Course | Autism and Neurodiversity

Price

£59

The price listed is for this course, Autism and Neurodiversity, only. An additional pricing option is available as part of Autism for Teachers from £35/month.

For further information, please visit Autism Spectrum Teacher website.

Facilitator

Steph Reed
Over the past 12 years, Steph has taught many autistic children and young people, with a wide variety of abilities and complex needs.

In recent years, Steph has upskilled hundreds of adults including parents, teachers, SENCO’s and support assistants with practical skills and knowledge to meet autistic children’s needs and support their learning.

Steph is an Autism Specialist Teacher and Consultant, supporting schools and services to ensure high quality autism provision and practice, enabling children to achieve and maximise their outcomes.

Description

Online, 90 minutes.

Broaden your knowledge about autism and how you can help and support.

Do you want to learn about autism? Perhaps you want to better understand an autistic individual? Maybe you’re looking for practical ways you can help and support?

Autism can be very complex to understand. Each individual is very different and has their own abilities, strengths and needs.

It can therefore, feel very overwhelming when we try to work out the best ways to support an autistic individual.

By understanding how an autistic individual may experience communication, thought processing and the sensory input around them, you will be in an informed position to identify helpful methods of support and with confidence.

How Will This Course Benefit Me?

1. Gain an insight into autism and the key areas of need.
Explore neurodiversity, the autism spectrum and what it means to be autistic.

2. Learn practical strategies that you can do to help.
Understand what you can do to support autistic individuals in the key areas of communication, thinking and sensory processing.

3. Feel confident in identifying barriers that may impact autistic individuals.
Provide helpful support to autistic individuals by identifying and removing barriers.

Course Videos

- Downloadable resources (including slides, reflection task, profiles, sensory needs guide and further reading)
- Introduction
- What is neurodiversity?
- What is autsim and the 'autism spectrum'?
- What is the diagnostic criteria?
- What are autism profiles such as Asperger Syndrome and PDA?
- How does autism present in boys and girls?
- Autsim and social communication
- Autism, thinking, and understanding
- Reflection task
- How can you support social communication?
- How can you support sensory processing?
- How can you support thinking and understanding?
- Learning and feedback