Understanding Anxiety in Autistic Children – Webinar
First session in new series: Including Autistic Children in mainstream schools – run by Colin and Elliot Newton via Zoom webinar.
Moving with Special Needs Kids – A Guide for Parents
Moving is at once stressful and exciting. When you are moving with children, you face a number of considerations that others don’t have to face. When you add a special needs child to the mix, you have a lengthy list of additional things you have to do to make the transition as smooth as possible. Here are some tips to help you with the moving process, ensuring that your child’s needs are met throughout it.
Understanding Children’s emotional needs Webinar
Colin and Elliot Newton hosted a webinar on the understanding of emotional needs of children with a focus on race and LGBTQ + and the challenge for not getting it right for boys.
Impact of Trauma Webinar
Colin and Elliot Newton hosted a webinar on the impact of trauma for children returning from lockdown and featured Jo Mitchell from Orange Psychology on whole school strategies.
Understanding Attachment Webinar – launch of Mental Health series
Colin and Elliot Newton launched our Mental Health series as they provided a non medical model approach to understanding what attachment means for children and young people. Lots of practical inclusive ideas shared for how to build and maintain relationships.
Circle of Adults online day training with Nottinghamshire – Heads, SENCOs, TAs and ELSAs
Elliot and Colin Newton ran a practical and interactive training day on the Circle of Adults in depth problem solving approach including creating graphics – very positive involvement from across Nottinghamshire County Council – thanks to Lucie Keeling for making this happen!
If you want to learn more about the Circle of Adults approach, we have a book and an online training course available for you.
Person Centred Planning using PATH
Together with Southend Educational Psychology Service
Facilitated by Colin Newton and Claire Darwin (PEP Suffolk EPS)
Dates and times for live Zoom sessions:
17th June: 1.30 – 4 pm
18th June: 9.30 – 12.30 pm
19th June: 9.30 – 12.30 pm
With a 4th follow up session 1.30 – 4 pm on 23rd July that may be face to face in Southend – depending on National Guidance
Graphics Academy – for Person centred Planning
Elliot and Colin Newton ran a practical and interactive webinar on creating graphics for person centred planning- very positive feedback from participants who turned out on a very sunny Bank Holiday!
Rethinking autism
Implications of sensory and movement differences for understanding and support
Front. Integr. Neurosci., 28 January 2013 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2012.00124
Anne M. Donnellan, David A. Hill and Martha R. Leary
For decades autism has been defined as a triad of deficits in social interaction, communication, and imaginative play. Though there is now broad acknowledgment of the neurological basis of autism, there is little attention paid to the contribution of such neurological differences to a person’s development and functioning. Communication, relationship, and participation require neurological systems to coordinate and synchronize the organization and regulation of sensory information and movement. Developmental differences in these abilities are likely to result in differences in the way a person behaves and expresses intention and meaning. The present paper shares our emerging awareness that people may struggle with difficulties that are not immediately evident to an outsider. This paper explores the symptoms of sensory and movement differences and the possible implications for autistic people. It provides a review of the history and literature that describes the neurological basis for many of the socalled behavioral differences that people experience. The paper emphasizes the importance of our acknowledgment that a social interpretation of differences in behavior, relationship, and communication can lead us far away from the lived experience of individuals with the autism label and those who support them. We suggest alternative ways to address the challenges faced by people with autism.
ZOOM WEBINARS – June 2020 – Mental Health, Autism and Inclusion
Mental Health – Autism – Inclusion
Webinars design to provide inspiration, practical tips, surprising and definitive content at a time when we really need this!
Timing: Each session runs from 11am-1pm
£16 Registration per session
£85 to access all
£45 to access one theme – 4 sessions only
Following the success of April and May webinars, we are continuing our series of live workshops online using the Zoom platform. Engage and learn in the comfort of your own setting as we explore a range of challenges to a good, well-included life for any child or young person whatever their label or reputation. Replays will be available for at least 48 hours after each event so if you register but cannot attend you will always have access to these. The content of the sessions will aim to provide fresh insights as well as practical strategies in these difficult times.
Dates are as follows…