(G40) Supporting Autistic Children With Anxiety in School

Strategies for teachers and teaching assistants to help autistic children overcome anxiety and overwhelm in a mainstream school.

Lynn McCann

Description

Specialist Teacher, Lynn McCann, and Occupational Therapist, Emer Broderick, share clear and practical information for mainstream classroom staff who teach autistic children struggling with anxiety.

Sensory Strategies By Teachers, For Teachers - Backed By Current Sensory Integration Expertise

We have created this course for teachers and teaching assistants working in busy mainstream environments, just like us.  With many years of teaching and mainstream school work experience between us, we know that you need clear, practical and workable information based securely on up-to-date evidence. You need information without jargon to allow you to make the best use of your time and resources.

  • Understand when and why everyday sensory and learning experiences can become overwhelming for autistic children with anxiety and how to minimise potential hotspots

  • Identify and adapt potential challenges before things escalate into a meltdown to keep your autistic learners engaged and on-task 

  • Learn evidence-based sensory strategies that work in mainstream classrooms

Reducing Triggers For Distress And Disruption


Autistic children with anxiety may experience heightened stress, fear, and discomfort in the school environment, which can affect their ability to learn, focus, and interact with others. School anxiety in autistic children can manifest in challenging behaviours, such as meltdowns, withdrawal, and avoidance, which can disrupt the learning process, school attendance and hinder academic performance.

Adapting teaching to use strategies to address potential triggers for anxiety can minimise disruptive behaviours and create a positive learning environment.

Access Learning Online At A Time That Suits You Best


This is an online learning course that you can access on a laptop or mobile device at any time.  We know that time for training opportunities can be at a premium, so we have designed a course you can complete in an afternoon, with the information broken down into smaller stand-alone sections you can pick up and work through throughout the day if that suits you better.  

You will also receive a downloadable workbook with all the key information and resources, plus links for onward learning and avenues for support.

Expert Speakers With Extensive Mainstream Schools Experience

What You Will Learn

Understanding what anxiety in the context of autism looks like in classroom “behaviour”.
Recognising the obvious and less obvious sources of anxiety for the autistic child in the mainstream classroom
Understanding which adaptations to the demands of task and environment are likely to be most effective and least disruptive
Plan effective strategies which can be incorporated at a whole-class level
Understanding how to monitor the impact of strategies, and where to go for more support if needed

Who This Course is For

This course is aimed at teachers and teaching assistants

The course is best for primary and secondary ages.  

Open to all

    Chapters

    29
    How to use this course
    Course Overview
    What this course covers
    Meet your trainer - Lynn Mcann
    Meet your trainer - Emer Broderick
    Workbook Chapter 1
    The window of tolerence
    How do we know when a child is anxious?
    Workbook Chapter 2
    What is sensory integration
    What is emotional regulation?
    Explaining sensory terms
    Overwhelm, meltdowns and shutdowns
    Workbook Chapter 3
    Sensory stresses in the classroom
    Communication stresses
    Social stresses for autistic people
    Cognitive stresses
    Workbook Chapter 4
    Adult responses to help children engage more calmly
    Teaching children about the science of anxiety
    Workbook Chapter 5
    Sensory strategies in the classroom
    Monitoring whether strategies are effective for a specific child
    Workbook Chapter 6
    Summary of key information
    Workbook Chapter 7
    Download Workbook
    Service for Schools

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Using sensory integration strategies as part of the ongoing learning in the classroom is doesn’t need to be time- or resource-heavy.  We believe that small tweaks can make a huge difference in terms of how able autistic children are to stay engaged and on task in classroom learning, and our goal is to help autistic learners stay part of what is being learned.  We offer lots of strategies and suggestions for resources in the course so that you can mix-and-match to find the right level of support for your students.

    Yes! This course is designed for teachers and teaching staff who are new to sensory integration and emotional regulation theory.  We break down the most frequently used jargon to give you a solid understanding of the science behind sensory and emotional dysregulation in straightforward language.

    You will have 30 days from the date of booking before your course expires. If you need more time, you are welcome to enrol again.

    Unlimited Annual Pass holders have ongoing access.

    Yes. Click the 'Complete and Continue' button under each section of your course and when all the sections are ticked, your Certificate of Completion will appear to download.

    Your certificate will always be available for you to download from your dashboard.

    £69

    • Open to all
    • 75 minute course
    • This course is designed to provide strategies for teachers and teaching assistants to help autistic children overcome anxiety and overwhelm in a mainstream school.
    • Aimed at classroom teachers and teaching assistants
    • English
    • Online Course
    This course also includes:
    • Downloadable resources
    • Immediate access
    • Available for 30 days
    • Certificate of Completion
    • CPD Points
    Enrol Now £69

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