Practitioner Certificate Course for Helping Professionals Working with Autistic Adults

Sat 21 Jan
AUsome Training
Online through Zoom
21-01-2023   Over 10 days, 10am to 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 21st January to June 2023
60 CPD hours
External Training, IACP CPD approved.

Practitioner Certificate Course for Helping Professionals Working with Autistic Adults

Facilitator / Presenter - Evaleen Whelton, Jude Morrow, Eoin Stephens and Stiof MacAmhalghaidh

Venue - Online through Zoom

Date and Time - Over 10 days, 10am to 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays from October 2022 to March 2023

Link to booking website - https://ausometraining.com/practitioner-certificate-course/

This course is IACP CPD recognised and awarded 60 CPD points by the IACP.

Course length: Date and Time - Over 10 days, 10am to 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 21st January to June 2023

Course Dates:  

Sat 21st Jan 2023 , Sun 22nd Jan, Sat 11th Feb, Sat 4th March, Sat 1st Apr, Sat 22nd Apr, Sat 13th May, Sat 27th May, Sat 17th June, Sun 18h June 2023

Course outline:

Day 1 (Saturday): Introductions, current knowledge. Neurodiversity paradigm.

Day 2 (Sunday): What is autism/being autistic 1

– Myths, history, current thinking/terminology, discovery/ women …

Day 3 (Saturday): What is autism/being autistic 2

– Masking, sensory sensitivity, stimming, etc…

Day 4 (Saturday): Anxiety (Generalised, Social etc), Depression, PTSD, Eating, Disorders, OCD, low self esteem, etc…

Day 5 (Saturday): General implications for therapy/counselling/helping

 – Therapeutic environment, communication differences, structuring therapy, relevant goals, assessment/diagnosis/ discovery (for your client or for you)

Day 6 (Saturday): ADHD, Dyspraxia, EDS, gender etc… 

Day 7 (Saturday): Therapeutic approaches

– Person-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, etc…

Day 8 (Saturday): Demo/practice sessions

Day 9 (Saturday): Supervision, networking, practice considerations, further CPD, etc

Day 10 (Sunday): Presentations of individual learning summary

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