Understanding Sensory Processing & Autism
An online learning series: 7th & 8th May 2021
Watch live and/or stream recordings of all webinars for 30 days
Brought to you by the organisers of The Autism Show
Watch live and/or stream recordings of all webinars for 30 days
Welcome to Autism Learns. We provide trusted and affordable online learning to parents, family carers and professionals who support children and adults on the autism spectrum. Brought to you by the organisers of The Autism Show, we share the knowledge and practical skills to help you at home and in the workplace.
Our next online learning series will explore the sensory differences autistic children and adults can experience. We’ll look at how this can affect their ability to learn in school, function in the workplace, form friendships and interact within a family. We’ll provide you with a deeper understanding of sensory processing disorder and offer practical strategies to help at home and in the classroom.
You can choose to watch the webinars live and seek personalised advice from our speakers, and/or stream recordings afterwards and watch when most convenient to you.
Learnings include:
Book the series now for just £29.99 for parents and family carers, and £49.99 for professionals. Content is CPD certified. Price includes 30 day access to recordings of all webinars in the series.
Please scroll down and click on the tabs for more information on this series.
Time | Title | Speaker |
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10.00 - 10.10 | Welcome and introduction | Kate Laird, Webinar Manager at Autism Learns |
10.10 - 11.00 | 5, 9, 21, 53… how many senses do we have, how do they work and what do they do? | Sue Allen, Consultant Occupational Therapist, Senior Lecturer and Researcher |
11.00 - 11.50 | Understanding sensory processing disorder | Laura Graham, Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy |
1150 - 12.00 | Interval | |
12.00 - 12.50 | My sensory day – the impact of SPD on daily life, development and learning for autistic individuals | Dr Sandra Beale-Ellis, Freelance Writer, Educator, Speaker and Advocate |
12.50 - 13.30 | Lunch break | |
13.30 - 15.00 | Specific strategies to use at home and at school to help individuals who experience sensory differences | Alison Neal, Consultant Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy |
15.00 - 15.10 | Interval | |
15.10 - 15.30 | Putting the function into sensory – hints and tips for getting a referral to an OT | Alison Neal, Consultant Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy |
15.30 - 15.40 | Closing remarks and end of day one | Kate Laird, Webinar Manager at Autism Learns |
Sue Allen is a Consultant Occupational Therapist based in Singapore and the UK.
Sue is a clinician, lecturer and researcher. Sue has worked as an Occupational Therapist for 27 years in both hospital, school and community settings and has a keen interest in improving quality of life for children and their families. Sue served on the SI Network Board of directors from 2005 and was Chairman from 2008 to 2013. Sue is a marker for SI2/3 and 4 and a mentor for SI4 and a Recognised Lecturer with University of Ulster. Sue was awarded her Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner Certificate (2005) and a Sensory Integration Network Fellowship (2013)
Research interests include therapy outcomes, supporting families and sensory processing in dyspraxia. Sue is currently involved in projects with University of Reading and University of Ulster and is the primary recipient of an SI Network Research Grant supporting the identification of incidence of sensory processing difficulties in children with dyspraxia.
Laura Graham is an Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy.
Laura qualified as an occupational therapist in 2003. Her career has included specialist roles within a NHS community adult neurodevelopmental and learning disability team and later working as a community paediatric occupational therapist she was responsible for the assessment and treatment of individuals with a range of conditions such as; autism spectrum disorder, developmental coordination disorder, cerebral palsy, developmental delay and other conditions which impact on a child’s ability to complete their everyday activities.
Laura is an accredited Advanced Practitioner in sensory integration with the SI network UK and Ireland and holds a postgraduate diploma in sensory integration from the University of Ulster. In 2010 she was awarded the Queens Nursing Institute Award for Innovation and Leadership for her part in developing a community based sensory and behaviour clinic. Since 2008 Laura has held a quality assurance role with the Health Care Professions Council as a visitor working as part of the education team.
