Autism & Socialising: Understanding and supporting your child
- 10 Sections
- 44 Lessons
- 7 Quizzes
Course Overview
Module 1: Socialising
Module 2: Introversion, extroversion and Social Energy Theory
Module 3: Social anxiety
Module 4: Helping your child to be their authentic self
Module 5: Relationships are a two-way effort
Module 6: Strategies to make socialising easier, part 1
- Understand your child first
- Help others understand your child
- Help your child learn fundamental social skills
- Help your child have ideas for general conversations
- Use shared interests and things your child has in common with others
- Help your child be curious about people
- Encourage your child to teach others something they know
- End of module 6 quiz
Module 7: Strategies to make socialising easier, part 2
- Create structure
- Have an exit strategy
- Strategies for group situations
- The importance of one trusted person
- Help your child be supportive to another child
- Know that it's okay for your child to decline a social event
- Social skills and confidence develop over time
- It's okay to be different
- End of module 7 quiz
Module 8: Apply your learning
Summary and certificate
Autism & Socialising is for parents and carers who want to better understand how their autistic child experiences socialising and learn practical ways to support them.
The course explores why social situations can sometimes be difficult for autistic children and young people, while recognising that every child has their own personality, strengths, preferences and social needs.
The aim is to help you understand them better and support them in developing social experiences and relationships that work for them.
What you’ll learn
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Recognise why your child's experiences of socialising might be different or difficult
- Understand introversion, extroversion and social energy, and how these may affect your child's social needs
- Recognise signs of social anxiety and understand how it may affect your child's behaviour and communication
- Understand what masking is, why your child might mask and how you can help them feel more comfortable being themselves
- Identify practical strategies to help make social situations more manageable for your child
- Understand how you can support your child in developing meaningful relationships, while respecting their individual needs and preferences
- Recognise the importance of acceptance, understanding and support from the people around your child
Estimated duration
3 hours
Course access
365 days
Copyright
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Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of The Curly Hair Project Ltd.
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