Autism & Socialising - The Girl With The Curly Hair

Learning outcomes:

By the end of this course, you will understand:

• what social challenges autistic people have

• how to support autistic people to have better social experiences

• how to help autistic people manage friendships

• how introversion and extroversion affects autistic people

• how social anxiety might be different for autistic people

• how to help autistic people feel less anxious during social situations

• what 'masking' is, how it affects autistic people, and how to help autistic people avoid masking

• how autistic people can communicate their social difficulties to others

Audience:

This course is suitable for:

• Anyone working with autistic adults or autistic children

• Parents and carers

• Autistic individuals

Course content:

Pre-learning questionnaire: You complete an online survey before you begin learning in the module.

Narrated presentation: You watch, read and listen to the learning materials.

Animations: Unique, charming, sweet animations based around the central character, The Girl With The Curly Hair, and her experiences of socialising in different situations.

Visuals and infographics: No plain writing!

Questions: Answer questions to check your understanding along the way.

Notes: Print a set of summary course notes for your records.

This course was written, created and narrated by autistic author and founder of The Curly Hair Project, Alis Rowe.