Six School Learning Support Officers from Narrabri High School sought to build their professional capacity in understanding autism by completing a twenty-hour course, facilitated by school counsellor, Emily Meldrum.
Autism is a life-long developmental disability.
Students may need support and adjustments in the school and classroom environments.
In many classrooms there are students who may:
• have difficulty communicating and relating to others.
• have behaviours and interests that are restricted and repetitive.
• appear distressed over changes in routine.
• be overly sensitive to some sounds, movements, smells and tastes.
• appear to be unaware or insensitive to the feelings of others.
These students may have autism and may present with a range of abilities and strengths.
This course aimed to support staff make their classrooms more inclusive for all students by providing an understanding of the impact of autism on learning.
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