SKILLS Inclusion CPD & Parent Course 
Effective Methods to Teach Inclusion Skills to SEN Learners 0-22 years of age

Inclusion is about offering the same activities to everyone, while providing support and services to accommodate people’s differences. Inclusive organisations actively reach out to people with disabilities and seek to understand and appreciate their differences, while fostering a sense of belonging.
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This online course called How to Teach Inclusion Skills to Learners with ASD & Related Conditions focuses on effective teaching techniques to address such areas as: study skills, social communication and peer interaction.
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View Inclusion Skills Curriculum to see what selected IEP goals and skills we will be working on in this CPD course

Organizer : EDUCATION & BEHAVIOUR CONSULTING T/A AUTISM CONSULTING ONLINE

Title: Using selected best evidence-based practices to teach Inclusion Skills to ASD Learners.

If:

• you want to find out how a SEN teacher, a mainstream teacher, a special needs assistant, a therapist or a parent can effectively support an ASD learner in acquiring foundational and more advanced skills to help them get ready for pre-school or primary, post-primary or special school
• you want to implement the most effective selected techniques that are both attractive and motivating for your ASD learner to encourage them to collaborate with you, while learning not only school readiness skills, but also the important skills in other inter-related areas, such as: motor skills, receptive and expressive language, social emotional skills and play and leisure skills
• you consider it important to diversify the long-term therapeutic and educational processes and use comprehensive methods to target multiple areas with your child or pupils/clients
• you want to get confidence in how to effectively and correctly modify the activities, techniques and goals by gradual implementation of various elements of evidence-based practices in your work or life with an ASD learner
• you always do your best to adjust the activities and a level of difficulty, based on your learner's unique learning profiles and their individualised needs.

If one or more of those statements applies to you, take part in this meaningful and practical certified online training, during which you will learn how to smoothly implement best solutions that are easy to implement in the classroom, in the clinic and at home.

This online training on How To Teach Inclusion Skills Effectively is divided into 2 forty-minute blocks to allow for the most effective use of the training time while having your questions answered by a an expert SEN teacher who is an ASD therapist, an ASD education & behaviour consultant and a mother of an ASD child. This training is for you if you want to get important knowledge on how to shape your practical teaching skills. Additional questions you may have can be addressed via email, a live chat during the course or during your 1-1 online consultations.
 
During your online training on Using effective methods to teach Inclusion Skills to ASD Learners, you will find out about:

• Prerequisites to develop Inclusion core skills
• How to skilfully select therapeutic and teaching methods and what are they that will best help in work on Inclusion skills
• How to expand the learner's skills onto a few other related areas while still focusing on Inclusion Skills
• How to skilfully apply teaching techniques and select activities to allow for the generalisation of skills
• How to select IEP goals and measure progress
• How to troubleshoot and effectively search workable solutions during your activities with your learner.

Detailed course programme:

• challenging behaviours and its functions
• motivational strategies in the classroom and in 1-1 work
• individualised motivational contracts with pupils
• significance of ongoing attention and approval provided to a pupil throughout the day 
• the significance of proactive activities.

A practical part of each SKILLS course will relate to creating behavioural contracts, motivational systems and proactive activities that are important to effectively teach specific SKILLS in your selected course/s. We will find out how to easier teach specific skills if we have the right system in place in our classroom or at home.

​Part 1

• The impact of a neurodevelopmental delay on the development of sensory motor functions, cognition, social emotional learning, language and social communication - why the early childhood stimulation of those areas is crucial in setting up any ASD learner for the best possible success in the school years and in adulthood
• Common deficits in ASD and related neurodevelopmental disorders and how to effectively target those deficits
• Warning signs in the dysfunction of neurological processes that lead to insufficient school readiness that impacts all other areas of development
• How to skilfully select some of the evidence-based practices to address SEL skills and match them to your learner's unique profile.

Part 2

• Stimulation of Inclusion development based on implementing selected core and main activities and matching IEP goals and procedures to address the development of those skills
• Examples of IEP goals and selection of best educational and therapeutic strategies to stimulate Inclusion skills in a hierarchical sequence
• Useful activities and suggested materials as supportive components of any quality lesson / session at home, in school or in the clinic
• Troubleshooting and examples of how to best resolve problems that may arise during a session / lesson
• Collaboration between family home and school / clinic - how to better carry out joint intervention activities to enhance generalisation of skills in a naturalistic setting and in the community
• Selected ready lesson plans from the list below to teach the following skills:

Area: Study Skills
1 Completing Math Problems
2 Copying from the Board
3 Following Along with a Lesson
4 Keeping Organized
5 Paying Attention to the Teacher
6 Recalling Information about a Lesson
7 Responding to a Peer's Tutoring
8 Taking Notes during a Lesson

Area: Social Communication
9 Having a Conversation
10 Indicating Completion of Task
11 Raising Hand to Answer Questions
12 Raising Hand to Ask for Help
13 Recalling Experiences

Area: Peer Interaction
14 Demonstrating Assertiveness
15 Helping Others
16 Imitating a Peer
17 Maintaining an Appropriate Distance
18 Monitoring Self
19 Playing with Peers
20 Taking Turns

Area: Group Participation
21 Completing Tasks
22 Following Classroom Routines
23 Following Multistep Instructions
24 Giving a Presentation
25 Lining Up
26 Responding Along in a Group with Response Cards
27 Responding Vocally Along in a Group
28 Responding with Fluency
29 Waiting for an Activity
30 Working in a Group