Supporting your autistic child with school-related anxiety

Various dates available from Dec 2025 - Feb 2026 (6-9pm)

Location

Online via Zoom

Course Details

Course Overview

Course Dates: There are sessions running in each Health Trust area - please see below to view dates and book the course that is within your location.

Course Format: This virtual support course will be delivered on Zoom. The session will be fully interactive and will include opportunities for discussion and question and answer sessions.

Course cost: This session is funded and is therefore free for parents/carers of an autistic person to attend. This course is supported by the Public Heath Agency through the CLEAR project.

What you will learn

This course will explore the key characteristics of autism that may impact on a person’s anxiety and stress levels related to school. The course will explore how you can recognise contributing factors to school-related anxiety and minimise anxiety triggers for the child or young person experiencing school ‘can’t’.

The course will also explore a range of strategies to help increase emotional understanding, emotional regulation and coping strategies to help an autistic individual reduce the impact of school-related anxiety.

Who should attend

This course is only available for parents and carers of autistic people to attend.

If you are not a parent/carer and would like to avail of training, please contact training@autismni.org for further information on options.

Booking information

To book your place online, please complete the form below and complete your booking via our ‘online checkout’ processing system.

Once your place has been booked, you will receive a Zoom link to access the session approximately 48 hours before the session (please check your spam folder if it is not in your inbox). If you have not received the link 24 hours before your session, please contact training@autismni.org and the link will be resent.

Training Cancellation Policy

For funded places, please contact Autism NI as soon as possible if you are unable to use your place, as we can then offer this place to another family on the waiting list.

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Supporting your child with school related anxiety (Western area) 8th December 2025, 6-9pm
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Supporting your child with school related anxiety (Northern area) 17th December 2025, 6-9pm
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Supporting your child with school related anxiety (Southern area) 20th January 2026, 6-9pm
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Supporting your child with school related anxiety (South Eastern area) 2nd February 2026, 6-9pm
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Supporting your child with school related anxiety (Belfast area) 23rd February 2026, 6-9pm
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