Autism Awareness Training
1.Understanding autism in day-to-day family life (2hrs)
What you’ll learn:
- Fundamentals of autism, what it is and key characteristics.
- Practical strategies for supporting your autistic child or family member (e.g., communication, sensory needs).
- Practical insights into common family challenges like anxiety, sleep, behaviour, school anxiety, growing up, and transitions (depending on which webinar you pick).
- Tools and ideas you can use immediately at home to support wellbeing and connection.
2. Introducing practical, holistic overview to Autism (2 hrs)
This is a structured online course designed specifically for parents, families, and carers.
What you’ll learn:
- Core understanding of autism from diagnosis and characteristics through life stages, including transitions. BeyondAutism
- Communication differences how autistic people communicate and how families can respond supportively.
- Sensory needs and behaviour, practical insights into sensory processing and behaviour patterns.
- Support strategies; how to support your autistic child with confidence and care at different ages and in different settings.
- Signposting to support networks where to find further help and community
3. Practical tools to support an autistic child or family member. (2hrs)
What you’ll learn:
- What autism is and how to describe it respectfully, including terminology and neurodiversity. High Speed Training Limited
- Autism Spectrum & individual differences, how autistic people can have very different profiles of strengths and challenges. High Speed Training Limited
- Basic diagnostic and identification awareness, how autism may be identified and what the diagnostic process involves. High Speed Training Limited
- Supportive strategies, practical ideas on supporting autistic individuals (communication approaches, supporting sensory needs, anxiety, transitions). High Speed Training Limited
- Person-centred support focus emphasises tailoring support to the individual.