Training Packages - Middletown Centre For Autism

Event summary

Date

Wednesday 26 Apr 2023

Start Time

16:00

End Time

18:00

Oaklands Community College, Edenderry, Offaly

Closed

Autism, Learning Styles, and Visual Teaching Methods
This training session will provide information and practical strategies in the functional use of visual supports.
The focus of this course is in understanding the learning style and needs of the autistic student and how these can be facilitated using visual strategies. This will assist those working with the young person in the teaching of life skills, emotional regulation, and daily planning, creating opportunities for independence.
Expected Outcomes
Understand how visual strategies support the thinking and learning style of autistic young people.
Understand how visual supports can be generalised and can build on the learning experience in school, home, and the wider community.
Learn how to develop visual supports and implement visual strategies in a practical manner to maximise young person’s strengths and provide support if necessary.

Location

Oaklands Community College
Sr Senan Avenue,
Edenderry
Offaly
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Frances Stewart

Frances Stewart has been a teacher for over 30 years working mainly with children with Special Educational Needs but particularly those with Asperger syndrome. Her former position was as the coordinator of the Belfast Education and Library Board Oakwood Autism Advisory Service. She has taught in both Mainstream and Special Schools. Frances worked mainly with Post Primary students who had been referred to the Oakwood Autism Advisory Service. She has helped to establish social support and friendship groups for autistic students in both Primary and Post Primary Schools in the Belfast area. Frances has also specialised in devising transition programmes to support autistic children and young people as they have progressed through different stages of their education.