Understanding Stressful Behaviour in Autistic Students - Part 2 - Preventing the Meltdown

Target Audience: Primary School SNAs & Teachers

There will be a recording shared with all registrants. It will be available to view for 4 weeks after the live event. Each registrant will receive a cert of attendance the day after the event. 

Preventing the Meltdown part 2: Understanding and preventing distressed behaviour. A deeper look at the low arousal approach to managing stressful situations. PDA. Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance and extreme demand avoidance and autistic learners

Bio of Presenter Shaun Greville

Facilitator Shaun Greville teaches in the Esker Centre, Ballinamere. Shaun completed 5 years secondment to the SESS and latterly the NCSE. He fulfilled the roles of Advisor and Assistant National Coordinator for the autism team with a focus on in-school support for teachers and both in-school and external CPD regarding autism. He has been teaching autistic students for over 20 years and creating and providing training for staff and parents in third level colleges of education, post primary, primary and special schools. He also provides support groups for teachers and parents of autistic students. He is a co author of  Good Practice Guidance for Schools for teaching autistic students.