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Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin, An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe), Galway
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Autism and Understanding Anxiety This training approaches anxiety as a contextual and relational response, particularly relevant during adolescence when academic pressure, social complexity, transitions, and expectations around independence intensify. Rather than locating anxiety within the young person, the session highlights how anxiety often arises from cumulative stress, chronic masking, sensory overload, rigid systems, and threats to belonging within Post Primary schools. Participants will explore: How anxiety is experienced physiologically and cognitively by autistic young people The impact of sustained effort, masking, and unmet needs over the school day. How anxiety frequently functions as a signal of reduced safety, predictability, belonging or agency. How fixed systems, assessment practices, homework demands, transitions, substitute teaching, can exacerbate anxiety. Environmental, relational, and communicative supports that reduce anxiety by changing expectations and structures, rather than expecting the young person to cope alone.
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Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin
An Cheathrú Rua
An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe)
Galway
H91 N267
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Dee Hogan
Dee has extensive experience teaching and supporting autistic children and young people. Her experiences include Pre-school, Early Intervention Autism Classes, Primary Autism Classes, Mainstream Primary and Special Schools.
She has written, lectured and assessed modules on the Special Needs Assistant and Level Four Autism qualifications, as professional development for parents and professionals. Dee has also worked as a part time Lecturer with University College Cork designing and delivering the Diploma in Autism Studies as well as providing training for teachers, third level students, parents and professionals.
Dee’s training specialisms are Reframing Behaviour, Early Intervention, Classroom Strategies, and Transitions. Dee holds a MEd in Special Education Autism from the University of Birmingham.
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Scoil Chuimsitheach Chiaráin , An Cheathrú Rua (Carraroe) , Galway