Training

• Visual Communication Strategies

This course is offered to families, staff and volunteers who support a person with special learning needs who may or may not be verbal (e.g. Autism Spectrum, Intellectual Disability, etc.)

This course will provide information about the range and types of visual communication strategies, reasons for using them, how to develop them and a practical component for the development of Visual communication strategies for the individual you support.

The length of this course is approximately 8 hours and can be organised to suit your organisation’s training needs.

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• Sensory Issues for children/young people with ASD. 

An Introduction to the sensory issues many people with autism spectrum disorders struggle with on a daily basis.
Course length 1.5 hours

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• Family//Whanau Information Support

This course is offered to families and caregivers who support an individual with special needs.

This course aims to provide up to date information about the NASC process, supported employment, residential options, subsidies, legislation and other information that is important to know.

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• Facilitated Problem Solving – aka Two heads are better than one!

This course is for families, staff and volunteers who support a person with special needs.

It is based on the principle that “two heads are better than one” and that all can benefit from sharing ideas and strategies. Issues of concern are sent to the trainers prior to the course in order to access relevant resources, materials and information. The trainers then faciliate the group process to share ideas and assist in the development of strategies to improve the situations.

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