Making Sense of Autism

Join us for a webinar with the Autism Education Trust on January 21st 3.30pm-5.00pm. We are delighted to be partnered with the AET. This is a webinar not to be missed.

This webinar is an awareness-raising module that introduces autism and the Three Areas of Difference: Social Understanding and Communication, Flexibility, Information Processing and Understanding and Sensory Processing and Integration. We explore the Three Areas of Difference in terms of strengths and support needs and identify some initial reasonable adjustments that need to be considered when supporting autistic pupils.

The aims

The aims of this module are:

To extend your understanding of how autism affects pupils in school.
To increase your expertise in recognising a pupil’s individual strengths and differences.
To develop your skills in identifying barriers to learning for autistic pupils.
To develop your understanding of what reasonable adjustments need to be made to support autistic pupils in their setting.

Learning objectives

After completing the module, you will be able to:

Understand that autism is a difference rather than a deficit or disorder.
Recognise the Three Areas of Difference and how these can affect autistic pupils.
Listen to and learn from the perspectives of autistic pupils and their parents/ carers.
Reflect on your practice and implement reasonable adjustments to support autistic pupils.
 

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