Description
Session Title: Autism in a Nutshell – Strategies for Educators
Date: 21/3/24
Time: 4-5pm (GMT)
Location: Online via Zoom
Session Overview:
- What is Autism? Key traits and myth-busting
- Sensory differences and their effect
- Female-type presentation and its implications
- Autism + Environment = Outcome
- Strategies to support neurodivergent students, including outdoor spaces
Benefits of Attending this Session:
- Delivered by an expert with lived experience
- Deeper understanding of the challenges faced by neurodivergent students and how to support them (and by default, everyone else)
- Practical ideas and resources to take away
Meet the Trainer: Tracy Vials (Autism Support Service and Training Coordinator)
Tracy is mum to an Autistic adult son and an adult daughter who is ADHD; she has self-identified as autistic since 2021. She was a primary school teacher for over twenty years, including experience as an Inclusion Leader and has an insider’s knowledge of the education system.
Tracy joined En-Fold initially as a mentor/befriender in 2020, then became a Trustee, before becoming a Project Worker & Volunteer Lead. She started as Autism Support Service & Training Coordinator in November 2023 and is excited about supporting En-Fold’s growth.
Tracy is passionate about using her lived experience to advocate for Autistic individuals and particularly parents and carers of Autistic children.