Training Packages - Middletown Centre For Autism

Event summary

Date

Wednesday 29 Jan 2025

Start Time

19:00

End Time

20:00

Webinar Online,

Booking closes

Sunday 26 Jan 2025 7pm

Autism and Understanding Anxiety

This training course with understanding the stresses autistic children and young people experience particularly within the Post Primary School environment. We will highlight and discuss the external environmental demands and stress experienced by many autistic young people which can contribute to anxiety experiences.

Participants will understand:

The relationship between autism and anxiety, and how anxiety affects our body and mind.
Fatigue and masking in relation to anxiety from an autistic point of view.
How environmental, communication, sensory, emotional, and cognitive stresses can be supported to reduce anxiety experience within the school environment.
Explore a range of supports and resources which can be used to support an autistic child or young person.

Location

Webinar Online
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Dee Hogan

Dee Hogan is an Autism Trainer/Advisor in Middletown Centre for Autism. Dee has extensive experience teaching and supporting autistic children and young people. Her experiences include Pre-school, Early Intervention Autism Classes, Primary Autism Classes, Mainstream Primary and Special Schools. She has written, lectured and assessed modules on the Special Needs Assistant and Level Four Autism qualifications, as professional development for parents and professionals. Dee has also worked as a part time Lecturer with University College Cork designing and delivering the Diploma in Autism Studies as well as providing training for teachers, third level students, parents and professionals. Dee’s training specialisms are Reframing Behaviour, Early Intervention, Classroom Strategies, and Transitions. Dee holds a MEd in Special Education Autism from the University of Birmingham.