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Scoil Naomh Eltin Cionn tSaile, Town-Plots, Cork

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Autism and the Promotion of Positive Behaviour
Every day, children and young people with autism are expected to cope with the challenges of a world, which can often seem bewildering and unpredictable. This can cause elevated levels of anxiety and stress, resulting in behaviours that can be difficult to deal with, offering significant challenges to all of those living with the child or young person.
Responding effectively to behaviour remains a concern for parents. Early intervention and planning is important to ensure that children have an array of proactive strategies to defuse rather than escalate a demanding situation.

This session will examine how the core features of autism can influence the behaviour of children. Finding the function of behaviour will be highlighted as the starting point of any Behaviour Support Plan.

Expected Outcomes
Parents will:
• Understand how the core features of autism can influence behaviour causing behaviours that challenge. 
• Understand the importance of identifying the function of a behaviour and developing a basic behaviour support plan.
• Learn practical strategies for recognising early warning signs and making positive interventions, reducing potential triggers.
• Anxiety and its impact on behaviour.


Course Overview / Content 
• How the core features can affect behaviour.
• Introduction to Behaviour Support Plans recognising the benefits of:
• Clarity of information, including expectations and procedures. 
• Consistency: A healthy, strong Home School Partnership is vital.
• Common sense: Remembering that sometimes the most effective is also the most straightforward and easiest.
• Continuation: Keeping the teaching and the positive supports in place to continue to help the child or young person to develop effective habits and more adaptive skills.
 

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Scoil Naomh Eltin Cionn tSaile
10 Roseabbey Park
Town-Plots
Cork
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Tara Vernon

Tara Vernon

Tara Vernon is an Autism Trainer/Advisor with Middletown Centre for Autism. Prior to this, Tara has worked across home, school and external agency settings to provide autism specific specialist teaching, training, and behavioural support in these environments. Tara has also worked as a Class Teacher for nine years in an Applied Behaviour Analysis school for autistic children with complex needs. Tara holds a degree in Psychology and is a CABAS board certified Teacher in Applied Behaviour Analysis. She is a member of both the Psychological Society of Ireland and the Teaching Council of Ireland and is a Certified Sleep Counsellor.

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Scoil Naomh Eltin Cionn tSaile , Town-Plots , Cork

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