{"id":5030,"date":"2017-10-26T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autismeurope.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5030"},"modified":"2017-10-26T16:52:11","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T14:52:11","slug":"online-course-understanding-autism","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.autismeurope.org\/fr\/event\/online-course-understanding-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Online course- Understanding Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Understand more about autism, including diagnosis, the autistic spectrum and life with autism, with this online\u00a0course.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<section class=\"a-section\">\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--tight\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>What topics will you\u00a0cover?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-topics\" class=\"a-section a-section--alt-adjacent\">\n<div class=\"a-content\">\n<div class=\"a-text-context\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What is autism\u2026 and does it exist?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Social communication skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sensory sensitivities and repetitive behaviours<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Co-occurring conditions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Strengths and difficulties of people on the autism spectrum<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Lived experiences of people on the autism spectrum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-dates\" class=\"a-section\">\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--contiguous-bottom\">\n<h2 class=\"a-heading a-heading--small a-heading--before-block u-responsive-alignment\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>What will you\u00a0achieve?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"a-section\">\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--contiguous-bottom\">\n<div class=\"a-text-context\">\n<p class=\"u-responsive-alignment\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">By the end of the course, you&rsquo;ll be able to&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--contiguous-bottom a-content--tight-top a-content--mega\">\n<ul class=\"m-list-grid\">\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Explain what autism is, and evaluate whether it really exists<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Identify social communication skills and explain what happens if they do not develop as expected<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Summarise knowledge of sensory and repetitive behaviours, and whether such behaviours are advantages or disadvantages<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Explain why many people on the autism spectrum have co-occurring conditions<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Identify the origins of strengths and difficulties experienced by people on the autism spectrum<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"m-list-grid__col m-list-with-icon\">\n<div class=\"m-list-with-icon__text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Explore and discuss lived experiences of people on the autism spectrum<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-requirements\" class=\"a-section\">\n<div id=\"course-requirements\" class=\"a-content a-content--contiguous-bottom\">\n<h2 class=\"a-heading a-heading--small a-heading--before-block u-responsive-alignment\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Who is the course\u00a0for?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"a-text-context\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">You don\u2019t need any prior experience or qualifications to do this course but it might be of interest to practitioners in the field of autism, healthcare workers, people on the autism spectrum, and parents or carers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-educators\" class=\"a-section\">\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--educators a-content--tight-bottom\">\n<h2 class=\"a-heading a-heading--small a-heading--before-block u-responsive-alignment\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Who will you learn\u00a0with?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"m-grid-educators\">\n<div class=\"m-grid-educators__col\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element__body\">\n<div class=\"m-info-block\">\n<header class=\"m-info-block__header m-info-block__header--double\">\n<h3 class=\"m-info-block__title\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"link-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/profiles\/5726758\">Tony Osgood<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"m-info-block__body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Tony is a senior lecturer at the Tizard Centre, part of the University of Kent. He specialises in understanding and responding to challenging behaviour. He is interested in human service organisations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-grid-educators__col\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element__image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m-media-element__body\">\n<div class=\"m-info-block\">\n<header class=\"m-info-block__header m-info-block__header--double\">\n<h3 class=\"m-info-block__title\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"link-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/profiles\/5744385\">Fiona Gullon-Scott<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"m-info-block__body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">I am An Associate Lecturer with the Tizard Centre and an Academic Tutor with the University of Newcastle. A Chartered Psychologist, I have specialised in autism spectrum conditions for over 22 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-grid-educators__col\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element\">\n<div class=\"m-media-element__image\">\n<div class=\"a-avatar a-avatar--largest a-avatar--bubble\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a class=\"link-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/profiles\/3447038\">Jill Bradshaw<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-media-element__body\">\n<div class=\"m-info-block\">\n<div class=\"m-info-block__body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Dr Jill Bradshaw is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and a Speech\/Language Therapist -Tizard Centre, University of Kent. She has been working in this field for 25 year<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"a-section\">\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--tight-bottom\">\n<h2 class=\"a-heading a-heading--small a-heading--before-block u-responsive-alignment\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Who developed the\u00a0course?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--contiguous-top a-content--tight-bottom\">\n<div class=\"a-text-context\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The University of Kent, the UK\u2019s European University, is one of the country\u2019s most dynamic universities. Established in 1965, it now has 19,850 students studying at its various campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The free online course &lsquo;Understanding Autism&rsquo; run by the university of Kent (UK) aims to foster more understanding about autism, including diagnosis, the autistic spectrum and life with autism, with this online\u00a0course. 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