This Course Includes
Video content
To the recording
Handouts
Continuing Professional Development
The course was designed to assist participants to:
- Increase their understanding of their autistic child or teenager, whether their child has just been newly diagnosed, or the diagnosis has been known for some time.
- Equip parents and caregivers with an understanding of their child’s neurology and learning profile,
- Ideas and strategies are presented to support positive family relationships.
- Suggestions to help navigate school and transitions.
- Ways to help prepare your child for independence.
- Strategies to help prevent parent/carer burnout.
Who will benefit?
Learning Objectives
Understanding the different neurology of autism and how differences in thinking, learning, relating, sensing, and perceiving explain your child’s choices and behaviour.
Common family dynamics in families where one of more members are autistic, including autistic parents, and strategies to improve family relationships.
What is parent/carer burnout and the Parent Tools you need to avoid/manage it.
Understanding and managing meltdowns and shutdowns.
Does my child have Pathological Demand Syndrome (PDA), what to do if this is the case and support options.
Learn how to include emotion education as part of parenting and why this is important.
Learn how to support your autistic child or children to develop social skills and friendships.
Why learning independent living skills is difficult for your autistic child/teen and strategies to maximise the chances of success.