Sandra Beale-Ellis is a writer, teacher, speaker and successful businesswoman who happens to be autistic, is a doctor of education and has survived childhood cancer and subsequent medical anomalies.
She believes everyone has a story to tell and it’s these stories which inspire, motivate and connect us as human beings. With her academic research interests lying firmly in auto-ethnography, and blogging under the auspices of Sensing The Simple Life, she has always been completely open with who she is, and never afraid to be truthful to her audience about the highs and lows of her life in autism and beyond. She was clinically diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome in 2010.
Sandra is a popular speaker for local and national groups, events and conferences, universities, and has a regular “gig” speaking on the National Autistic Society’s Post Graduate Certificate in Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, run in unison with Sheffield Hallam University and has worked with the NAS on the Active for Autism online training module.
Alison Neal is the Director of Midlands Occupational Therapy and provides specialist occupational therapy services for children and young adults with a range of difficulties.
Alison is an advanced practitioner in sensory integration therapy; she has several years experience of providing post graduate training to other therapists on this subject and has co-authored a book on sensory movement breaks. Alison works with families, children and young people at home and in a variety of mainstream or special schools and colleges to find solutions to everyday problems that actually work and can be implemented at home or school. She can also offer assessments for EHC plans and tribunals where necessary.
Timings
Day | Times |
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Fri 7th May 2021 | 10am - 3.40pm |
Ticket Prices
Ticket Type | Price |
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Parent/Family Carer | £29.99 |
Professional | £49.99 |
Professional Groups (10 tickets or more) | £44.99 |
We will send you an email containing joining details a week before the first webinar is due to take place, followed by a reminder email. Our webinars are live streamed on Zoom.
In order to watch the webinar, you will need the following:
Simply click on the link we send you to join the webinar. If you do not already have Zoom downloaded on your device, you will be prompted to download the free software and set up an account – this should only take two minutes to complete.
Please try and join the webinar a few minutes early in order to allow time for the Zoom download if necessary, and to be ready for the first session.
Alternatively you may wish to watch the webinars when it’s most convenient to you. If so, we will email you details on how to access video recordings of all webinars in the series, the week following the event. You will have 30 days to watch them.
If you don’t receive a booking confirmation or joining email from us, or generally have difficulties logging into the webinars, please contact us at info@autismlearns.co.uk.
Ticket holders will gain 30 day access (until 13th June 2021) to video recordings of all webinars in the series, plus speaker presentation slides and Q&A transcripts, by CLICKING HERE and entering the password provided by us the week following this event.
Professional ticket holders will also receive a CPD Certificate of Attendance by email.
Time | Title | Speaker |
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9.50 - 10.00 | Welcome and introduction | Kate Laird, Webinar Manager at Autism Learns |
10.00 - 10.50 | Creating environments that promote and support wellbeing and learning for autistic pupils | Speaker to be announced shortly |
10.50 - 11.30 | Top tips for reducing common sensory triggers at home and in the classroom | Jennifer Heath, Lead Operational Therapy Practitioner at Underley Garden School (part of Options Autism) |
11.30 - 11.45 | Interval | |
11.45 - 12.30 | How to create and effectively use a sensory room/space for autistic individuals | Laura Graham , Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy |
12.30 - 13.10 | Lunch break | |
13.10 - 14.00 | Intensive Interaction – the importance of body language in communication | Amandine Mouriere, Autism and Learning Disability Consultant and Associate of the Intensive Interaction Institute |
14.00 - 14.25 | Life through a kaleidoscope: understanding Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome (Irlen Syndrome) | Paul Isaacs, Trainer, Consultant and Author |
14.25 - 14.50 | Understanding face, object and meaning blindness | Paul Isaacs, Trainer, Consultant and Author |
14.50 - 15.00 | Closing remarks and end of day two | Kate Laird, Webinar Manager at Autism Learns |
Jennifer Heath is Lead Occupational Therapist and Organisational Practitioner for Health & Therapy at Underley Garden (part of Options Autism).
