Autism & Communication - The Girl With The Curly Hair
What you'll learn
- what is meant by 'communication'
- how autistic people might communicate differently
- how to more effectively communicate with autistic people
- what empathy really means and why becoming empathetic is really important
- how to put yourself in the shoes of an autistic person
- how to improve your communication skills generally, e.g. listening, getting to the point and using eye contact and tone of voice
- the different preferences people have for communication, e.g. visual or auditory
Requirements
- You do not need to have any experience or understanding of autism
Description
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, you will understand:
what is meant by 'communication'
how autistic people might communicate differently
how to more effectively communicate with autistic people
what empathy really means and why becoming empathetic is really important
how to put yourself in the shoes of an autistic person
how to improve your communication skills generally, e.g. listening, getting to the point and using eye contact and tone of voice
the different preferences people have for communication, e.g. visual or auditory
Audience:
This course is suitable for:
Anyone working with autistic adults or autistic children
Parents and carers
Autistic individuals
Course content:
Narrated presentation: You watch, read and listen to the learning materials.
Animations: Unique, charming, sweet animations based around the central character, The Girl With The Curly Hair, and her experiences of communicating with people in different situations.
Visuals and infographics: No plain writing!
Questions: Answer questions to check your understanding along the way.
Notes: Print a set of summary course notes for your records.
This course was written, created and narrated by autistic author and founder of The Curly Hair Project, Alis Rowe.
Who this course is for:
- Teachers and education professionals who might have autistic students
- Health professionals such as psychologists, counselors or speech and language therapists who might have autistic patients
- Parents who have autistic children (with or without a diagnosis)
- Autistic adults (with or without a diagnosis)
- Autistic teenagers (with or without a diagnosis)
- Anyone working in special educational needs
- Medical students who would like to learn more about autism
- Doctors/GPs who have autistic patients
- Employers or workforces who have an autistic colleague
- Anyone who might come across autistic people in their work
- Anyone wanting to learn more about autism
Course content
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Instructor
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- 4.2 Instructor Rating
- 4 Reviews
- 9 Students
- 6 Courses
Award-winning autistic author and entrepreneur.
In 2013 I created The Curly Hair Project, a social enterprise that supports people on the autism spectrum and the people around them.
I have created a large range of educational resources to teach people about autism, including books, animated films, social media, blog, webinars, songs and courses.