Free Art Therapy Lessons for Autistic & Neurodivergent Kids
Creative, parent-led activities that help children explore emotions, build confidence, and express themselves — without pressure or perfection.
No therapy background required
Designed for autistic & neurodivergent kids
Uses creativity as a safe emotional outlet
Created by a parent raising an autistic child
Many of the exercises in this course are based on proven art therapy techniques for autistic children that parents can also use at home.
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Lesson 1: Discover Your Inner Hero | Creative Writing & Art Therapy for Kids | Jetpulse Studios
This lesson focuses on self-discovery, identity, and empowerment. By creating their own superhero, students begin to recognize their inner strengths and emotional resilience. The activity encourages positive self-expression, builds confidence, and lays the foundation for using art as a safe space for emotional exploration and growth.
This lesson focuses on self-discovery, identity, and empowerment. By creating their own superhero, students begin to recognize their inner strengths and emotional resilience. The activity encourages positive self-expression, builds confidence, and lays the foundation for using art as a safe space for emotional exploration and growth.
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Lesson 2: Power of Emotions | Creative Writing & Art Therapy for Kids | Jetpulse Studios
This week emphasizes emotional awareness and regulation.
By connecting feelings to visual elements like color and art, students can better understand their emotional world. This lesson encourages healthy emotional expression, helps reduce frustration, and builds empathy toward themselves and others..This week emphasizes emotional awareness and regulation.
By connecting feelings to visual elements like color and art, students can better understand their emotional world. This lesson encourages healthy emotional expression, helps reduce frustration, and builds empathy toward themselves and others..
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Why we start with art therapy
Many children struggle to express big emotions with words. Art therapy gives them a different way in — one that feels safe, creative, and pressure-free.
These lessons were created to help parents:
Open emotional conversations gently
Reduce frustration and emotional shutdowns
Build connection through creativity
Support expression without forcing outcomes
This free course is meant to help you begin — not to overwhelm you or replace deeper support.
What’s included in the free lessons?
Lesson 1: Discover Your Inner Hero
Helps children explore identity, strengths, and emotions through creative self-expression.
Lesson 2: The Power of Emotions
Introduces emotional awareness using color, art, and visual storytelling.
These lessons are designed to deliver small emotional wins and help your child feel safe expressing themselves.
Plus: 2 bonus printable lessons from our Parenting Guide
When you sign up, you’ll also receive two full printable lessons taken directly from the Autism Parenting Guide.
These bonus PDFs show how the creative ideas from the free course turn into:
Repeatable routines
Structured emotional tools
Ongoing confidence-building support
This lets you preview the system before deciding if you want to continue.
This is a starting point — not the whole journey
The free art therapy lessons help children open up.
The Autism Parenting Guide helps parents continue with:
Structure
Consistency
Confidence-building routines
Emotional regulation tools
There’s no rush.
Start here. Continue when it feels right.