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St Teresa's Primary School, Lurgan., Armagh

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Autism, Learning Style, and the Impact of Visual Teaching Methods
Visual strategies are widely used when working and living with autistic children and young people, as they:
• Complement the learning style of many autistic children, young people and adults
• Can be introduced alongside other intervention strategies. 
• Are adaptable, portable and can be used in most situations. 
The use of visual strategies can have a notable impact on how an autistic child experiences family, community, and school life, as they help to clarify expectations and make abstract concepts more concrete. Visual strategies support children as they develop effective communication, appropriate social interaction, and positive behaviour skills, as well as accessing the curriculum.
This session will cover why visual teaching methods work. Professionals and parents will become more familiar with how their input will reflect a sound evidence base and be more able to adapt the school or home environment and individualised tasks to meet the needs of the child, in order, to enhance learning, play or leisure skills and social interactions. 
Expected Outcomes
• Understand the importance of visual teaching methods.
• Understand how visuals will improve the learning of the child and his or her experiences 
• Develop some visual strategies that can be used to support the child
• Why visuals work for autistic children.
• Using visuals in school or the family home
• How to develop visuals and implement visual strategies.
 

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St Teresa's Primary School
36 Tarry Lane,
Lurgan.
Armagh
BT67 9LQ
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Gemma O'Neill

Gemma O'Neill

Gemma O Neill is a Specialist Teacher with Middletown Centre for Autism. She has always had a particular interest in autism and as such has a Master’s Degree in Special Education. Gemma worked for over 16 years in a large mainstream Primary School in Belfast and was the SENCO there for almost 8 years. As SENCO, Gemma supported autistic students to access the curriculum in a variety of ways. She set up a sensory room in the school and coordinated the delivery of a range of autism specific programmes such as Attention Autism and Social Skills groups. Gemma has extensive experience of delivering autism specific training to both professionals and parents and played an active role in the development of Middletown’s Excellence in Autism Education Award.

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St Teresa's Primary School , Lurgan. , Armagh

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