We’re delighted to welcome Professor Tony Attwood to ship these webinars. Don’t overlook as a charity any surplus made is reinvested again as we work to our imaginative and prescient of ‘Sharing finest proof, enhancing apply’, and our mission to ‘Enhance the psychological well being and wellbeing of younger folks aged 0-25’.
Adolescent points for Autistic youngsters
Tuesday 20 June 9am – 12noon UK time. All delegates can have unique entry to a recording out there for 90 days after the occasion.
Autistic youngsters expertise better challenges throughout adolescence than their typical friends. Tony explores these challenges and gives methods to enhance coping mechanisms, resilience, and reference to friends.
The Energy of Particular Pursuits
Tuesday 2 July 9am – 12noon UK time. All delegates can have unique entry to a recording out there for 90 days after the occasion.
Tony will talk about the levels within the growth of particular pursuits, their sequence, and the the reason why particular pursuits happen as a part of the general profile of Autism. The attitude of fogeys, lecturers, and the autistic individual are explored and methods are outlined to make constructive use of the curiosity or to cut back the dominance of particular pursuits within the individual’s each day life.
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The profile of skills in Autistic ladies
Thursday 10 October 9am – 12noon UK time. All delegates can have unique entry to a recording out there for 90 days after the occasion.
Presentation with Q&A to know and rejoice autistic ladies. Delegates will enhance their consciousness and information of autism as it’s skilled by ladies, and Tony will shares tip and methods he has utilized in medical apply. The presentation describes the strengths and talents generally skilled by autistic ladies, in addition to key challenges, together with self-understanding, creating an genuine self, navigating faculty, government operate, creating relationships while staying true to oneself, self-advocacy. Tony may also talk about co-morbidity with problems with psychological well being together with; ADHD, nervousness, despair, autistic burnout and consuming issues.
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Autism and Household Dynamics
Thursday 17 October 9am – 12noon UK time. All delegates can have unique entry to a recording out there for 90 days after the occasion.
Presentation to know how autism can have an effect on completely different members of a household in numerous methods. The diploma of problem could range relying on the severity of the autism, however the autism-related points that households need to take care of are comparable. This discuss will take a look at stress administration for all family members with sensible ideas and recommendation for fogeys/carers and siblings. Tony may also take a look at different key facets of life that play an integral position in household life equivalent to feelings and sleep.
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In regards to the speaker
Tony is a medical psychologist who has specialised in Autism Spectrum Issues since he certified as a medical psychologist in England in 1975. He at the moment works in his personal non-public apply, and can be adjunct professor at Griffith College, Queensland and senior advisor on the Minds and Hearts clinic in Brisbane. His e-book Asperger’s Syndrome – A Information for Mother and father and Professionals has bought over 500,000 copies and has been translated into 27 languages. His subsequent e-book, The Full Information to Asperger’s Syndrome, revealed in October 2006 has bought over 300,000 copies and has been translated into 18 languages, and is among the major textbooks on Asperger’s syndrome, in any other case often called Autism Spectrum Dysfunction – Stage 1. He has a number of subsequent books revealed by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Future Horizons Inc. and Guilford Press on emotion administration, relationships and sexuality, and normal recommendation for autistic youngsters and adults.
