Charity the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is proud to present leading authority on autism, Professor Tony Attwood, offering practical, accessible advice and tips for you and your child.
‘…one of the most inspirational and engaging speakers I have had the privilege of seeing’
Tony is delivering four different webinars live online, all with a Q&A session.
These are:
1. Managing Anxiety (3 June)
2. The Cognitive Profile Associated with Autism (17 June)
3. Developing the Friendship Abilities of Autistic Children in Primary School (1 July)
4. Adolescent Issues for Autistic Teenagers (15 July)
Each 3-hour session is £35 (approx €41), with discounts for booking more than one, plus recordings are available to watch for 28 days after the session.
The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health is a charity and any surplus made is reinvested to work towards our vision of ‘Sharing best evidence, improving practice’.
We hope you can join us. For full details visit www.acamh.org/event/attwood21
More about each Tony Attwood event
Tony Attwood on Autism – Managing Anxiety
Thursday 3 June, 09.00 – 12.00
Why do autistic children and adolescents have high levels of anxiety? How can they moderate and manage anxiety? How can you help?
In this session you will learn the reasons for high levels of anxiety, including impaired Theory of Mind, sensory sensitivity, and cognitive profiles. Plus, how some behaviours associated with autism can be coping mechanisms for anxiety.
In addition, you will learn strategies for an emotion education programme to explore and communicate a range of feelings and thoughts associated with anxiety. Plus, discover how to encourage a range of emotion communication and regulation abilities.
For more details of this and the other sessions, and to book, visit www.acamh.org/event/attwood21
Tony Attwood on Autism – The Cognitive Profile Associated with Autism
Thursday 17 June, 09.00 – 12.00
How can you spot which learning styles will benefit? What are the best ways to motivate? How do we adapt the school curriculum, and therapies, to benefit children?
This session explores the profile of cognitive abilities associated with autism, and how the school curriculum, and therapies, can be modified.
Discover how to identify associated autistic learning styles based on abilities and difficulties with processing visual/linguistic information, processing time, executive functioning, and the need to seek patterns and systems.
Additionally, you will learn ways of improving motivation, coping with errors, specific learning disorders, and social cohesion in group activities.
For more details of this and the other sessions, and to book, visit www.acamh.org/event/attwood21
Tony Attwood on Autism – Developing the Friendship Abilities of Autistic Children in Primary School
Thursday 1 July, 09.00 – 12.00
Do you worry how your child will make friends? How can you assist positive social engagements? What role does camouflaging play?
In this session you will learn about the social reasoning and friendship abilities of autistic children in their primary school years and strategies to ‘read’ social situations with peers, facilitate social engagement, and make and keep friends.
The session will leave you being able to recognise the profile of social cognition associated with autism, adaptations to the profile including camouflaging, and the stages of friendship for typical children during those years.
Importantly, from the session you will learn strategies to better enable your child to develop friendship abilities at each stage, and enhance social cognition using a range of resources and activities.
For more details of this and the other sessions, and to book, visit www.acamh.org/event/attwood21
Tony Attwood on Autism – Adolescent Issues for Autistic Teenagers
Thursday 15 July, 09.00 – 12.00
Worried your teenager will experience greater challenges than their typical peers? How can you help your child during a time of great physical and mental change? Concerned about your child being impressionable?
From this session you will learn about the changing nature and depth of friendships and codes of conduct among adolescent peers, as well as potential signs of an emerging mood, personality or eating disorder. Plus, learn about the vulnerability of autistic adolescents to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.
Discover strategies to facilitate social cohesion, acceptance by peers and a positive sense of self. How you can best help an autistic adolescent cope with increased stress and exhaustion. Plus, ways to address aspects of sexuality.
For more details of this and the other sessions, and to book, visit www.acamh.org/event/attwood21
