This Course Includes
Video content
To the recording
Handouts
Continuing Professional Development
An autistic life is not an easy life. There is the potential for great stress and chronic exhaustion from trying to cope with social and sensory experiences, being misunderstood and criticized, high levels of anxiety and, for many reasons, not feeling in touch with or able to be the authentic self. In addition, there may be self-imposed expectations that are greater than coping mechanisms and abilities. Subsequent stress can build up over time that can lead to autistic burnout, which is characterised by increased social withdrawal, a form of 'hibernation' and reduced executive functioning, the frontal lobes are 'closed' awaiting recovery.
This course will cover the causes and signs of autistic burnout and how autistic burnout is conceptually different to depression. We focus on the current best-known strategies for recovery and what to do to re-design life after autistic burnout to prevent another burnout.
Who will benefit?
Learning Objectives
To recognise the signs and cause of autistic burnout
To know how to determine which past and current factors are contributing to autistic burnout
Recognition of why some conventional therapies may not be recommended, and therapies, support and accommodations that have been found to be most useful
To know strategies for increasing self-awareness over time
To know strategies for rejuvenation, recovery and to prevent another autistic burnout
To understand different modalities for disclosing the inner world to oneself and others