Good Autism Practice in Post 16

Who is this module for? 

This module is for practitioners and staff working in a range of Post-16 settings, including General Colleges of Further Education, Independent Specialist Providers, Mainstream and Special Schools with Post-16 provision, Sixth Form Colleges, Work Based Learning Providers and Adult and Community Learning Providers.

The aims

To enable you to:

• Appreciate the strengths and learning needs of autistic learners.
• Improve the ways you support the autistic learner to communicate their future aspirations.
• Equip you to work in partnership with the autistic learner to co-create goals for their education.
• Improve your practice in supporting the autistic learner.

Learning objectives

After completing this module you will be able to:

• Reflect on, develop and improve your own knowledge, understanding and practice in working with autistic learners.
• Consider some approaches, strategies, and adaptations you can implement to remove barriers to participation and learning for autistic learners you work with.

Session length

The length of the training session will depend on the training partner delivering the session. Please get in touch with them directly to enquire about this. If you can't see their contact details, please search for your local training partner and enquire.