Teaching Autistic Students – A Neuro-Diversity Affirming Approach

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Develop your knowledge of the science behind learning for neurodivergent and Autistic students.

Backed by research from globally renowned partners, this course provides you with the latest evidence-based learning approaches for classrooms to strengthen your teaching instructional capacity.

 

Duration
12 hours
Short Course
$480.00

Key facts

Course category
Education, Wellbeing in Schools, Professional Practice
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Duration
12 hours
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Prerequisite/s
There are no prerequisites for this short course
Certification
Certificate of Completion

Why this course?

The course was co-designed by lead researchers and educators from the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) and the School of Education, in partnership with OTARC’s Autvisory Committee. The Committee consists of Autistic people who advise OTARC on stakeholder-informed practice.

The aim of the course is to build your confidence in delivering a more inclusive and impactful learning experience for your Autistic and other neurodivergent learners. The strategies you will learn in this course will also benefit all students in the classroom.

Course content

This course is designed to strengthen your capacity to plan and implement strategies and instructional approaches that respond to the learning needs and strengths of neurodivergent learners. We draw on current research on how to provide neuro-affirming and inclusive learning environments in schools, especially for Autistic learners.

Topics covered will include:

  • Neurodiversity and brain differences
  • Double empathy problem
  • Information processing, communication, executive functioning and sensory processing in autistic learners
  • Neuro-affirming instructional practices
  • Environmental adjustments
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
  • Collaborative partnerships

The course was co-designed with lead researchers from the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre in partnership with Research Centre's Autvisory Group consisting of Autistic persons who advise OTARC on stakeholder informed practice.

You’ll learn:

  • Current research on autism and the characteristics of autistic individuals
  • The characteristics of neuro-affirming and inclusive teaching and learning practices, and their implications for teaching and learning
  • How to create an inclusive learning environment that proactively responds to the learning needs of Autistic learners in your classroom, including instructional practices, visual supports, and sensory adjustments
  • How to use Universal Design for Learning principles to remove barriers to learning and participation
  • How to establish and maintain collaborative partnerships with students and their families/carers.

Your study experience

The total time commitment for this course is 12 hours, through 4 x 1 hour recorded webinars, and 2 hours per week of self-paced additional learning activities and material.  The content includes interviews with researchers, autistic students, and educators.

You will also have the opportunity to engage in online activities to check your understanding of the content and apply theory into practice, discuss your learning with the course lecturers and other participants in the course, and reflect on your practice.

 

At the conclusion, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance for 12 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Frequently Asked Questions

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What certification will I receive?

The type of certification depends on the assessment involved in the course. For example:

  • Microcredentials:  You will receive a digital credential that confirms the skills you’ve acquired, any assessments you’ve completed and potential pathways for credit or advanced standing towards a degree. 
  • Other assessed short courses:  This may include bridging programs or courses that prepare you for external certification from a professional body.  You might receive a certificate of achievement or a digital badge (a digital version of a certificate of achievement).
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  • Single-subject enrolment: If you enrol in a single subject, you will receive an official transcript for that subject.

Please note that short courses or microcredentials are not formal qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework but may be eligible for consideration as advanced standing (credit) towards a degree.

What is a microcredential? 

Microcredentials are short courses that are assessed, carry academic credit, and to deliver specific skills or knowledge.  While they can be taken as standalone courses, many are designed to be combined or ‘stacked’ with other microcredentials to form the equivalent of a subject within a degree program.  Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a digital credential that outlines the skills and credit obtained, and any opportunities for stacking.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   

What is advanced standing?

Advanced standing refers to credit for prior study or formal learning that can be credited towards a qualification, thereby reducing the number of subjects required to complete a course. For short courses or microcredentials (if these have been completed through recognised institutions or platforms and are deemed equivalent to La Trobe University subjects), credit may be granted either for specific La Trobe subjects or as unspecified credit towards elective requirements of a La Trobe course.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a digital credential, which may be used when applying for credit for the relevant degree at La Trobe.

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