ASC Workshop 3 - Strategies Day

Workshops are running 1 full day every half term – Workshops 1, 2 and 3.
Each of the 3 workshops will have a different focus and staff can either book on all 3 or the ones they feel would benefit them the most
It is ideal for any staff working pupils with ASC or Social Communication difficulties.

Workshop 1 (25th September or 19th March) will focus on the basic, bread and butter strategies for pupils with ASC. It is ideal for any staff working pupils with ASC or Social Communication difficulties. It will give a great introduction for those new to ASC but also allow more experienced staff to develop their own knowledge and refine their current practice. Topics covered:

What is ASC and most common strategies
Comic Strip
Now and Next
Joint Attention
Sensory Breaks / Diet

Workshop 2 (21st November or 24th April) will focus around understanding behaviour and helping pupils who are struggling to regulate their emotions. It is ideal for any staff working pupils with ASC or Social Communication difficulties. It will give a great introduction for those new to ASC but also allow more experienced staff to develop their own knowledge and refine their current practice. Topics covered:

Understanding Behaviour
Co Regulation
5 Point Scales
Structured Interventions
STAR charts

Workshop 3 (29th January or 18th June) will be a more bespoke day – the sessions offered will be more of a pick and mix on the day. We are offering a range of strategies and interventions and you can attend the ones you feel would work best for you in school. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend 4 sessions over the day. We will also bring a wide range of resources with us that you can look at throughout the day and the team will be available to discuss specific areas and answer questions you have. Topics covered:

Girls and Masking
Transitions
Secondary Strategies
Social Stories
Pupil Voice
Sensory Stories
Attention Autism
Drawing and Talking
Secondary Strategies
Puberty and RSE

On all the days the TASC team will be available throughout the day so you can pick our brains if you have specific questions and there will also be opportunities for you to share ideas amongst yourselves – there is a lot of amazing practice out there already so lets share!

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Team for Autism & Social Communication, Rochdale Additional Needs Service

TASC (Team for Autism and Social Communication) are part of RANS (Rochdale Additional Needs Service) and work with all mainstream Primary and Secondary Schools within the Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton Borough.

We have a team of Specialist Teachers and Teaching Assistants who have all worked within Rochdale schools as classroom practitioners. Many of the team have also been SENCos themselves and understand the complexities facing our schools today.

Within the team, we work closely with other specialist teams and NHS colleagues.

All our training is designed with Rochdale schools in mind. As a team, we are able to use specific knowledge, to tailor our trainingso it reflect the needs of the pupils in our schools.

Within our team, we follow Dr Luke Beardon’s equation of Autism + Environment = Outcome. We recognise that all schools are different due a wide range of factors and as a result, the environment is different in each case. Whilst there are lots of strategies and advice, which provide a golden thread, actually knowing our individual schools and using our relational approaches gives us a unique position to provide you with high quality training.

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