Supporting Children To Reach Their Full Potential
Behavior consulting for parents of autistic and neurodivergent children. When meltdowns, aggression, or daily battles are running your home, Jess helps you understand why, and change it, without force or fear, using Positive Behavior Support (PBS).
- 25+ years with children & families
- Trauma-informed & assent-based
- Services across the globe, including Canada, USA & Australia
If Any Of This Sounds Like Your House, You Are In The Right Place
You are not failing. Each of these means your child needs something to change, and there is a clear, compassionate way to change it.
See how Jess helps- The meltdowns can last an hour, and nothing we do helps.
- We plan our whole life around avoiding the next explosion.
- School keeps calling, and every call makes my stomach drop.
- He is seven and we still cannot get through toilet training.
- She holds it together all day at school, then falls apart at home.
- Everyone gives us advice. None of it works with our child.
A Consultant Who Has Seen It All
Jess Swart is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and has spent more than twenty five years working with autistic children and families. Guiding parents through the hardest behaviors using positive behavior support, and getting the biggest breakthroughs. Her work is practical, personal and action orientated. No clinic jargon, no judgment, just a clear plan built around the key challenges that autistic children and their families face.
Originally from Australia, Jess is based in Alberta, Canada, and works with families across the globe including Canada, USA and Australia.
More about JessTherapy That Starts With Your Child’s Engagement
Every plan Jess builds rests on three commitments, drawn from modern, compassionate behavior science, including the work of Dr. Greg Hanley.
Trauma-Informed Care
Many children with big behavior carry big stress. Support starts by making your child feel safe, because a child in survival mode cannot learn new skills.
Neurodiversity-Affirming
The goal is never to make your child look “more typical.” Stimming, honest refusal, and autistic ways of playing are respected; distress is what we reduce.
Assent-Based Practice
Your child’s willingness guides every step. When a child says no with their behavior, we listen and adjust, which is exactly why progress lasts.
Free Video Training: Understanding Autism Meltdowns
Learn what is actually happening for your child during a meltdown. By the end of the training you'll have three things you can change this week to lower the intensity at home and progress towards positive behavior change.
- Understand why tantrums happen
- Learn simple de-escalation techniques
- What to do in the moment without making it worse
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Calm the Chaos Toolkit E-book
Only $8 USD
A practical toolkit for parents living in survival mode. Various strategies so you can find what works best for you and your family. Tools for those hard moments, that you can apply straight away.
- Ready-to-use strategies
- Written in easy to understand language
How Jess Helps
Learn At Your Own Pace
Want to take your child’s success into your own hands? Jess’s courses and toolkits teach an evidence based, step-by-step approach, on your schedule and your budget.
- Understanding Autism MeltdownsFree
Understand why autism meltdowns happen and learn simple de-escalation techniques
- Calm the Chaos Toolkit E-book
Your step-by-step playbook for calmer days at home
- Understanding Autism Behavior: The Parent Roadmap Mini-Course
Finally understand why the behavior is happening
- Busting Behaviors Protocol
The complete system for reducing challenging behavior
Get One-On-One Guidance From Jess
Seven ways to work together, from meltdown support to school training. Every path starts with the same free conversation.
- 1:1 Behavior Consultation
A personalized plan for the behavior running your home, built with you on video and coached until it holds.
- Parent & Caregiver Coaching
Learn to read what behavior communicates and respond with confidence, so change lasts after the coaching ends.
- Meltdown & De-escalation Support
Fewer, shorter meltdowns: find the triggers, de-escalate safely, and change the conditions that cause overload.
- Severe & Challenging Behavior
Compassionate, assent-based support for aggression, self-injury, and property destruction, informed by Greg Hanley's work.
- Skill Building Programs
Communication, social, emotional-regulation, and independence skills, taught through play and your child's interests.
- Self-Care & Daily Living Skills
Toilet training, sleep, mealtimes, dressing, and hygiene, broken into steps your child can win at, without force.
- Training for Schools & Professionals
Workshops and consultation for teachers, schools, and professionals supporting neurodivergent students.
Parent Coaching Groups
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Join other parents on the same journey, with Jess in the room.
- Behavior Solutions For Autism Parents
Free Facebook group. A private community where parents can share what actually works, with Jess in the room answering questions.
- Autism Behavior Resource Hub
Skool community. Trainings, resources, and discussion in one organized place — built for parents who want to go deeper.
Hear It From Someone Who Has Worked With Jess
A short recommendation sharing what it’s actually like working with Jess.
Book your own free callHow To Get Started
- Book a free discovery call
Forty-five minutes about your child and what is happening at home. No preparation needed, and no obligation afterward.
- Get a plan that fits your family
Jess recommends the right path, whether that is consulting, coaching, or simply a course, and tells you honestly if she is not the right fit.
- Watch home get calmer
With coaching behind you, the hardest moments shrink and the skills grow, for your child and for you.
What Families Say
From the beginning, Jess was kind, thoughtful, and patient, and she quickly developed a strong rapport with our daughter. … We would highly recommend Jess to other families looking for a compassionate and effective therapist.
David MWe had Jess working with us to help out with behavioural therapy for several months and it was fantastic! … We saw so much progress working with Jess and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her services.
Nicholas RanicarI love love love the flexible and fixed strategy learning. We have been working hard on changes this week. … We have made huge gains.
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Talk it through with Jess, free.
A 45-minute discovery call about your child, what is happening at home, and what would actually help. No pressure, no obligation, and no judgment.
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