Importance of outdoor play for autistic children
09/11/2021
As part of the Centre’s resource and Research Bulletin on Outdoor Play, Dr Helen Lynch (OT and Senior Lecturer in University College Cork) kindly agreed to be interviewed on the to...
Outdoor painting activities
08/11/2021
The Centre’s creative star has come up with these lovely ideas for taking art outdoors!
Outdoor Classroom Day
04/11/2021
A reminder that today is Outdoor Classroom Day.
Saturday Webinar
04/11/2021
Dr Patricia Daly has been a friend of the Centre for many years, and it is a huge pleasure to welcome her back to deliver one of the Saturday webinars.
Social Narrative Winning and Losing
03/11/2021
This month, the Centre will be sharing a number of resources to support outdoor play.
Self-care Ideas
30/10/2021
Emotional changes are common at this time of year as there are less daylight hours and less opportunity to get outdoors.
Witches' Hats
29/10/2021
Time for some more Halloween treats!
Interoceptive Awareness
28/10/2021
In this video, the young person is developing interoceptive awareness of tight and loose feelings.
Halloween colouring pages
28/10/2021
Another activity to keep children busy in the half-term holidays.
Outdoor Classroom Day
28/10/2021
This month the Centre will have focus on Outdoor Play across its social media pages.
Trick or Treat Alternatives
27/10/2021
Trick or Treating is not fun for everyone.
Movement Cards
26/10/2021
School holidays can cause anxiety for some children and young people as it brings a different daily routine.
Body maps
25/10/2021
The ability to request a calm break or calming activities is dependent upon the child or young person having the interoceptive awareness to recognise when they are feeling anxious....
Halloween Bingo
22/10/2021
The Centre is sharing a popular game from last October- Halloween Bingo!
What I (don’t) Know About Autism
22/10/2021
Anyone who attended the Centre’s conference earlier this year will have been fortunate to hear Jody O’Neill present on her experiences of autism and how it led her to write the pla...
Power cards for interoception
21/10/2021
‘Power Cards’ is a concept developed by Elisa Gagnon in her book ‘Power Cards: Using Special Interests to Motivate Children and Youth with Asperger Syndrome and Autism’.
Online Training Session, November-December 2021
21/10/2021
If you missed the Centre’s 5-week online training programmes in September-October, don’t worry as they will be running again next month.
Half term activity schedule
20/10/2021
As the half-term holiday approaches, it’s time to plan how to fill the days.