Training and Mentoring
A series of 8 workshops designed to help autistic individuals to better understand themselves, their autism and the world around them. The aim is to enable participants to problem solve their own strategies from understanding their specific version of autism. This will enable participants to form coping strategies that lead to better outcomes and less anxiety.
Created and delivered by an Dr Elizabeth Guest (BSc, PhD, PGCHE) who is autistic herself, the course consists of 8 x 1.5 hour online sessions in a group of up to 8 people covering the following topics:
- What social chit chat is all about and why people enjoy it
- Sensory issues
- Processing issues
- Different ways of thinking and learning
- Executive Functioning
- Using strengths to overcome weaknesses
- Intelligence and autism (spoiler: IQ tests are often unreliable for autism)
- Barriers to social interaction and strategies
- Exposure Anxiety
- The Uncanny Valley and the World Reject Hole
- Reasonable adjustments
- Constructive criticism
- Networking made possible
Feedback from previous participants has included the following:
- Better understanding of themselves
- Insight into how non-autistic people communicate
- Insight into “Social Chit Chat” and why most people enjoy it.
- Understanding their own strengths and difficulties
- Understanding strengths and difficulties in employment
- Learn how to use strengths to compensate for weaknesses
- Enable independent problem solving
Both individual and corporate packages available.
Contact j.lovatt@aspiedent.com to sign up today.Employment can be extremely challenging for individuals with autism, ADHD and other related conditions and it is very difficult to find people within the business who fully understand your challenges and how to help you succeed in your employment.
The Integrative Cognitive Diversity Framework is designed to understand the unique cognitive makeup of the individual, this explains WHY you are struggling without needing to reference any diagnosis. Although if you would like us to describe the underlying issues behind your particular condition, we an do.
Through identifying WHY an individual’s difficulties occur, it enables us to be much more precise in understanding how to overcome challenges using both targeted adjustments and your own individual strengths that may not be recognised or being used in the best possible way.
This means Aspiedent can tailor training and coaching around you.
Areas in which Aspiedent can support you include:
- Understanding social interaction and communication
- Leadership
- Identifying strengths and overcoming weaknesses
- Managing Sensory Issues
- Assertiveness
- Career Development and interviewing skills
- Accessing Continued Professional Development
If you feel that Aspiedent can support you in your current employment please get in touch for an initial discovery conversation.