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Who is this module for?
This module is aimed at all education professionals working in the Early Years, which includes childminders, preschools, nurseries and school reception classes.
Description
This module focuses on the importance of getting to know a child and how their autism affects them.
We look at examples of distressed behaviours and how these can be supported through a range of strategies, approaches, and reasonable adjustments. The module also guides you through how to gather information about an autistic child’s interests, aspirations, strengths and differences and how this information can be used when developing a Child-Centred Education Plan (CCEP).
The module introduces the AET Early Years Competency Framework so that you can develop and evaluate their good autism practice following completion of the module.
The aims
Good autism practice in the Early Years with support you:
- To develop knowledge and understanding of good autism practice.
- To increase expertise in using practical strategies and approaches that support autistic children.
- To develop knowledge about autism and the individual to inform child-centred planning.
- To help you to reflect on and improve their practice in working with autistic children.
Learning objectives
After completing ‘Good autism practice in the Early Years’, you will be able to:
- Understand that autism is a difference rather than a deficit or disorder.
- Recognise the Three Areas of Difference in autism and how these can affect autistic children.
- Be confident in using the Autism Competency Framework.
- Involve the autistic child and their family in decisions.
- Use a range of approaches, strategies, and adaptations to remove barriers to learning and play.
Session length
The length of the training session will depend on the training partner delivering the session. Please get in touch with them directly to enquire about this. If you can't see their contact details, please search for your local training partner and enquire.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at our Early Years GAP training course. We ask all delegates to complete the pre-training questionnaire and if you have any requirements for the training day then please do let us know e.g. accessible access, medical requirements. Please find attached the link to the pre-course questionnaire here: https://forms.office.com/e/Dy1AU3qCZN and a QR code at the bottom of the email.
The training will take place from 9:00 until 16:00 on Wednesday 13th March 24 at Avanti Gardens School, College Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 2JP. There is on-road parking in the vicinity of the school. You can arrive from 8:45am for a 9:00am prompt start but won’t be able to park in the school car park due to the arrival of children and families. You will need to report to the school’s reception desk to sign in and you will then come upstairs to the training room where we will meet you.
Liquid refreshments will be provided but you will need to bring your own lunch/snacks or visit the local shops which are a few minutes’ drive away or a short walk.
Your pack attached also includes copies of key documents that will be referred to during the training. You are welcome to bring your laptop with you to view these on the day but there is limited internet access so please download and save to the laptop. We also advise printing the delegate notes and using the space provided to make any notes during the training session as we do not keep paper copies. You should also have received the feedback link from Trading with schools and the delegate pack-this is different to the documents and link attached here.
Ahead of the training we ask you to look at the Early Years main Competency Framework document and begin to RAG rate yourself where you think you are as an individual. You will see the boxes to choose from on page 14 onwards in the document.
Please don’t worry about completing these sections as we will look at these on the day:
We look forward to welcoming you.