In 2006, the following courses are available in collaboration with Autism Outreach:
(Music workshops and courses are also outlined below)

1. Introduction to Autism
for: education professionals, health professionals, school ancillary staff such as lunch time supervisors, parents, carers. This course explores the historical perspective and issues related to autism in education both in school and at home.
duration: 1 day

2. Autism - from theory to practice
for: education professionals, health professionals, school ancillary staff such as lunch time supervisors, parents, carers. This course develops the theoretical base and looks at strategies for dealing with behaviours.
duration: 2 days

3. Asperger Syndrome - an introduction
for: education professionals, health professionals, school ancillary staff such as lunch time supervisors, parents, carers. This course looks at issues related to Asperger Syndrome and how people with AS can be best supported.
duration: 1 day

4. Behaviours - strategies and interventions
for: education professionals, health professionals, school ancillary staff such as lunch time supervisors, parents, carers. This course looks at how strategies can be developed to help deal with behaviours people with an ASD might demonstrate in a variety of situations.
duration: 1 day

All courses involve active learning and participants are provided with comprehensive course information packs and other materials where appropriate.

These can courses can be delivered in a Local Education Authority, school, community situation and can be customised to meet the needs of a variety of groups. Groups can be accommodated in our own learning environment or the course or courses can come to you.

Other courses on ASD related subjects can be customised to meet individual needs.

Courses may be offered as twilight and/or evening session subject to negotiation.

Music Course 1 - The Rhinoceros outside the classroom door or Exploring sound (sometimes called this when working with some ASD individuals!)

Music Course 2 - Soundscapes - 'I want you to imagine that ...' - A beautifully creative series of workshops that enable you to shape sound almost as if you were able to hold it in your hand."

Music Course 3 - Ear Cleaning (with thanks to Canadian music educator Murray Schaeffer) A course for parents, carers and other professionals to enable them to work with their children or other indivduals with an ASD.

Music Course 4 - Comic Strip Compositions Start buying Beano and Dandy and prepare to make music!

Music Course 5 - Rhythm seeds Let us enable you to explore sound through patterns, some repetitive, some not so!

No previous musical experience or playing ability is necessary to engage fully with our music composition and performance programmes. The musical interfaces are designed so that everyone irrespective of ability can take part and be creative.

To learn more about the exciting new developments in the use of music for people with ASDs and availability of the programme for your organisation, school or community, please email - workshops@musicforasd.co.uk

Combined and integrated courses including the specialist Autism courses above and Music4ASD courses are also available where we have training courses shared by the education professionals and the people with ASDs working on different but related course elements. This is something that is unique to Autism Outreach - Music4ASD collaborations and is strongly recommended for parent groups for example. Teachers and health professionals might also benefit greatly from the experiences offered by these integrated courses.

Please contact info@autism-outreach.co.uk for further details.

Find Music4ASD in The National Autistic Society PARIS database

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