Autism Awareness (Train the Trainer)

On completion of this Autism Awareness Train the Trainer course, learners will be a qualified trainer in this subject and should know and understand the following:
 

• Recognise what autism is
  Learn what autism is, the causes of autism, how a person with autism feels and how it can affect carers and families
• Understand what ASD is
  Understand what ASD is, how it affects them differently, possible traits that can be presented in some people that have ASD and behavioural difficulties
• Characteristics of someone that has autism
  Identify and go into depth about the 3 main characteristics of autism, along with examples of the 3 main areas of difficulty
• Care for someone with autism
  Identify and learn how to care for someone with autism including mental health issues in people living with autism, physical pain, discomfort and medical issues.
• Enabling those with autism
  Understand and learn how to enable those with autism
• Learning styles
  Understand different learning styles
• Retain information
  How people retain information
• Feedback & Evaluation
  How to evaluate appropriately, and give and receive feedback to the learners
• Ice-breakers
  Learn ways to 'break the ice' with the whole classroom
• Presentation skills
  Confidently present your session to others
• Dos and don’ts
  The dos and don'ts of being a trainer