Autism and the Special School, Understanding Anxiety Management, and Reframing Behaviour.

Autism and the Special School, Understanding Anxiety Management, and Reframing Behaviour. 
For many autistic students, school is a major source of stress and there are some key factors relating to autism that mean stress and anxiety are more likely. Everyone shows their anxiety in individual ways, so the most reliable observations that a student is anxious are going to be made by the people who know the student best. This shows the importance of working closely not only within the family structure, but also with the school staff.
This session is an introduction to strategies that can be used to alleviate the experience of anxiety, including,
An introduction to cognitively based strategies 
How to develop student centred strategies to deal with anxiety.
Participants will: 
Understand how the difficulties experienced, including sensory difficulties, can contribute to the development of anxiety.
Appreciate how anxiety can escalate and may result in an outburst.
Develop some simple strategies to prevent the escalation of anxiety.