What you'll learn

• A brief introduction to the four areas of diversity in Autism: social and emotional understanding, communication, lack of flexible thought, sensory differences.
• Using explicit spoken language when communicating with young people with Autism: a guide to clear communication.
• Using less spoken language when communicating with young people with Autism to aid with processing.
• A range of visual interventions to aid communicating needs and feelings.
• What are visual stories and when can they be used?
• What is the connection between visual stories and the four areas of diversity in Autism?
• How to construct a simple, effective, visual story.
• “Other people are my biggest problem” identifying hotspots of social and emotional understanding.
• Metaphors, idioms and facial expressions. Navigating the social codes.
• Obsessions and special interests. An investigation into the benefits of integrating them into the social, emotional and academic curriculum.
• Identifying and coping with change and unexpected difficulties.
• Sensory differences: Hyper (over) and Hypo (under) sensitivity including auditory and olfactory considerations.

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