Supporting Students with Autism in Mainstream School (Level 1) – Upgrade

What Will You Learn?

• There are also many effective strategies and techniques that can be easily used with students with ASD to help them cope better with the social demands in the environment. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have core difficulties in social interaction and communication, as well as inflexibility in thoughts and behaviors. For students with ASD in Mainstream schools, despite having the intellectual ability to learn the mainstream curriculum, their core difficulties often made it challenging for them to understand the social expectations and cope with the social demands in school. In order to provide good support for students with ASD, it is important to understand their unique thought processes about the varied social situations. There are also many effective strategies and techniques that can be easily used with students with ASD to help them cope better with the social demands in the environment. In this 1-day workshop, we will be sharing many examples of how students with ASD perceived their environment as well as covering all the important strategies that will be helpful for these students to cope well in the school setting.
• Covers an overview of the difficulties and needs of students with ASD in the school setting. Participants will get to understand how students with ASD see and understand the world, as well as how they respond to their environment.
• Focuses on teaching participants about the learning needs of students with ASD. Autism friendly educational strategies will be shared.
• Looks at the struggles of students with ASD in dealing with the varied social situations in school. Varied strategies to help students with ASD in their social skills will be shared.
• Covers the emotional issues that students with ASD commonly faced in schools. We will be sharing some strategies that will be helpful for the students to deal with their emotions effectively.