CPD points - 21 hours
Dates: Sun 9th Nov with Maqqi and Gillian: 10am and to 5pm Sun 16th Nov with Eoin: 10am and to 5pm Sat 22nd Nov with Katie Kerley : 10am and to 5pm Sun 30th Nov with Katie Kerley: 10am and to 1pm-
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**Sale ends 30th May BOOK NOW** PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A 3.5 DAY COURSE ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED OUR DAWN TRAINING COURSE OR EQUIVALENT WITH ANOTHER NEURO-AFFIRMING ORGANISATION -
Duration: 4.5 hours A panel of Autism and Neurodiversity advocates with neuro-affirming approaches make up the Alternatives To ABA on-demand course. ABA is outdated and abusive to Autistic people and this course explores the alternative options.Course participants will receive certificate of completion at end of course!This course will be ideal for all helping professionals, therapists, teachers, SNAs, carers, parents as well as Autistic people themselves.Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert. -
This pre-recorded webinar discusses the stages of gestalt language acquisition and provides practical advice for supporters to honour and nurture the gestalt language of Autistic children or adults. This course is ideal for Autistic adults, families and those who work with or support us. Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert. -
"My mind is blown away by the course. I can't believe what are we actually made to think about autistic people from books, articles, society etc. I will be able to put your valuable information in use" Agne Grimalauskaite, Childcare Worker This groundbreaking course will take you on a journey of discovery, gaining great insight into what life is like for Autistic children and adults.Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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Your Friend tells you they're Autistic. What do you say? How do you respond? Send them an AUsome Congratulations card! Join in our Autistic Pride and send a positive message to someone today A6 card and envelope shipped worldwide for just €4.95 including postage -
Your Friend tells you their child is Autistic. What do you say? How do you respond? Send them an AUsome Congratulations card! Join in our Autistic Pride and send a positive message to someone today A6 card and envelope shipped worldwide for €4.95 including postage. -
This session is ideal for anyone interested in signing up for training with us, taking one of our courses or just learning more about our AUsome work! When: Tues 21st Feb at 7-8pm OR Wed 22nd Feb at 10-11am GMT Irish Time Where: FREE Live Webinar delivered through Zoom -
with Eoin Stephens, Autistic counsellor and addiction specialist duration 1h 56m | for social workers, mental health professionals, therapists, parents, and Autistic adults.The role of addiction within the Autistic and wider Neurodivergent community is little-discussed. This is a problem - Autistic people regularly use a range of potentially addictive substances and activities as part of their coping strategies, and the risk of transition into addiction is ever-present.
Eoin draws on many years of experience in the field to discuss this topic, bringing important information to light along with nuance around what we mean by 'addiction.'
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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with Eoin Stephens, counsellor and Jude Morrow, author duration 1h 52m | for parents, professionals, teachers, Autistic adults. Evaleen, Eoin, and Jude provide insight on how our environment leads to high levels of anxiety in Autistic kids and adults. Using their own lived experience and professional knowledge they identify the causes, and explore ways to cope with and minimise anxiety, resulting in practical changes that enable Autistic people gain and maintain better mental health.- Details the environmental causes of anxiety
- Draws on real-life examples from Autistic experience
- Insight from Jude's book “Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad”
- Addressing anxiety with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- The need for autistic informed and neuroaffirmative practice
- Practical steps to better living for Autistics
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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May 31st 6-9pm GMT
Autistic People tend to be anxious by nature - Jude and Evaleen ask, "why is this?" Professionals, teachers and others will lead you to believe that autistic people are anxious because we "lack social skills, communication skills and lack understanding". This could not be further from the truth. The reason autistic people are anxious by nature, is a profound one, and it doesn't come from any of the "reasons" outlined above.Price €35 includes cert, recording and slides
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This session is ideal for parents, carers, teacher, teaching assistants, mental health professionals, medical staff and Autistic people themselves.Price €35 includes recording and slides
Course length: 2hours 45minutesOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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Who is this course for?- An ideal course for parents of non-speaking children to explore AAC
- Teachers and teaching assistants who want to learn how to best support non-speaking pupils
- Practitioners who want to support their clients without using PECS or ABA. PECS and ABA are methods that Autistic people do not support.
- Autistic adults who want to explore more about their communication
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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Who is this course for?
- An ideal course for parents who want to support their Autistic children
- Teachers and teaching assistants who want to understand what life is like for Autistic pupils
- Practitioners who want to support their clients
- Autistic adults who want to explore more about their identity
Content: 2 hours 27 mins video
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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with Katie Kerley, OT and Clinical Director at Horizons Therapy duration 2h 30m | for parents, carers, professionals, & Autistic adults. Join Katie for an in-depth exploration of the relationship between Autistics and food. Focusing on the sensory and emotional aspects of eating, we gain insights into why mealtimes can be so difficult for Autistics, young and old. Katie also discusses the motor process involved in eating and defines the way ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) can shape the eating experience. She leaves us with practical ideas and strategies to make eating enjoyable again. Content:- Sensory Processing
- Sensory Seeking
- Avoiding Sensation
- Motor Skills
- Emotions and Eating
- ARFID
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 each.
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with Kieran Rose, acclaimed masking researcher and author duration 3h 00m | for teachers, parents, professionals and Autistic adults. Masking expert Kieran is a long-time collaborator with AUsome Training. We were delighted to host a deep dive into the topic he is best known for: masking. Recorded as Kieran's internationally acclaimed research was coming to fruition, we get a wonderful insight into the thinking underlying our understanding of masking today. Join Evaleen and Kieran as they explore what masking is, the harm this causes, unravel disordered 'orthodox thinking' on masking, and outline the way forward to healthier, happier Autistic lives.- An introduction to Neurodiversity
- What is masking
- Why Autistics mask
- Masking effects on mental health and development
- Negative effects of social skills training
- Acceptance
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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This online autism course is ideal for teachers, school staff, social workers, mental health professionals, therapists, parents, carers, medical professionals, and Autistic people themselves. The course includes 2.5 hours of video content and pdf of slidesOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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This course is ideal for parents, teachers and professionals working with children and teens who experience PDA. €25 includes lifetime access to 2 hour video content, pdf of slides and 13-pg pdf document covering common questions which arise. Once you add to cart it will be immediately available in your account dashboard under "my courses".Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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with MAQQI, Subject Matter Expert at AUsome Training duration 2h 30m | for parents, educators and therapists for younger AutisticsAll too often the play of Autistic children is defined as inappropriate or, worse, as dysfunctional.
In this fresh, empowering discussion of the ways Autistics play, MAQQI upends that narrative showing Autistic kids as curious, creative, smart and very capable... and in the process provides those caring for and working with them the insights to appreciate and engage in new ways.
What emerges is a picture of smart, adaptive, functional human minds at work in a context of chronic adversity that describes and explains, but also points to opportunities for caregivers and educators to leverage this new understanding and better support Autistics in their care.
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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with MAQQI, Subject Matter Expert at AUsome Training duration 2h 39m | for teachers, parents, professionals and Autistic adults.Sensory differences have been recognised in Autistic people for over a century now, yet they only became a part of formal diagnostic criteria a few years ago. This has been disastrous because our senses and associated emotions are central to the Autistic lived experience.
Gain an appreciation for the ways Autistic experience this world, find meaning, and how that directs our actions each moment. We finish by offering thoughts on making Autistic sensory experiences less overwhelming, the world kinder, and shaping a future where we all can thrive.
- What are senses and 'sensory processing'?
- Autistic sensory sensitivity
- How senses and emotions connect
- Trauma and the nervous system
- Overload: the sensory-emotional jug
- What helps us reach a happier, healthier future
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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This course on autism and social skills will be an introduction to the Autistic perspective of autism. It will introduce parents, teachers, SNA’s and other practitioners to the emerging idea that Autistic children do not actually have deficits in social skills. Together we will explore what this means for traditional “social skills” training and the impact this sort of training has on Autistic people. €25 includes access to the recording, slides and cert of completion. Course length: 2 hoursOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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with MAQQI, stimming researcher and Subject Matter Expert at AUsome Training duration 1h 46m | for parents, teachers, professionals and Autistic adults.You are invited to explore the fascinating, functional, joyous world of stimming. Long dismissed as dysfunctional, inappropriate behaviours to be extinguished, work by Autistic theorists has upended this view. AUsome trainer MAQQI has been a key figure in this transformation. They join Evaleen to uncover the meaning and importance of stims in everyday living not just for Autistics but for everyone. We explain the many functions of stimming, how to interpret what they communicate, and how everyone benefits from appreciating and utilising stims more.
- Dispelling myths of stimming
- Functions of stimming
- Types of stims
- Stims for everyone
- The joy of stimming
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided. If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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Why are we even talking about autism and trauma? What we are beginning to see quite clearly from most current research is that levels of trauma are higher in the Autistic population than in the general public. "Autism training" and "autism courses" which are designed without Autistic input can mean that there is actually very little real and meaningful understanding of autism. Unfortunately trauma responses in Autistic children and adults are not always recognised. They are often misinterpreted as "Autistic Behaviours" but there is no Autistic behaviour only human behaviour. When trauma responses are ignored then this can lead to even more trauma for the Autistic person. When we view Autistic behaviour as human behaviour we begin to see a very different picture to that painted by misinformed professionals who are basing their ideas on outdated ideology. This session is ideal for parents, carers, teacher, teaching assistants, mental health professionals, medical staff and Autistic people themselves. Course Length 3hrsPrice €35 includes cert, recording and slides
"Ausome Training’s Autism & Trauma webinar is so enlightening and insightful. If you are involved in anyway with autism, please please take the time to do it. The world needs to catch up. Autism is so misunderstood. The trauma they unnecessarily suffer could so easily be avoided. Things need to change NOW."- LennyOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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"Since week one my relationship with the child I work with has improved dramatically, I have a better understanding." (attendee at last year's course) Our live autism course for SNAs offers you an opportunity to interact with other SNAs and an Autistic trainer You will have opportunities to:- problem solve
- update your skills
- learn effective strategies
- gain a real insight into Autistic pupils
- develop best practices for your classroom
When: Thursdays from 7-9pm Irish Time over 4 weeks - 27th Feb, 6th Mar, 13th Mar, 20th Mar 2025
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"As a secondary school teacher I am so impressed . I now have a real understanding of Autism" Caragh Ní Chroimín, Secondary School Teacher Our live autism course with for teachers offers you an opportunity to interact with other teachers and an Autistic trainer You will have opportunities to :- problem solve
- update your skills
- learn effective strategies
- gain a real insight into Autistic pupils
- develop best practises for your classroom
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Autistic: Sex & Gender (Gender creativity and the spectrum) course is delivered by Katie Munday. Katie was diagnosed Autistic in their late 20s. Katie is currently studying an MRes in Gender Studies exploring trans and / or non-binary Autistic adults’ narratives to create recommendations for future research in this area. Katie reviews books for Routledge Publishers and contributes to an LGBTQIA+ Autistic blog called AIM for the Rainbow. They also write and do podcasts through Aucademy – an Autistic led educational and social platform. This course is ideal for professionals working with gender divergent Autistic people but it would also suit someone who is queer / questioning and Autistic and people who are interested generally. Course length 1hr 20minsOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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Who is this course for?
- An ideal course for parents who want to support their Autistic children
- Teachers and teaching assistants who want to understand what life is like for Autistic pupils
- Practitioners who want to support their clients in healthy ways without encouraging masking
- Autistic adults who want to explore more about their identity
Content: 2 hours 51 mins video
Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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One word that often arises in conjunction with 'autism' - particularly when discussing Autistic children - is 'behaviour.' We hear terms like 'autism behaviours' or 'challenging behaviour' or 'repetitive behaviour' or 'dysfunctional behaviours.' It's no secret that AUsome Training has issues with the B-Word. It is almost always used to define actions in negative ways, but more than that, it is seeded through books, videos, discussions, training and more as if there's nothing more to 'those people' beyond their 'behaviours.'Behaviour - or actions, responses, reactions - does not emerge magically from the ether but is the product of experiences and an expression of personality, of needs, and a direct response to those experiences. This is how we have understood 'behaviour' for decades now, yet Autistics continue to be treated as if we are just mechanisms without feelings or intellect.This course is ideal for relatives, educators and those in caring professions living and working with younger Autistic people. All content is directly applicable to those living and working with adults also. Course length 1hr 45minsOnce you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
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On the face of it, many characteristics of being Autistic and many of those for ADHD seem to fly in opposite directions. However, probably about a third of Autistics also are ADHD, so how does that even work? Can you really be distracted and focused, novelty-oriented and sameness-oriented, empathetic and unempathetic, creative and pedantic? A lot of the answers lie in breaking down simple assumptions and stereotypes like those, but also in digging deeper into how and why characteristics such as these arise to start with. By exploring questions like these, we will build a picture of how life works for ‘shiny sparkles’ (Autistic ADHDers), and how the combination can often result in some exceptional creativity along the way. This course is ideal for Autistics suspecting they have ADHD. but would also be useful for teachers, SNAs, GPs, family members, therapists etc. Course Length 2hrs 30mins Investment includes certificate of completion, lifetime access and presentation slides.Once you complete this on-demand course you will receive a certificate of completion. Please ensure you enter your name correctly as the name you enter will appear on your certificate. If using this course for a group training please enter the name of the organisation as only one certificate will be provided.
If you require additional certificates please email us and we will provide them to you. Individual certs incur an administrative fee of €5 per cert.
