Building Your Toolbox for Explaining Brain Styles and Supporting Sensory Regulation

LIVE WEBINAR - 28 JULY 2026

Live webinar: Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm AEST (Sydney)
Duration: 1 hour
Presenter: Annabel Tannenbaum, Educator and Consultant
CPE: 1 hour (certificate provided)
Access: Live attendance + recording and resources

Webinar Summary

Sensory regulation is more effective when students understand what’s happening in their own brains and bodies—not just when adults manage it for them.

This webinar focuses on using books, visuals, and evidence-based resources that help explain different brain styles in clear, respectful ways, and building a practical sensory regulation toolbox. Led by neurodivergent educator and consultant Annabel Tannenbaum, the session supports teachers to move beyond abstract concepts and give students accessible language and tools to understand their own brain style, social communication style, and sensory needs.

Designed for educators working across early years and primary settings (and highly relevant for learning support staff), this session offers concrete resources that can be used immediately to support regulation, inclusion, and self-understanding.

This Webinar Covers

Age-appropriate resources for understanding brain styles (e.g. autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia, PDA)
Supporting students to recognise and communicate their own regulation needs
Evidence-based tools for sensory regulation that work in real classrooms
Creating shared language around sensory differences without stigma

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Select and use books and visuals to explain different brain styles
Build a practical sensory regulation toolbox for classroom use
Match regulation tools to individual student needs
Support student self-awareness around sensory preferences
Strengthen inclusive classroom culture through shared understanding of differences

About Annabel Tannenbaum

Educator and Consultant

Annabel Tannenbaum is the founder of Thriving Minds Education and an early-childhood education specialist dedicated to creating neuro-affirming environments for children, families, and educators.

Diagnosed with autism at 30 and ADHD at 31, Annabel brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. Growing up undiagnosed, she spent much of her childhood navigating learning, communication, and anxiety without the support or understanding she needed—experiences that now strongly inform her advocacy and education practice.

Annabel’s career in early learning settings revealed familiar traits in the children she supported, prompting a deeper exploration of neurodivergence and a commitment to change how developmental differences are understood and supported. In 2017, she founded Thriving Minds Education to address the lack of inclusive, respectful, and genuinely affirming resources available to families and educators.

Through workshops, training, and a carefully curated range of books and educational materials, Annabel challenges deficit-based narratives and promotes a neuro-affirming approach that recognises differences as natural variations of human experience—not problems to be fixed. Her work emphasises dignity, access, communication, and environments that truly support individual needs rather than forcing conformity.

Based in Perth, Western Australia, Annabel is a passionate educator, advocate, and speaker who is committed to ensuring future generations of neurodivergent children are seen, supported, and valued for who they are.

Access & Pricing

Individual webinar access: $99 incl. GST
Full 10-part series: $550 incl. GST
(Includes this webinar plus nine additional sessions in the Engaging Neurodivergent Learners series)

All participants receive access to the webinar recording, downloadable resources, and a CPE certificate upon completion.

Please note: This event is only accessible to people who have paid for registration. Inviting additional staff or persons to watch with you is strictly prohibited without additional registration. For large group registrations, please contact us for group pricing.