Gain a better understanding and awareness of autism and the way it affects children in early years.

Who is this training for? This is a raising awareness module for anyone working in early years settings. This includes teaching and support staff, office and ancillary staff, caterers, caretakers, transport staff and governors.

What will you learn?

• Enhance your understanding ans awareness of autism and how autism can affect children in early years settings.
• Know the importance of understanding the individual child and their profile of strengths and needs.
• Identify potential barriers to learning for autistic children.
• Begin to make reasonable adjustments in the way you support autistic children.
• Reflect on the information you need to collect  for creating a one page profile.

Please note: This is the first level module of the AET training and needs to be completed before delegates can attend additional modules- Good Autism Practice and Autism and Anxiety