Autism Support: courses, therapy and resources

AIMS Global specializes in teaching neurodivergent individuals diagnosed with autism (and related conditions) functional goals, that will increase communication, independence and successful coping skills. 

We provide full-spectrum online courses for parents, professionals and neurodivergent individuals! 

Our aim is to empower parents, professionals, and their children with practical and effective strategies to make a positive difference from TODAY! 

Support options include: 

In-home/online therapists, supervision and IEP’s, parenting courses, therapist recruitment and training, and so much more… 

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HOW CAN WE HELP?

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Services For Parents

We have various options to assist your child diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, SPD (and related conditions) as well as your entire family.

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Services For Therapists

For passionate therapists that have experience in the field of autism and related conditions.

FOCUS

The focus of AIMS Global is to provide high-quality support services that are affordable, effective, and practical. We train parents, au pairs, and professionals. The focus here is to create sustainable options for families.

MISSION

To provide affordable support services to autistic children, adults and their families. We want to empower our community to increase independence and decrease therapy hours.

PHILOSOPHY

AIMS Global strives to understand, accept and optimize neurodiversity. We pride ourselves in the evolution of our support system as the understanding of autism, ADHD and sensory processing have evolved.

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WHAT IS AIMS?

Directors, Karla Pretorius and Nanette Botha, have developed a support system according to the needs of individuals with specific learning patterns. Karla and Nanette have done extensive research with adults diagnosed with ASD and related conditions to establish a program that is appropriate, accepting and stimulating to enhance learning opportunities.

AIMS is an awareness and interest-based approach that works with children and adults diagnosed with neurodevelopmental conditions. The focus of AIMS is on supporting parents, neurodivergent individuals, and their professionals in providing successful strategies to increasing coping skills, communication, and self-regulation. AIMS is a holistic approach that addresses all areas of an individual’s development. We provide full-spectrum online courses and in-home or online therapy options, if required. 

AIMS Global has autistic adult advisors to keep evolving with the understanding of autism and related conditions. 

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WHY CHOOSE AIMS?

We have created various options according to our clients’ and their family's needs. We have dedicated our lives to creating a support system that is effective, practical and affordable.

Best Service

We believe high-quality programs and courses are crucial for any client to continue making progress and feel successful. We do not believe one size fits all. Our courses are aimed at the most frequently asked queries and advice is compiled from years of experience. Individual programs are created for each client and continuously updated. We are here to support you!

Experienced Therapists

Our management team leads the training courses where we share all our knowledge of working in this field - the strategies that are most successful. Our therapists are highly trained individuals with education and practical experience in the field of autism and related conditions, psychology, and/or special needs education. We believe in working in collaboration with professionals and autistic adults.

Online supervised courses

ALL our courses and programs are supervised to ensure continuous updates to goals and creative strategies being implemented throughout the home and other environments. These courses enable parents, therapists, and neurodivergent individuals to implement strategies immediately Let's do this together and learn from each other!

Affordable & Effective

We strive to keep our options affordable and sustainable. We receive input from a multidisciplinary team of professionals and neurodivergent adults. We have evolved with our clients and the understanding of the type of support that is needed. We will provide you with the tools to increase coping skills, independence, and functional communication!

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Karla/ Director & Co-founder

Karla is one of the two directors of AIMS Global and co-developer of AIMS support system. Karla is our lead communication specialist with neurodivergent individuals and professionals in the field
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Nanette/ Director & Co-founder

Nanette is one of the two directors of AIMS Global as well as the co-developer of AIMS support system. Nanette is our lead trainer for parents and neurodivergent individuals.
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Regine/ HR Manager

Regine leads the AIMS training for therapists, nannies and au pairs and also works as the company's HR Manager. She conducts initial communication with therapists and parents.
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Dan/Autistic Advisor

Dan is one of AIMS Global's autistic advisors. He ensures content and programs are relevant and up to date to support autistic individuals.
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Sarai/Autistic Advisor

Sarai is an autistic adult and advocate. She is a qualified Medical Doctor and currently works as a medical translator.

AIMS ARTICLES

We want families and professionals to know what we have acquired through years of working and learning from our clients.

TESTIMONIALS

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"AIMS gives hope for us as parents. We can see real progress with our son that we never saw before. We believe that AIMS continually gives the best programs to improve our son’s behavior as well as his speech/speaking ability."
INDONESIA Mom of a son diagnosed with ADHD (3yrs old)
"I was skeptical at first, but my child has taken a keen interest in his online therapist. She is able to do lessons with him and provide us with the feedback on how to generalize this to our home environment."
SINGAPORE Mom of a son diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder (7yrs old)
"We have constant chats with our online therapist and she helps guide us to implement strategies that are practical."
INDONESIA Dad of a son diagnosed with ASD and sensory processing disorder (5yrs old)
"Our therapist is fun and interactive. My son wants to constantly go see if his therapist is online. It has been a fun way of learning for him and us."
CAMBODIA Mom of a son diagnosed with ADHD (8yrs old)
How do you find AIMS in-home therapy with your child? The therapy at home with AIMS have been so effective and of course continously making a significant progress for our son. Especially during this pandemic where our son couldn’t go to normal school, AIMS could make a day become very efficient by giving valuable material on therapy sessions.
Indonesia Mom of a son diagnosed with ASD (3yrs old)
"We have switched from having therapists come to our home, due to Covid-19, to online services. It was difficult at first, but now it seems as though the therapist is with us all the time. We are receiving a lot of insights from our supervisors too."
Singapore Mom of son undiagnosed (4yrs old)
"Loving the games they (therapist and daughter) play online. It’s fun and interactive and they are always working on my daughter requesting more vocally. So happy that technology has evolved this much for us to have this service available."
MALAYSIA Mom of a daughter diagnosed with PDD-NOS (5yrs old)
"The best thing about the online service is that when we thought we wouldn’t have any support, we do and it’s affordable!"
INDONESIA Dad of a son diagnosed with ASD (4yrs old)
"He can request what he wants now, he can eat independently and engage more with his sisters. He is also starting to play with his toys."
INDONESIA Mom of a son diagnosed with ASD and sensory processing disorder (4yrs old)
"We are happy to see our son enjoy his sessions with his teacher. His teacher is a caring person who always brings a fun atmosphere during the therapy sessions. My son is learning fast as he is enjoying the time with his teacher."
MALAYSIA Mom of a son diagnosed with ODD (5yrs old)
Does the therapist provide enough strategies for you to follow through at home? Yes, our therapist been working so hard to make sure that our son is making a good progress. He always communicates with us and discusses the program that AIMS created for our son.
Indonesia Mom of a son diagnosed with ASD (3.5yrs old)
Do you feel that it has made a positive impact in your child's and family's life? Yes, we are now feel more confident to our son. He could do a lot of things that he couldn’t do before. AIMS definitely gives us hope to see a better future for our son.
Indonesia Mom of son diagnosed with DS (4yrs old)
We highly recommend AIMS to be a part of your “special need” kid’s journey. Their program will make a big progress for our kids and help them to live independently.
Cambodia Mom of son undiagnosed (3yrs old)