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Who is this module for?
This module is for anyone working in a school environment, whether they be teachers ,learning support assistants, school meals supervisors, school business managers, site staff or office staff. This module would also be suitable for taxi drivers and school escorts.
Description
This module is an awareness-raising module that introduces autism and the areas of difference, which can include: Social Understanding and Communication, Flexibility, Information Processing and Understanding and Sensory Processing and Integration, among other things. We explore areas of difference in terms of strengths and support needs and identify some initial reasonable adjustments that need to be considered when supporting neurodivergent pupils, including the creation and use of a One Page Profile.
The aims
The aims of this module are:
- To extend your understanding of how autism affects pupils in school.
- To increase your expertise in recognising a pupil’s individual strengths and differences.
- To develop your skills in identifying barriers to learning for autistic pupils.
- To develop your understanding of what reasonable adjustments need to be made to support autistic pupils in their setting.
Learning objectives
After completing the module, you will be able to:
- Approach autism as a difference rather than as a deficit
- Recognise the three areas of difference for autistic pupils and the importance of identifying strengths and differences
- Listen to and learn from the perspectives of autistic pupils and their parents/carers
- Reflect on their practice and implement reasonable adjustments to support autistic pupils.
Session length
This training module is designed to be used flexibly, with trainers using the time available in the way that best suits their audience.We have provided a training module and materials that can be covered in a 90-minute session using the core slides but there is more content available for the trainer to adapt and use in an extended session
- It offers a nationally acclaimed, face-to-face, personalised, multi-tier training programme; supported and quality assured by the Department for Education
- Named in new Code of Practice as being a leading training provider of schools; whilst effectively meeting statutory regulations and requirements set out in new SEND legislation
- Addresses Ofsted’s concerns regarding the education of vulnerable learners with Autism; providing evidence for the new framework for school and setting inspections
- Provides evidence based measures of impact for when schools self- evaluate their own performance criteria
- Build capacity to meet the needs of pupils on the Autism spectrum through quality first teaching and learning; narrowing and closing the gap in holistic attainment for learners with Autism.
SEND Provision Matrix Reference:
This training course will provide the capacity to deliver support and interventions across all areas of the Universal Provision, and a majority of aspects of the Targeted Provision of Warwickshire’s SEND Provision matrix