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Longstone Special School,
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Autism and Understanding Anxiety for those with additional learning difficulties.
For many autistic students, school can be a major source of stress. Everyone shows their anxiety in individual ways, so the most reliable observations that a student is anxious are going to be made by the people who know the student best. This shows the importance of working closely not only within the family structure, but also with the school staff.
This session is an introduction to supports that can be used to alleviate the experience of anxiety in autistic students. This will include an introduction to cognitively based supports and how to develop student centred supports to deal with anxiety.
Participants will:
- Recognise signs of escalating anxiety and potential emotional responses
- Develop a range of simple supportive approaches to prevent the escalation of anxiety.
- Understand the fundamentals of cognitively based management approaches.
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Longstone Special School
42 Millars Lane, Dundonald, Belfast BT16 2DA
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Edel Quinn
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.
Event summary
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Longstone Special School