Jen qualified with a Masters in Occupational Therapy in 2010 and started working at Underley Garden as soon as she had graduated. Jen had ten prior years of teaching drama to a wide range of people and children with differing needs, whilst also working as a support worker for autistic adults, before qualifying as an occupational therapist. In 2014, Jen took on the role of Lead Practitioner for the Therapy Team (which was later to include Health also). A focus for this role was to integrate health and therapy further into the school and children’s’ home, and develop ways to work even more effectively together. Jen has completed postgraduate training in Sensory Integration (SI) and is a qualified SI practitioner. Jen is extremely excited about the new SI therapy room, which will be opened later this year at Underley Garden.
Jen has presented at various conferences including The Autism Show (2015, 2019) and the Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) Conference (2018). She is a member of the committee for the RCOT North West Children Young People and Families Specialist Section. Jen has also recently written a chapter on sensory needs and intensive interaction for a book, edited by Phoebe Caldwell, to be published in May 2019.
Laura Graham is an Occupational Therapist and Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration Therapy.
Laura qualified as an occupational therapist in 2003. Her career has included specialist roles within a NHS community adult neurodevelopmental and learning disability team and later working as a community paediatric occupational therapist she was responsible for the assessment and treatment of individuals with a range of conditions such as; Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Delay and other conditions which impact on a child’s ability to complete their everyday activities.
Laura is an accredited Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration with the SI network UK and Ireland and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Sensory Integration from the University of Ulster. In 2010 she was awarded the Queens Nursing Institute Award for Innovation and Leadership for her part in developing a community based sensory and behaviour clinic. Since 2008 Laura has held a quality assurance role with the Health Care Professions Council as a Visitor working as part of the Education Team.
Amandine Mourière is an Autism and Learning Disability Consultant, and Associate of the Intensive Interaction Institute.
Amandine has worked with children and adults with learning disabilities and autism for over 10 years, in a wide variety of settings. She developed a passion for autism whilst working in schools as a teaching assistant, and she subsequently completed her Masters in autism in 2014.
Amandine has since become a free-lance autism and learning disability consultant, and associate of the Intensive Interaction Institute. She works with families to help them understand the basis of Intensive Interaction, the techniques and how this can enable individuals to make progress with their social-communication, their emotional, cognitive and social development.
Paul Isaacs has been a speaker, trainer and consultant for eight years and has spoken at many national events on the subject of autism. He has authored five books and contributed to other books on the subject of autism. He is also a blogger and creative consultant on the the cartoon Pablo, supplying story ideas, perspectives and content.
Timings
Day | Times |
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Sat 8th May 2021 | 9.50am - 3.00pm |
Ticket Prices
Ticket Type | Price |
---|---|
Parent/Family Carer | £29.99 |
Professional | £49.99 |
Professional Groups (10 tickets or more) | £44.99 |
We will send you an email containing joining details a week before the first webinar is due to take place, followed by a reminder email. Our webinars are live streamed on Zoom.
In order to watch the webinar, you will need the following:
Simply click on the link we send you to join the webinar. If you do not already have Zoom downloaded on your device, you will be prompted to download the free software and set up an account – this should only take two minutes to complete.
Please try and join the webinar a few minutes early in order to allow time for the Zoom download if necessary, and to be ready for the first session.
Alternatively you may wish to watch the webinars when it’s most convenient to you. If so, we will email you details on how to access video recordings of all webinars in the series, the week following the event. You will have 30 days to watch them.
If you don’t receive a booking confirmation or joining email from us, or generally have difficulties logging into the webinars, please contact us at info@autismlearns.co.uk.
Ticket holders will gain 30 day access (until 13th June 2021) to video recordings of all webinars in the series, plus speaker presentation slides and Q&A transcripts, by CLICKING HERE and entering the password provided by us the week following this event.
Professional ticket holders will also receive a CPD Certificate of Attendance by email.
Book the series now for just £29.99 for parents and family carers, and £49.99 for professionals. Content is CPD certified. Price includes 30 day access to recordings of all the webinars in the series.