Upcoming Courses and Useful Articles: February 2024

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood

In this article, we provide specific ideas and strategies based on our combined experience of over 80 years to assist teachers to make the school experience a success for their autistic students. Our autistic students learn best when they feel calm and safe. The challenges of the classroom, as discussed in last week’s article, commonly lead to high levels of anxiety and feeling overwhelmed. If we can decrease our autistic student’s anxiety, we help them become ready to learn.

By Dr Michelle Garnett and Professor Tony Attwood
Being autistic in a classroom designed for non-autistic students brings many challenges, some of which are overwhelming for your autistic student. Understanding the challenges is the first step in becoming successful at teaching autistic students. In this article, we describe the ways in which being autistic makes being in the classroom a challenge. Based on our combined experience of over 80 years we describe the two most useful tools for assisting an autistic student to thrive in the classroom.