AQ Brighton

AQ School Brighton campus is an autism-friendly environment supporting Prep-Year 12 autistic students to learn, participate and engage.

AQ has been providing specialist education for autistic children for 55 years. We support autistic students with small group learning opportunities, a personalised program, effective inter-disciplinary team support, and collaboration with their families and other school settings, in order that­­­­­­ they develop skills to participate to their fullest extent in their home, school and local com­munity.

AQ has a multidisciplinary team of psychologists, speech pathologists and occupational therapists who are qualified to conduct a range of assessments with children, adolescents and adults for diagnostic and other purposes.

Assessments include:

• Child & Adolescent Diagnostic Assessment
• Adult Diagnostic Assessment
• ADOS-2 (as requested by medical specialist)
• Other assessments (occupational therapy, speech pathology, etc).

LEARN MORE

Early diagnosis followed by structured, individualised services can make a significant difference in the lives of young autistic children.

AQ offers a range of early childhood intervention services for young autistic children (age 0-7) developed and delivered by therapy and education professionals with expertise in autism, they focus on key elements including behaviour, developmental and social skills and family-based interventions to meet the needs of children and their families.

AQ delivers speech pathology, occupational therapy, behaviour support & psychology services for all ages. Face to face and telepractice options are available.

Our practitioners have a broad range of experience, skills and additional certifications to best cater to the individual needs of the person accessing their services.

Kids Konnection creates a supportive and safe environment where children can connect with peers, socialise and have fun during school holiday periods. Please note places are limited and fees apply. Available at Sunnybank Hills and Brighton.

AQ delivers autism-focused workshops, webinars, and specialised training services for a range of audiences including:

• Parents & carers
• Therapists, support workers, consultants
• Educators, teacher aides, teachers, school staff
• OHSC & Vacation Care staff and others.

AQ offers services via online conference, or what we refer to as “Telepractice” with our speech pathologists, occupational therapists and psychologists.

They are easy to navigate, and allow for interaction in many ways, such as:

• Live via interaction with ability to immediately share documents, videos and other resources
• Online visual cues or playing online games using a shared screen
• Working on documents or forms in real time
• Parent/carer training and coaching.

AQ offers a range of evidence-informed therapy groups for autistic children, adolescents and adults. These groups are developed and delivered by a team of therapy and education professionals with expertise in autism.

Our therapy groups focus on individual goals of the participant and their families and highlight areas of concern including behaviour, developmental and social participation, motor skills, transitioning to school, making friends, anxiety, daily living activities and independent lifestyles.

Autism Queensland supports autistic children, adolescents and adults state-wide across Queensland. Our other centres can be found in South-East Queensland, Central Queensland, Mackay Whitsundays and Far North Queensland.