AUTISM: HOW TO INCLUDE CHILDREN IN MAINSTREAM SETTINGS

Description

In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including pupils who have been labelled as being on the autism spectrum. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice.

Autism and Communication

In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including pupils who have been labelled as being on the autism spectrum. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice. Parental perspectives and experiences will also be explored. This is not a ‘medical model’ day on autism. Our motto for the day is ‘People do things for a Reason (and the reason isn’t autism).’ We make full use of first hand accounts of the experience of autism – the autobiographies – to deepen participants’ understanding of what it means to be labeled ‘autistic’

“We are all much more simply human than otherwise, be we happy and successful, contented and detached, miserable and disordered, or whatever.”HARRY STACK SULLIVAN

‘A great day – going away buzzing with ideas’??

‘Thanks for a wonderful day. Useful informative and a real ‘eye opener’. I feel that I am able to understand why some autistic children carry out certain actions’

‘I have gained a lot of knowledge and understanding and will be able to help support and accommodate children better. Thank you.’

‘I now know autism is part of us all’

‘Useful to stand in shoes of autistic people’

‘I was blessed to be on this day’

‘I will take all these ideas back to the nursery’

‘Very respectful of people on the spectrum.’

‘Ways of reaching a person, not a condition.’

‘Really gave me an idea of how people feel.’

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