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Rochestown Community Special School, Rochestown, Cork
Autism, Learning Styles, and Visual Teaching Methods.
Visual supports have many benefits.
They:
- Complement the learning style of many autistic children, young people and adults.
- Are versatile, adaptable, portable and suitable for various settings.
- Can support mutual connections at home, at school and in the community.
- Can enhance communication and interactions between autistic children and others and can support access to the curriculum.
Professionals and Parents will become more familiar with the creation of visuals to increase the learner’s understanding and participation in school and at home.
Expected Outcomes:
Participants will:
- Understand the importance of visual teaching methods.
- Gain ideas to create and use individualised supportive visuals.
- Learn how to use visuals throughout the day at home and school.
Location
Rochestown Community Special School
Garryduff,
Rochestown
Cork
T12 A38N
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Joan McDonald
Following many years teaching in mainstream classrooms, Joan worked on individual planning in centres for adults with learning disabilities and those with mental health struggles.
She, then, became one of the first SENOs in Ireland, observing and providing school supports for students with atypical needs across eighty rural schools.
While studying for an M.Ed. in Autism, Joan was taught by and met a variety of autistic adults, which ultimately led to her own autism assessment. Prior to meeting such a diverse range of autistic people, Joan would only have recognised autism in people with profound and complex support needs.
Joan is passionate about using students’ interests to support autistic learners of all levels of cognitive ability to access education and contented lives.
She currently works on a variety of projects with agencies such as Middletown Centre for Autism, Dublin City University, Nua Healthcare, Fingal Libraries. In recent years, creating and delivering the Posauteen and Posaudult courses to help autistic people understand and advocate for themselves has been a major focus of Joan’s time.
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Rochestown Community Special School , Rochestown , Cork