KEYHOLE®

2 day course: Wednesday 18th September 2024, 9.30am-3.30 pm & Wednesday 25th September 2024, 9.30am-3.30pm

Location: Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow Pl, Enniskillen BT74 7HR.

Course Aimed for: Early Years Professionals e.g. Nursery Staff, Health Visitors, Daycare Staff.

Cost: £249 per delegate for the two day training session plus ‘Structured Teaching Starter Kit’ Backpack. Lunch and refreshments also included.

Additional Option: £449 per delegate for two day training session, Structured Teaching starter kit and 5 AQA Unit Award Accreditations (see info below).

Course Content: The KEYHOLE® Early Intervention Programme is a 2-day interactive training course specifically designed for early years professionals.

This programme aims to help professionals develop their skills and confidence in supporting young autistic children enhance their development from a young age. Topics include play, communication, social interaction, behaviour, and the Early Years role. As part of this course, all delegates receive a range of comprehensive resources and a ‘Structured Teaching Starter Kit’ with a range of toys, activities, and visuals that you can implement within the workplace, worth over £50.

 Key Objectives of the course:

• Explore a range of differences an autistic pre-school child may have in the early year’s environment.

• Be able to implement strategies to support autistic children within a pre-school setting.

• Explore using a range of structured visual approaches to support autistic children in your environment.

• Gain knowledge of how to structure physical environments and activities for autistic children.

• Develop skills in supporting and interacting with autistic pre-school children and their parents.

• Receive guidance on how to use the Connecting with Autism ‘Structured Teaching Starter Kit’.

This course fully certified by CPD Certification Service.

AQA Unit Award Accreditations

The AQA Unit Award Scheme recognition is offered as an optional extra. Accreditations take the form of a short answer written assessments and usually takes approximately 30-40 minutes per unit. There are five accreditations available at an extra cost of £40 per unit.

1. Features of autism in early years

2. Structured Teaching for individuals with autism

3. Schedules and Activity Systems for a child with autism

4. Autism and communication challenges

5. Role of the pre-school setting and children with autism

For more information, please contact: training@autismni.org.

 Training Cancellation Policy: A booking cancellation can be made at any time up to 5 working days before the workshop at a cost of 50% of the booking. For notice of less than 5 working days, you will be invoiced for the full cost of the booking. A change of delegate is acceptable providing all new details are agreeable to Autism NI.