Autism and Girls – One day conference with Prof. Barry Carpenter
Date: 5th November 2019
Event Time: 9am – 4pm
Event Location: Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University
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Tag: autism awareness
Designing New Learning Spaces for Children with Autism and Complex Needs
Some years ago I worked with a brilliant Architect, Christopher Beaver, to create new learning spaces for children with Autism and Complex Needs.
The information I used drew on two PhD’s I had been involved with, namely those of Dr Diana Pauli and Dr Tamara Brookes.
Linked below are a series of articles that reflect those discussions, deliberations and developments. These may be helpful in the context of the current expansion of specialist provision
To download these articles, please visit the below website link and click the blue ‘Download’ button.
ABC Radio Interview on ‘Girls and Autism’ with Professor Barry Carpenter
First broadcast, Wednesday 26th June, Adelaide, Australia
Guardian Interview with Baroness Sheila Holllins discussing the use of wordless books for people with Learning Disabilities
Updates on Autism Research
Teachers often need and appreciate brief, teacher-friendly summaries of relevant research in the field of Autism. The University of Portsmouth autism network posts helpful newsletters on different topics, covering research that can inform evidence based practice and interventions that are systematically trialled.
Take a look through the below weblink.
http://www.port.ac.uk/department-of-psychology/community-collaboration/autism-research-network/
Girls & Autism (Forthcoming Book for 2018)
Girls and Autism
Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives by Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happe and Jo Egerton.
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Autism in Girls: Call To Action updated and relaunched
At nasen live in Birmingham in July , Professor Barry Carpenter , Chair of the National Working Group on Autism in Girls, ( supported by the NAHT) relaunched the Call to Action, as part of his keynote address. This can be downloaded free below.
It has also been announced that a new book ‘ Understanding Autism in Girls (Routledge) will be published late 2018 . The book will feature chapter contributions by members of the National Working Group , and will be edited by Professor Carpenter with Professor Francesca Happe, and Jo Egerton.
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