Autism and The Facts and How to Help

Autism, the Facts and How to Help
This online webinar will explain what autism is and consider the impact of autism on a child’s daily life and development. This session is the foundation for understanding the differences in social communication, often heightened anxiety, and difficulties with sensory processing.

Expected Outcomes-
Parents and family members will have an increased understanding of:
•    How children with autism perceive the world.
•    How children with autism think and learn.
•    The underlying difficulties faced by children with autism in learning, social interaction, and communication.
•    Strategies that may benefit when engaging with, supporting, and teaching their child with autism.

Autism, Learning Styles and Visual Methodologies
The premise of this online webinar is to increase parental awareness of how their  child may perceive, think, and learn, while recognising the child with autism as a predominantly visual learner and supporting the use of visual teaching strategies to assist them across settings.  

Expected outcomes-
Parents and family members will have an increased understanding of: 
•    The importance of visual teaching methods and how they complement the learning style of many with autism.
•    How visual supports can improve their child’s learning and their experiences at home, at school and in the wider environment.
•    How visual supports can be introduced alongside other intervention strategies.
•    The visual strategies that could be used to support their child.

Autism and Social Communication
Building on the knowledge gained in the first two sessions, this online webinar aims to increase parents’ understanding of how autism affects communication and will provide strategies that can help.

Expected Outcomes-
Parents and family members will have an increased understanding of: 
•    The core feature of social communication and how it can be impacted in autism.  
•    Communication and attention development in autism. 
•    Practical strategies to support joint attention and communication at home and school. 

Autism and Sensory Processing
This training will promote parents’ and family members understanding of how children with autism process sensory input whilst providing practical examples and information on how to help. 
  Expected Outcomes-
Parents and family members will have an increased understanding of:
•    How children with autism process sensory input.
•    Characteristics of over and under-responsiveness to sensory input.
•    Strategies and ideas that may help children with sensory processing difficulties.

Autism and the Promotion of Positive Behaviour 
This training session builds on the information previously learned and provides further information on how to manage behaviours of concern by applying parents’ knowledge of autism and learning.

Expected Outcomes-
Parents and family members will have an increased understanding of:
•    The underlying reasons for behaviour that challenges.
•    How to apply pro-active strategies to reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of behaviours of concern.
•    The stages leading to behaviours of concern and how to manage these stages proactively.
•    How to apply autism specific strategies to help manage behaviour that challenges should it occur.