EMPOWERING EXPERIENCED & LEARNING ASD PRACTITIONERS, SCHOOL / THERAPY TEAMS
I am here to help you uncover abilities in order to change possibilities for you and your clients.
I work face to face or via video conference and email with teachers, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and carers in 1-1 and group formats. I have an expertise, mainly due to extensive working and research experience, in:
Individual educational plans in special and inclusive classrooms;
Self regulation and self management for individuals with Autism in class;
Training in life skills including social thinking and community based instruction programs;
Talks aiming to raise community awareness towards autism;
Social thinking and executive function skills training for children and adolescents with Autism and
Positive behaviour planning.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND CONSULTATION SERVICES
I constantly strive to balance the five basic dialectics: giving knowledge and facilitating understanding; theory and application, helping and challenging; maintaining rigour and encouraging creative experimentation; and respecting and supporting a wide diversity of audience and audience needs while maintaining balance and fairness. Reports combine checklists and descriptive comments offering examples from observations and suggestions to further develop ideas. I have experience reporting on several areas such as :
Underlying team ethos, assessment and data procedures,
Sensory/environmental accommodations,
Reaction of team to feedback,
Areas of strength and further suggested adaptations,
Identify and promote good use of eclectic therapeutic elements,
In vivo lesson or therapy session observations, type of verbal and non verbal instructions,
Problem solving toolkits,
Educational ideas and curriculum modifications based on TEACCH, SCERTS , SPELL, SI, PECS,SOCIAL THINKING etc,
Positive behaviour support,
Essentials for living and life skills programs for teens,
Socio-emotional regulation and perspective taking techniques.
All services are bespoke with a free, no-obligation quotation.
Please contact me via the form on my Contact page for my fee structure.
