SEND - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
ASD Awareness for Schools
This course is designed to be school-specific content. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can affect communication, behaviour, and social interaction in different ways. But students with autism can also display impressive attention to detail, focus, and creativity. Every student with autism is an individual, with unique strengths, needs, and challenges. This course will help you understand ASD and recognise potential barriers to learning.
Learning outcomes:
- Describe what Autism Spectrum Disorder is to increase your understanding of neurodiversity.
- Recognise common traits associated with ASD so you can identify barriers to learning.
- Identify practical strategies that support autistic learners to create a more inclusive environment.
Although designed for schools, by taking this ASD awareness course, you’ll gain an understanding of the characteristics and impact of ASD. You’ll also discover practical strategies and approaches to help you create an inclusive classroom and support the communication, sensory, social, and learning needs of autistic children.
What is ASD? Well, it's a developmental condition that affects communication, behaviour and social interaction in diverse ways. Although designed for schools, this course will be helpful for anyone working closely with people with autism anywhere.
Peace of mind with testing
This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.
Accessibility
Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.
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