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Why Are So Many Autistic Girls Missed in School? Webinar
Spot the autistic girl who copes all day at school and falls apart at home, and support her before any diagnosis.
- 1 hour 17 minutes
- Recorded webinar
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Recognise masking and other signs of autism that are easy to miss in girls
- Understand why a girl may hold it together at school and melt down at home
- Build mini-resets and a calm, quiet space into her day
- Teach friendship skills explicitly, and help her find one good friend
- Take a strengths-based approach and share autistic role models with her
About this course
She works hard, reads constantly and seems to get on with her friends. Then she gets home and melts down, or shuts down, and her parents wonder what they're doing wrong. Autistic girls are often brilliant at copying others and hiding how hard the day is, so many aren't recognised for years.
Your guide is an autistic woman who wasn't diagnosed until her 30s, despite working in autism herself. You'll learn what masking looks like, why friendships often start to go wrong around Year 5, and which signs to watch for. Then come the things you can do straight away: a calm space in the classroom, mini-resets built into her day, and teaching her how friendships work.
Diagnosis is slow. Treating her as if she's autistic in the meantime does no harm, and it can make a real difference to how she copes.
- For early career teachers, governors and 7 other roles. All phases.
Recording
- 78 min
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