you will enjoy this presentation by Behavior Analyst Tricia Lund from Summit Behavior Consulting.  Tricia will cover why it is difficult for neurodivergent individuals to set boundaries, what skills need to be specifically taught, and how parents/caregivers can support their child as they learn to have healthy relationships through boundary setting.
    • Recording available at this website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbqSdkNiLLg
  • Raising Awesome Awareness. “Teaching Consent to Neurodivergent Individuals”
    • Tricia Lund, a BCBA and Certified Sexuality Educator talks with parents what consent is, the components involved in being able to give or not give consent, barriers that people with disabilities face when learning to give or not give consent, how to model consent and specific lesson plans that can address consent for high support and low support needs individuals.
  • Your Neurodivergent Teen and Social Media Safety (August 2023), “The Benefits of Online Relationships and How to Make Them Safer”.
    • Tricia Lund, BCBA, CSE and Jordan Stanley provided a community training that helped participants identify the benefits of online relationships, how online platforms can help individuals who have executive functioning deficits or social anxiety, how online interactions gave neurodivergent individuals the opportunity to interact with a wider range of people and to display a persona that met their individual needs and values. This event was not recorded, but PPT slides are available upon request.
  • Love and Disabilities Community Training Series: “Preventing Abuse and Teaching Your Child to Self-Advocate”
    • This presentation was given via Zoom to parents/caregivers and staff in Texas. Tricia Lund, BCBA taught risk factors around abuse, why sexuality education was a protective factor, what specifically needed to be taught to neurodivergent (and neurotypical) individuals. Participants also reviewed step by step lessons (developed by Peter Gerhardt) that can help neurodivergent individuals report abuse as well as what supports to put in place for individuals who use AAC devices when communicating about privacy, body parts and sexuality related topics. Lastly, participants learned the dangers of use “Good Touch, Bad Touch” when teaching individuals to report abuse and how to teach “Wanted, Unwanted and Confusing Touch” instead. This event was not recorded, but PPT slides are available on request.
  • Love and Disabilities Community Training Series: “Sexuality: More Than Body Parts”
    • This presentation was given via Zoom to parents/caregivers and staff in Texas. Tricia Lund, BCBA taught why sexuality education was needed specifically for individuals with disabilities, what should be included in a comprehensive sexuality curriculum, parents’ roles in providing sexual education, common fears that stop people from addressing sex/puberty and how to address those fears in a compassionate way. This event was not recorded, but PPT slides are available on request.
  • Love and Disabilities Community Training Series: “How to Support your Neurodivergent Teen in Dating”
    • This presentation was given via Zoom to parents/caregivers and staff in Texas. Tricia Lund, BCBA reviewed common fears parents/caregivers have around helping their teen/young adult to date, why there is a tendency to “police” our neurodivergent teens, the pros/cons with meeting people online, resources to increase safety in online dating and how to address our own personal fears and anxieties. This event was not recorded, but PPT slides are available on request.
  • Love and Disabilities Community Training Series: “Body Image and Disability Acceptance”
    • This presentation was given via Zoom to parents/caregivers and staff in Texas. Tricia Lund, BCBA taught how ableism can lead to low self esteem and low body image in disabled individuals and how these can be a risk factor when it comes to abuse and exploitation. Tricia also addressed how disability acceptance can serve as a protective factor. This event was not recorded, but PPT slides are available upon request.
  • ARC of Fort Bend (May 21, 2022) “Teaching Neurodiverse Individuals to Make Sense of Sexually Explicit Media”
    • This training was given to the ARC of Fort Bend. Tricia Lund, BCBA taught participants what sex positivity was and why it mattered, the difficulties coming up with a specific definition of “pornography” and how this hindered accurate statistics around frequency of use. Participants also learned about the potential pros/cons in viewing sexually explicit material, what needed to be taught and how to start having conversations with their child/teen.
  • Function Junction: Behavior Matters Podcast (Published January 28, 2022) “Gender Identify and Expression Differences for Individuals with Autism Part 1”
    • Tricia Lund, a Houston BCBA, returns to talk about gender identity and expression differences in individuals with autism.  She has studied a great deal in the area as well as trauma informed care.  You are sure to be moved by the respect with which she talks about topics that are frequently not addressed for many people with disabilities.  Stay for the question and come back next week for Part 2.
  • Function Junction: Behavior Matters Podcast (Published February 4, 2022) “Gender Identify and Expression Differences for Individuals with Autism Part 2”
    • Here is the second part of Tricia Lund, a Houston BCBA, who returns to talk about gender identity and expression differences in individuals with autism.  She has studied a great deal in the area as well as trauma informed care.  You are sure to be moved by the respect with which she talks about topics that are frequently not addressed for many people with disabilities.  Stay for the question at the end.
  • Function Junction: Behavior Matters Podcast (Published July 16,2023) “It’s about Dignity Part 1”
    • Tricia Lund is a Houston area BCBA who is working with neurodiverse adults.  She works with her clients on some of the most fun and difficult things in life – relationships.  She is sure to get you thinking.  This is bound to be helpful, especially with the question at the end of the episode. Some may consider portions of the episode to be adult content.  There is nothing explicit, but we talk about adult issues.
  • Function Junction: Behavior Matters Podcast (Published July 23, 2021) “It’s about Dignity Part 2”
    • Here is the second part of our talk with Tricia Lund.  She is bound to make you think about adults with disabilities and how they should be able to make decisions about their own lives.  Tricia talked about Dave Hingsburger and how much she appreciates what she has learned from his teaching.  We recorded this episode before July 18, 2021, the day he died.  We express our deepest condolences to all who cared for him.  His work will continue through people like Tricia and others who understand that a disability does change the need and desire to have choices and a life well lived.