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Topics covered in Autism Awareness Training
Topic 1: what is autism?
Understanding autism, including how and when it develops, looking at the autistic "spectrum" and the four key areas of difference between autistic people and neurotypical people: communication, processing, interacting, and sensory.
Topic 2: how autism affects people
Looking at how the four areas of difference can affect a person: repetitive behaviour and routines, highly-focused interests, anxiety; addressing some of the main myths surrounding autism; beginning to look at some of the things that might affect your work with autistic children and young people including melt-downs and shut-downs in the context of the response loop.
Topic 3: being accommodating in your work
Understanding how we accommodate autistic children and young people in our work, with a focus on the "3C pathway" and some of the techniques we can use to support this.
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Course description
This e-learning course is suitable for anyone working with or alongside children or adults with autism. It includes understanding what autism is, how it affects a person and how we can be accommodating in a workplace or setting. The content has been produced in collaboration with the charity Act for Autism.
This course is available as part of the flick subscription or to license for hosting on your own learning management system. A certificate will be available to download on successful completion (75% pass rate) of this course.
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