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Autism Awareness Train the Trainer

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This Autism Awareness Train the Trainer course is ideal for health and social care providers, as well as educational institutions and any other organisations that may require in-house trainers who can confidently educate others with Autism Awareness courses.

Discover the wide range of teaching methods and learning styles, how to give feedback, presentation skills, and the dos and don’ts of being a trainer. Learn what autism is, autistic characteristics and how to care for someone with autism, making your services accessible for people with autism spectrum disorder.

Upon successful completion, learners will become certified Autism Awareness trainers, possessing the skills and qualifications required to provide training.

What is the Train the Trainer Model?

The Train the Trainer model is a programme that aims to develop the skills and knowledge of individuals who will be responsible for training others in a specific field or industry. Through this model, trainers receive training, coaching, and mentoring to improve their training skills, techniques, and strategies.

Some of the skills that trainers develop through the Train the Trainer Model include:

  • Understanding the roles and responsibilities of trainers
  • Creating a safe and supportive learning environment
  • Facilitating learning and development in individuals and groups
  • Applying assessment and evaluation when training
  • Identifying different learning styles and adapting training to suit them
  • Using effective communication and questioning techniques
  • Providing constructive feedback and reinforcement to learners
  • Encouraging reflection and self-evaluation in learners
  • Developing learning materials and resources
  • Managing group dynamics and challenging situations during training.

The Train the Trainer model is a programme that aims to develop the skills and knowledge of individuals who will be responsible for training others in a specific field or industry. Through this model, trainers receive training, coaching, and mentoring to improve their training skills, techniques, and strategies.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:

  • Recognise what autism is: Learn what autism is, the causes of autism, how a person with autism feels and responds to certain stimuli, and how it can affect carers and families.

  • Understand what ASD is: Understand what autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is, how ASD can affect a person, and possible traits that can be presented in some people that have ASD and behavioural difficulties.

  • Characteristics of someone that has autism: Identify and go into depth about the 3 main characteristics of autism, along with examples of the 3 main areas of difficulty associated with autism.

  • Care for someone with autism: Identify and learn how to care for someone with autism including how to support with mental health issues in people living with autism, physical pain, discomfort and medical issues.

  • Enabling those with autism: Understand and learn how to enable those with autism to be granted equitable access to opportunities as their neurotypical peers.

  • Teaching methods: Deliver sessions with different teaching methods to suit the classroom.

  • Learning styles: Understand different learning styles and when is the best time to use them.

  • Retain information: How people retain information.

  • Feedback & Evaluation: How to evaluate appropriately, and give and receive feedback to the learners.

  • Ice-breakers: Learn different ways to ‘break the ice’ with the whole classroom.

  • Presentation skills: Confidently present your session to others.

  • Dos and don’ts: The dos and don’ts of being a trainer.

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