Tag: Autism
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This blog describes an initiative in the West Midlands led by MyLife.http://www.mylife.uk.com/ This guest blog comes from Professor Barry Carpenter CBE, chair of MyLife, a support service in Hartlepool and Moseley in Surrey enabling people with complex needs to live as independently as possible in the community. Here, he describes MyLife’s new initiative in the…
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A practical article full of helpful suggestions.
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This is a new Australian website to support inclusion of students with special needs and disabilities in all settings . It has some useful information for UK teachers too! Link below: *updated www.leadinglearning4all.edu.au
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Autism in Girls An article from the Times Educational Supplement reporting the National Conference organised by the Girls with Autism Forum (NAHT) January 27th, 2017. Click article image below to view in full.
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This new article by Sarah Wild, Headteacher of Limpsfiled Grange school Surrey, looks at strategies for empowering girls on autism spectrum. Click image below to view full .pdf
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New article: ‘Let’s Talk Autism’ -a school-based project for students to explore and share their experiences of being autistic Kathryn Stevenson, Katie Cornell and Vivian Hinchcliffe Understanding what autism means on a personal level can be an important process for young people on the autistic spectrum, and being able to reflect on this and discuss…
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In this latest issue of the SEND magazine there are articles on Girls with Autism Spectrum, and Mental Health in children with SEND. https://issuu.com/sendmagazine/docs/send_november_2016_v04_digital
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Supporting girls on the autism spectrum. Barry Carpenter and Jo Egerton Nasen, the UK’s leading organisation supporting those who work with or care for children and young people with special and additional educational needs and disabilities (SEND), has launched a free miniguide to supporting girls with autism spectrum conditions/disorder (ASC/ASD). Girls and Autism: Flying under…
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27 January 2017, London There is shared concern among parents, schools, families and professionals about the vulnerability of girls on the Autistic Spectrum. What is emerging is that the presentation of autism in girls is different to boys; yet many of our diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, and interventions in education and psychology, are based on…
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“Girls with Autism; flying under the radar” – a new mini guide for schools and child based services.
To mark World Autism Awareness Day, nasen has launched a new mini – guide highlighting the needs of girls with , or without a diagnosis of Autism. Written by Jo Egerton and Barry Carpenter, with contributions from the Girls with ASC Working Party, the guide is a free download to schools and services. The guide…
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