Autism

Course overview

This course provides concise insight into the typical factors of a child’s development with autism. Some of the usual behaviours in the condition and ways of offering proper assistance for people with autism. It also includes the intervention approaches to boost the everyday activities of the individual living with Autism, including primary strategies and extensive knowledge of various developmental problems of the brain that causes problems with social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, intellectual impairment, and repetitive behaviour.

Aims and objectives

• Gain a deeper understanding of the condition
• Awareness of the effect on pro-sodic features
• Recognition of associated behaviours and how to support someone with meltdowns and shutdowns
• Highlight the importance of person-centred care and wrong use of medication
• Use of primary strategies and techniques such as SPELL