Training Packages - Middletown Centre For Autism

Event summary

Date

Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

Start Time

15:00

End Time

16:00

Webinar Online,

Closed

Autism and Understanding Anxiety
This training course will help parents and education professionals understand the stresses autistic young people may experience, particularly within the Post Primary School environment. The course will cover the external environmental factors and stressors that can contribute to anxiety in autistic young people.

Participants will understand:

The connection between autism and anxiety, and the impact of anxiety on both the body and mind.
The concepts of fatigue and masking in relation to anxiety from the perspective of an autistic young person.
Supports for supporting autistic students in managing environmental, communication, sensory, emotional, and cognitive stressors to reduce anxiety in the school environment.
Throughout the course, various supports and resources will be explored to help effectively support autistic students.

Location

Webinar Online
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Edel Quinn

Edel Quinn is an Autism Trainer/Advisor in Middletown Centre for Autism. Before taking up this post, Edel worked in the National Health Service, Northern Ireland (NHS), developing and delivering home programmes for autistic children and young people, and their families. Edel holds a Psychology degree and an MSc in Autism from Queen’s University, Belfast and a Post Graduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Edel's main specialisms are in early intervention and delivering training in the implementation of visual strategies and behaviour. Edel is a Certified TEACCH Trainer with Division TEACCH, North Carolina. Edel has developed and delivered anxiety trainings and anxiety research projects to parents and professionals across Ireland. She has delivered at Autism and Mental Health Conference, NAS and the Autism Congress. Edel is an associate lecturer on the Post Graduate Autism Certificate with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Edel is working towards accreditation with BACP as a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist.