Did the title of this blog catch your eye?!? Well, I did have an hour with Dr Temple Grandin but in all honesty it was as part of her webinar last week to hundreds of people – and I was one of them! She has to be on the list of people you want…
This is the first blog that links to the You Tube videos – Tutorial Tuesday and Strategy Saturday. I had to carefully consider the starting point and of course, it needs to be the beginning. Where else would it be sensible to start? And the beginning should be – What is autism? Autism is…
If you like reading about autism, here are my top 6 books that could fill your lockdown days! Some of them are good resources that may help you set up an intervention and others are just a good read that will expand your knowledge and thinking about autism. Neurotribes by Steve Silbermann – this is an…
There are many different terms for autism and sometimes it can be confusing and makes us wonder if we are talking about the same thing, if we use a different term. Ultimately, it is up to use which term you feel most comfortable using. I have my personal preference too which may be different from…
Although we find ourselves in the strangest of times, with changes impacting on our everyday lives, I am finding it a learning experience too. Every situation we find ourselves in teaches us something, either about us or other people. I am not autistic myself but due to my work and studies, I feel I am…
As many of you begin the prospect of home schooling, I felt a blog at this time may be able to reassure you. I’ve received many private messages through the facebook page about this topic over the last few days. It is without doubt, a worrying time and a time of uncertainty, juggling a number…
This quote from Mark Lever, Chief Executive of the National Autistic Society, had a great impact on me from the moment I read it … ‘Every teacher deserves the right training and every autistic child needs a teacher who understands them’ At the time, my understanding of ‘teacher’ was the…
If we are dedicated to making ‘reasonable adjustments’ in our provision for autistic children, then adjustments must be made in what we are assessing and how we assess. In my previous role, school visits would almost without question involve me asking why children were being assessed with academic targets when, for example, they were not…
If you have read previous blogs, you will know I am a big fan of the Autism Education Trust’s concept – the four key areas of difference. It appears in their Tier 1 and Tier 2 training and, as a result of being a registered AET Trainer, this concept became my main approach to help…