Autism NI provides a range of autism training for education settings, to equip them to create a positive educational experience for autistic students.
Autism training for education settings help staff to develop their confidence to support autistic students to reach their full potential. Our training provides you with much more than just autism awareness - it will provide you with practical skills and confidence to create a person-centred and inclusive education setting.
Supporting every child: why autism training for education matters
As 1 in 17 children in Northern Ireland are autistic, education professionals play a vital role in recognising and supporting neurodivergent children - sometimes before formal diagnosis. Our autism training for education professionals helps staff to provide students with accessible learning and supports that help them to engage and access the education curriculum. Accessing autism training for education settings has a range of benefits:
Confident staff: Staff understand more about autism and how to adapt their approach to meet individual needs.
Early support: Many children face long waiting lists for assessment, so staff may be supporting children before formal assessment.
Inclusive settings: Training helps create environments that are welcoming and accessible for all students. This reduces anxiety and builds positive connections and engagement.
Stronger family partnerships: Staff can communicate effectively with families and offer meaningful support.
Legal responsibility: Training helps your early years setting to meet obligations under equality legislation like Autism Act (NI) 2011 and SEND legislation.
Our autism training for education has been designed specifically to equip you to build meaningful accessibility and inclusion.
"This information and understanding will help me meet my student's needs even more. The trainer was super."
"The training opened my mind to the different sensory sensations an autistic child might feel. Very informative"
The trainer provided step by step information about autism very thoroughly. Very impressed and feel a lot more confident in engaging more with autistic children."
Choose your course: autism training for education
Impact Award for Education
The Autism Impact Award for Education supports your school to build and demonstrate your neuro-inclusive approach. Our gold standard approach provides expert training and step by step support to implement a practical action plan of adjustments across the school. Once you have implemented your action plan, receive your plaque, PR pack and use of the Impact Award logo, to confidently communicate your commitment to inclusion.
Find out more about the Impact Award for Education
Group Training
Our training team can deliver a range of bespoke group training options for your education setting. Autism training for education courses can be delivered in-person in your own venue anywhere across NI, or online via Zoom. Group training options can be fully tailored for your organisation's needs, and delivered at a time that suits your team, including on staff training days or twilight sessions.
Course topics include:
- Supporting autistic students in the classroom
- Anxiety, masking and burnout
- Understanding pathological demand avoidance (PDA)
- Supporting autistic students with a learning disability
- Using a structured teaching approach
We can tailor the package to suit your staff size, so whether you are a large or small education provider, we can create a course that suits your needs.
Enquire about group autism training for education
Open Courses
Individual teachers, classroom assistants, support staff and education professionals can access our range of open autism training courses by booking any of the courses listed below. We deliver autism training for education courses throughout the year online and in different locations across NI.
Book your place online using our booking system or to be invoiced, please contact training@autismni.org and we can book your place.
Upcoming Courses
Nursery School Impact Award Training
Autism NI’s Impact Award for Education is a training and support programme that provides your school with a framework to build autism accessibility across your school.
Primary School Impact Award Training
Autism NI’s Impact Award for Education is a training and support programme that provides your school with a framework to build autism accessibility across your school.
Autism, Anxiety and Burnout
Explore the key characteristics of autism that may impact on a person’s anxiety and stress levels, and how to support people to avoid autistic burnout. CPD Certified.
Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance
Understand what is meant by the ‘PDA Profile’ with autism, and how this may present. Explore a range of key strategies to support an individual within the PDA profile of autism. CPD Certified.
Secondary School Impact Award Training
Autism NI’s Impact Award for Education is a training and support programme that provides your school with a framework to build autism accessibility across your school.