Autism Training About Autism Anglia’s Training Services Bespoke Training At Autism Anglia we aspire to promote a greater understanding and acceptance of autism through training, information, and events aimed at professionals, businesses, and the public. Our training team will create a personalised approach to your organisation to ensure the needs of your employees, clients, and/or customers are met. We will begin with a consultation to understand your requirements and provide tailor-made training on an individual or group basis which can be facilitated online or in person. To book your free consultation please follow the link below and fill out the form: Contact our Training Team Download our Training Brochure Corporate Our team can deliver online or face-to-face training to suit the needs of your employees and/or customers. Employees Many autistic adults can face great difficulties in the workplace due to a lack of understanding of autism and how it presents. Many autistic employees will often feel overwhelmed, unsupported, and misunderstood if the environment, conditions, and needs of neurodiverse colleagues are not considered. Invaluable, I honestly think this will have a real and direct positive impact on how my staff carry out their respective roles. - "Minicab Services (Colchester) Ltd" Often just small changes can make a big difference to an autistic individual. Our training team will work with you to understand the challenges that are faced and provide solutions to ensure you as the employer get the best from your autistic employees to increase productivity in the workplace, and your autistic colleagues are understood and valued. Customers Whether you liaise with your customers online, over the phone, or face to face, you must understand the best ways to communicate with your customers to ensure your service is inclusive and your customers valued and kept safe. We can Techniques and ideas to understand and manage autistic ‘traits’ that can sometimes be misconstrued as defiant or challenging but can often be a result of feeling misunderstood or anxious. We will work with you to understand what situations your customers face and provide solutions and support techniques to enable your customers to have a rewarding experience. Education All education providers should understand the core features of the autism spectrum condition to enable all autistic children, young people, and adults to have access to an appropriate education. Very useful, it raised the profile of ASC pupils in teachers' minds for planning and delivery - Assistant Head, Academic Felsted School We can provide you with strategies to support your students both pre and post-diagnosis with courses to increase skills and knowledge including within your team. Bespoke courses can cover a large range of topics including empathy, sensory differences, de-esculation techniques, self-care, and classroom environments. Alternatively our highly trained education and therapy team can provide advice or guidance for individual pupils or groups. Social Care With first-hand experience in the social care sector, our training team can provide you with the knowledge and skills to ensure that the autistic people you support are understood and valued. We can provide courses that will ensure you understand how autism may differ from other conditions or learning disabilities as well as the differences in how autism presents in men and women. The training was very useful and the contents were clear and adequate. The trainers were very engaging and knowledgeable. A real pleasure. – CARA professional We can support you to recognise how to facilitate assessments for people with autism and the considerations that need to be taken, adjustments that could be made to environments to suit sensory needs, and associated conditions and health needs for people with autism. Public Services Our public services play a vital role in ensuring the safety of autistic individuals. From a receptionist at a GP surgery to a paramedic, it is essential that employees and volunteers understand autism, how it presents and communication skills to support the individuals. Our training team can provide you with the necessary information and techniques to understand the individuals and challenges they may be facing as well as pathways to support autistic individuals. Bespoke Training Course Summaries Autism Awareness Our bespoke Autism Awareness Courses are tailored around your business or sector and will cover the fundamental aspects such as the history of autism, what autism is, and its core features. We will look at environmental factors and zone into sensory differences. We will also ensure we provide information on strategies that again suits your business or sector. Our Autism Awareness courses are our most popular sessions and include many interactive activities (face-to-face and virtual), a variety of discussion points, and plenty of time for questions throughout. Course objectives: What is Autism? History of Autism Core Features of Autism Sensory Processing Communication and Strategies Autistic Women Plus areas bespoke to you! Price includes: Practical exercises Group discussion, Q&A session Fact sheets Certificate of attendance Maximum 30 participants (an additional course can be arranged for larger groups) Our Autism Awareness courses start from 3 hours but the time delivered will depend on your specific needs and requirements. From £200 per hour virtual or face to face (plus mileage) Education and Autism This course is aimed at schools, preschools, and colleges that would like to ensure their teaching and support staff have a good knowledge and understanding of autism. The content is appropriate to settings that are keen to ensure their learning environment is as autism-friendly as possible. The course will include the core features of autism, sensory differences, and challenges as well as helpful support strategies and visual aids for students on the spectrum. Training objectives: Understand the history of autism Understand the core features of autism and how they can affect individuals with autism Understand the sensory systems and sensory differences Looking at the classroom environment and how slight changes to our environment can make a big difference Understand support strategies and visual aids that can help autistic students Price includes: Practical exercises Group discussion, Q&A session Fact sheets Certificate of attendance Maximum 30 participants (an additional course can be arranged for larger groups) Education and Autism courses start from a delivery time of 3 hours, however, delivery time will depend on the needs and requirements of the education placement/school. From £200 per hour virtual or face to face (plus mileage) Click here to request bespoke training Download our Training Brochure Manage Cookie Preferences