Understanding and supporting Autism

Understanding and Supporting Autistic People - 9th and 10th September 2021

This course builds your knowledge of autism and how to support autistic children and adults and is based on the SPELL framework.
 
SPELL is a framework for understanding and responding to autistic people’s needs. It will allow you to develop better practice and use evidence-based strategies to support autistic children and adults.
 
Our interactive virtual training delivery model ensures we are proud to deliver the exact same learning outcomes for you as our face-to-face training course, in a learner-friendly and accessible way.

This course is 1.5 hours twice a day for two days, via webinar. 

PLEASE NOTE: You need to attend both days and all sessions. 

Dates:

9th September -  10.00 till 11.30am and then 13.00 till 14.30

and

10th September - 10am till 11.30am and then 13.00 till 14.30

Course Content

• The main areas of difference in autism (social communication and interaction, sensory processing, information processing)
• How does autism affect people’s lives?
• Causes of anxiety and stress.
• Introduction to the SPELL framework.