Your family deserves support through puberty, too.
Whole Self Behavior Consulting provides behavior-analytic education, skill-building, and clinical support for caregivers navigating puberty and healthy sexuality with autistic and IDD kids — judgment-free, built for your child's actual communication and learning style.
The guidance your family actually needs — not a generic script adapted for your child
Most sex ed resources were written for neurotypical timelines, neurotypical communication, and neurotypical kids. When that doesn't fit, the advice breaks down. Here's what we do instead.
Behavior-analytic, not generic
Every strategy is grounded in applied behavior analysis — observable, teachable, and adapted to how your child actually communicates and learns.
Built for your child's reality
No scripts that assume typical social cues or developmental timelines. Support built around your child's actual communication style — AAC, verbal, or anything in between.
You're not alone in this
A specialist in your corner and a community of caregivers navigating the same conversations — so you don't have to improvise on one of the highest-stakes topics there is.
If you're raising an autistic or IDD child through puberty, this is for you
Whether you're just starting to notice the signs, or you feel like you're already behind — you're in the right place.
Your child's body is starting to change
You know puberty is coming — or already here — and you're not sure how to explain what's happening in a way that actually lands for your child.
The standard resources don't fit
You've tried the books and the YouTube videos, but they weren't written for your child's communication style, sensory profile, or learning needs.
You want to talk about safety and consent
Teaching body autonomy and self-protection matters even more for autistic and IDD kids — and you want real, actionable strategies, not vague encouragement.
You feel behind and don't know where to start
You meant to start these conversations already. It's not too late — and you don't have to figure out the starting point alone.
Two paths, one specialty
Choose the level of support that fits your situation — or start with the free checklist and see where it leads.
Learn, practice, and connect with a cohort of caregivers
A 10-week course with asynchronous weekly modules, weekly live group coaching, printable resources every week, and on-demand 15-minute support calls — all in one place.
- 1Work through weekly self-paced video lessons on your own schedule
- 2Join the weekly live session for in-depth teaching + your real questions answered
- 3Connect with a community of caregivers navigating the same conversations
Individualized support built around your child specifically
For families who need more than a course can offer — intensive 1:1 parent training or direct clinical care, built around your child's specific needs.
- 1Send an inquiry — every case starts with a conversation, not a checkout page
- 2Talk through your situation and which path actually fits
- 3Build a plan tailored to your child, your family, and your existing care team
What working with Whole Self actually looks like
Across every service path, these are the things you can count on.
Strategies you can use this week
Not theory for its own sake — every session ends with concrete next steps tied to your child's actual situation.
Clinical expertise in this specific niche
Sexual Behavior Analysis for autistic and IDD individuals is a specialty within a specialty. This is the entire focus of this practice — not a side service.
Safety and consent taught to generalize
Skills that transfer across settings, people, and situations — not a single script that only works with you in the living room.
Zero judgment, always
You can bring the real questions — the ones that feel awkward to ask anyone else. That's exactly what this space is for.
Proactive, not reactive
The goal is to prepare before it feels urgent — so you're not scrambling in the middle of a moment your child needed you ready for.
A community that actually gets it
Other caregivers who are navigating the same conversations, same challenges, same "where do I even start" moments — and who are further along to show you it gets easier.
Not sure where to start?
The free "Before the Talk" Caregiver's Readiness Checklist tells you what to look for and what to prepare — before you need it, not in the middle of it.