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Understanding and Effectively Supporting Autism in Primary schools

Understanding and Effectively Supporting Autism in Primary schools

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Course summary: 

Understanding and effectively supporting autism in primary schools 

  1. A theoretic overview of autism (on Teams)
  2. Discussion about individual children and strategies to support (face to face)
  3. Review use of, and impact, of strategies (face to face)

Trainers:

Members of the SEND Team- Specialist Teaching Team

Course content:

Session 1 (via Teams) - A theoretic overview of autism (on Teams) to include:

  • Social communication and interaction difficulties 
  • ​Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests or activities
  • Demand avoidance and anxiety.
  • Complex needs to include non-verbal, sensory needs, toileting difficulties, obsessions.
  • Deciding on case study

Session 2 (face to face) – Strategies to support children with autism. 

Interactive tasks based on:

Session 3 (face to face) - Review use of, and impact, of strategies 

Interactive tasks based on:

  • Individual case studies – review of action plan/strategies, next steps
  • Strategies to support case study child, including looking at resources, the school/classroom environment and sharing ideas. 
  • Setting outcomes
  • Questions and answer session

Course dates and time: 

(Please note that participants must attend all 3 sessions.)

Session 1 – Thursday 10th October 2024 - 3:30 – 4:30 

Session 2 - Thursday 24th October 2024   3:30 – 4:30

Session 3 – Thursday 21st November 2024 3:30 – 4:30

Venues: 

Session 1 – On Teams (Thursday 10th October 2024) 

Session 2 -In person location TBC (Thursday 24th October 2024)   

Session 3 – In person location TBC (Thursday 21st November 2024) 

 

Who should attend? 

This training is useful for all primary school practitioners, behaviour leads, teachers, SENDCos, teaching assistants and learning mentors working within a mainstream setting.

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