Why you should do this course:

  • You are about to start your first job or a university placement
  • You are about to finish your education and are preparing to start work
  • You would like some insight on what working might be like
  • You would like to know how autism might affect you at work
  • You would like to know how to better communicate with your colleagues and manager

Course Description:

  • Pre-learning questionnaire: You complete an online survey before you begin.
  • Animation: Watch an animated short film (13 minutes) that shows a day in the university placement year for the autistic character, The Girl With The Curly Hair.
  • Analyses: Read a detailed analysis on each scene in the film that discusses each learning point highlighted in the animation.
  • Your own ideas: Think about what you might add to each learning point that has been discussed.
  • Quizzes: Answer questions to check your understanding along the way.
  • Certificate of completion: Download and print a certificate for your CV or learning development.

This course was written and created by autistic author and founder of The Curly Hair Project, Alis Rowe.

Modules:

Optional introduction to our work.

An outline of how this course should be taken.

Watch the full film first to gain a broad overview. The film gives you the background for the rest of the course.

The Girl With The Curly Hair is trying to do her work but is interrupted by her manager, Clare.

Clare suggests that The Girl With The Curly Hair join her colleagues in the canteen.

The Girl With The Curly Hair fancies a cup of tea but doesn’t wish to use the communal kitchen.

The Girl With The Curly Hair has finished all outstanding work and is unsure what to do next.

The Girl With The Curly Hair goes for a walk outside.

Clare has arranged for The Girl With The Curly Hair to do some practical work in the laboratory.

The Girl With The Curly Hair worries about the things that have happened during the working day and struggles to ‘switch off’.

Reflection on what you have learned.

£42.00

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This Course Includes:

  • 13 min Short Animated Film
  • 60+ pages of Notes
  • Quizzes
  • 1 year access
  • Certificate of completion

Requirements:

None.

Audience:

  • Autistic young people (with or without a diagnosis) who have finished education or who are preparing to finish their education
  • Autistic people who are about to start at their first job or a placement year
  • Education professionals who would like to support an autistic young person with their transition into work
  • Parents who would like to support an autistic young person with their transition into work
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