Training

Our training is built around a number of key principles:

  • Co-design and co-delivery. Autistic colleagues are key members of our team in the design and delivery of training and other services.
  • We guarantee that training will be provided by experts in their respective fields.
  • Our training reflects ethical values, best practice, and evidence.
  • It is adapted to specific local needs and to the cultural context.
  • Development of local expertise. We look to develop and train local professionals so that they can then train colleagues and expedite the process of building local expertise and capacity.
  • We promise to be supportive, responsive, and professional at all times.
  • We aim to make training enjoyable and interactive.
  • Evaluation. We are committed to the evaluation of our services. 

We are members of the CPD service and seek where appropriate accreditation of training.

Education

  • Our Associates are experienced in writing national training materials on education.
  • Training can be delivered from pre-school through to higher and further education or for teacher training on inclusion in mainstream settings.
  • SPELL and Synergy training is offered to schools and other education settings.

Social Care and Support

Staff working in social care settings or in social work may need specific training to understand the impact of autism.

Examples of this are the courses for:

  • Mental Health Professionals (previously AMHPs).
  • ‘Behaviours of concern’.
  • Stress reduction.
  • Advocacy and mediation.
  • SPELL and Synergy training.

 

We are pleased to discuss specific requirements around individual topics or needs.

Health

We offer training on a variety of health issues related to autism. This is sometimes done in partnership with other organisations, such as the National Autism Trainer Programme (NATP) with Anna Freud at UCL.

We also offer training in diagnostic assessment using recognised instruments.
We offer training to: 

  • Primary health care settings.
  • Community mental health settings.
  • High secure and forensic mental health settings.
  • CAMHS services.
  • Early years.

“The SPELL and Synergy training programs, held from November 11-15, 2024, in Manchester and delivered by AT-Autism, received excellent feedback and had a significant positive impact on the international practitioners from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait who participated.” 

Dr Ismail Farhat

“We can now see the difficulties and challenges with an emotional distance and not in an amplified by our daily stress.”

Tina Daltou, teacher mentor

“The knowledge we gained through deeper understanding resulted in immediate application and improved our practice throughout the whole school. “

“We learnt how to better understand not only our students but their parents as well. Ultimately through our school taking part in Synergy we all felt a sense of relief.”

Afroditi Sakelaridou, Head teacher.

“The program has definitely changed the way i think about ‘behaviour’. The last three years I had the opportunity to observe children’s behavior within the school context. Talking with teachers helped me see things from a different perspective and to better understand behaviors of concern.”

“As a result , I was able to help teachers and Headteachers share that understanding. This had an impact on how I also felt: As I started to truly understand human behavior, I felt less stressed and more capable of handling difficult situations and so did the teachers I worked with.”

Sofianopoulou Katerina- Synergy Mentor.

“…“other” and the “self”, and how we can empower others through showing respect, and cultivating abilities and skill sets.”

Tzonaka Josephina, Synergy Mentor