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Autism Awareness Training
This Autism Awareness Training course is suitable for all workplaces and all levels of employees. The course covers the definition of autism, its impact on children, adults, and families and the current theories on what factors may influence the condition. Furthermore, this course will help users understand what support can be offered to those with autism.
4.8/5 based on 278 course reviews
Learning outcomes
- Understand what is meant by the autistic spectrum and its impact on people and their loved ones
- Understand that the spectrum includes a wide range of autistic traits
- Understand the social and non-social characteristics used to diagnose autism
Covered in this course
Course contents
This training course is broken down into 2 sections
- 1 What is Autism?
- 2 Living with Autism
SECTION 1
In the opening section of this course, we look at what autism is, terminology surrounding autism, types of autism, the spectrum, and behaviours.
SECTION 2
In this final section of the course, we look at what life is like living with autism and how it may be impacted by certain workplaces.
About this course
Autism is a term that describes an entire spectrum of developmental conditions that affect a person's communication and perception of the world in a number of unique ways. Despite the fact that this condition has been researched widely across the world, what we know about it is constantly evolving, and the knowledge we have today differs significantly from what we thought we knew 20 years ago.
It’s important to note that autism is not an illness or a learning disability. You simply need to understand it as a different way of experiencing the world.
This course can help your staff gain a better understanding of autism and what adjustments can be made to the workplace to better accommodate those with autism.
You may also be interested in our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Training.
Presented by
Simon AlisonThe importance of Autism Awareness Training
It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organisation and employees.
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Autism Awareness Training certificate
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Each of our courses ends with a multiple-choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.
This Autism Awareness Training course concludes with a 15 question multiple-choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questions guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.
As well as printable user certificates, training progress and results are all stored centrally in your LMS (Learning Management System) and can be accessed any time to reprint certificates, check and set pass marks and act as proof of a commitment to ongoing legal compliance.
What does my certificate include?
Your Autism Awareness Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.
Please note if you are using our course content via SCORM in a third party LMS then we are unable to provide certificates and you will need to generate these in your host LMS yourself.
278 real user reviews
Interesting and informative
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Amazing
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Interesting and refreshing
Interesting and refreshing for my work place.
Really informative course
I really value this training as it gave me the knowledge of different aspects of autism pertinent to my role. I feel some content may need updating as there has been evidence that brain scans can detect autism, I not sure if these are still in trial stage, but it may be worth mentioning in the training. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10929032
good it helps understand the spectrum
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Good info, but not many examples
There is a lot to take in at once, and in describing the spectrum as so varied it makes it difficult to fully understand how it may present without examples of a single individual's experience. Maybe a description of a single person's traits/daily life as an example, and how it affects them positively and negatively, may help compared to listing so many potential traits separately. May be an opportunity to dismiss outdated and harmful stigma by explaining less stereotypical examples, but examples may mis-represent so might not be suitableThere is also slight mis-representation when autistic meltdowns are mentioned - not all autistics have meltdowns, and shutdowns are a common difference that many experience instead. Shutdowns often seem overlooked as it involves withdrawing and dissociating, which is less outwardly-noticeable compared to the outward/angry stereotype of meltdowns (which to those who don't outwardly express their stress and instead shut down, can be an unhelpful stigma)
Concise and effective.
A very interesting course that relayed information in a clear and accessible way. There was only one point that had a lack of clarity which meant I slipped up on one question in the test.
Was a good refreshing course.
This user gave this course a rating of 5/5 stars
Why is this training important?
Business benefits
This online training course can help your organisation to spread awareness of autism, how it may affect people involved with your organisation (whether that's employees, customers, or the public), and how to make reasonable adjustments to your workplace.
By helping your staff to understand autism, you are creating a workplace that is more inclusive. This will allow your businesses to attract a wider pool of talent, create a more diverse workspace, and improve workplace wellbeing.
This course can also help to:
- Encourage acceptance & inclusion
- Change attitudes towards autism
- Raise awareness of autism
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