Training Packages - Middletown Centre For Autism

Event summary

Date

Wednesday 23 Oct 2024

Start Time

10:00

End Time

15:00

Middletown Centre for Autism, Middletown, Armagh

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Sunday 20 Oct 2024 12am

Masterclass: Autism and Emotional Regulation
This Masterclass will focus on key considerations when supporting emotional regulation for children and young people in both Primary and Post Primary environments. This training explores interoception as a key concept when supporting autistic students learning about their body signals and promoting regulation, helping children to become aware, label and express their emotions gives them the skills to manage alongside their peers.

This Masterclass is suitable for any educational professional with previous training or experience supporting an autistic student’s emotional regulation.

Participants will:
Understand how to adapt or change the environment to support emotional regulation.

Increase understanding of the physiological basis of fight, flight and freeze responses and how this relates to emotional regulation.

Have an increased understanding of impact of sensory processing including interoception on nervous system responses.

Consider communication and gestalt language processing and links to emotional regulation.

Develop an understanding of how to individualise supports to suit the child or young person.

Use a neurodiversity affirming approach to support development of self and co-regulation skills.

Location

Middletown Centre for Autism
35 Church Street
Middletown
Armagh
BT60 4HZ
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Carolyn Frazer & Edel Quinn

Carolyn Frazer is an Autism Trainer/Advisor in Middletown Centre for Autism, formerly employed in Ashfield Girls High School, Belfast, where she supported autistic students to access the curriculum. She qualified in Speech and Language Therapy and has a Master’s degree in Psychology. During Carolyn’s Masters studies, she undertook research on Autism and Bullying and continues to provide training sessions and support for autistic students in this area. Carolyn’s other areas of specialisms include supporting communication and anxiety for Post Primary aged students. She is an associate lecturer on the Post Graduate Certificate in Autism Studies with Stranmillis University College, Belfast.

Edel Quinn is an Autism Trainer/Advisor in Middletown Centre for Autism. Before taking up this post, Edel worked in the National Health Service, Northern Ireland (NHS), developing and delivering home programmes for autistic children and young people, and their families. Edel holds a Psychology degree and an MSc in Autism from Queen’s University, Belfast and a Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Edel's main specialisms are in early intervention and delivering training in the implementation of visual strategies and behaviour. Edel is a Certified TEACCH Trainer with Division TEACCH, North Carolina. Edel has developed and delivered anxiety trainings and anxiety research projects to parents and professionals across Ireland. She has delivered at Autism and Mental Health Conference, NAS and the Autism Congress. Edel is an associate lecturer on the Post Graduate Autism Certificate with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Edel is working towards accreditation with BACP as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.