Accepting Behaviour Conference 23

Schedule

Fri Mar 10 2023 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

Location

Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre | Birmingham, EN

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This conference has been set up by ‘Accepting Behaviour’ and ‘Small Talk’ in response to the lack of effective support for autistic children
About this Event

Who is this conference for? For like minded professionals and parents/families looking to understand acceptance based support and how it can be used to positively impact autistic children and those with social communication/interaction differences.

Why is this important?This conference has been set up by ‘Accepting Behaviour’ and ‘Small Talk’ in response to the lack of effective support for autistic children and those with social communication/interaction differences. In 2019, the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (APPGA) produced a report highlighting that, ‘many thousands of autistic people who need support in the classroom, at home, at work and in every aspect of everyday life, simply are not getting it’, and when considering why this is so, they found ‘these unmet needs stem from poor autism understanding by professionals and a low awareness of the duties’ (APPGA, 2019). The National Autistic Society (2018) has also warned of a lack of educational support for autistic children and stated that: “without the right support, children can quickly become highly anxious and become so overwhelmed that they can’t control their behaviour, which can be misinterpreted as being naughty or disruptive, when in fact they’re actually extremely distressed”.

When a child is diagnosed autistic, parents and educators are often advised to try ‘traditional’ autism strategies. When looking at these strategies we see there are many, eg structured, visual timetables, now and next boards, Social StoriesTM, comic strips, take a break cards; emotional scales, and behavioural prompts to name just a few. The idea behind these strategies is to help an autistic child cope better in a range of different situations (eg from helping them to know what is going to happen during their day, to improving their social understanding in order for them to function in society. These can be useful strategies and can work effectively. However, working in many different education settings supporting autistic children, there is a consistent problem with many of these traditional autism strategies. The problem is this: not all autistic children respond positively to them.

Aaron Yorke is a specialist teacher and autism advisor for Local Authorities in the West Midlands, and is the founder of Accepting Behaviour. He was diagnosed autistic at 30 years old and is a proud parent of two autistic children. In 2019, he began developing ‘The Accept Approach’ which is a new acceptance based approach aimed at helping to support autistic children and young people who do not respond to traditional autism strategies. This conference will reflect and share his work, and the impact that the Accept Approach had on autistic children he is working with.

The Accept Approach was published in 2021 in the Good Autism Practice and is now becoming a developing strategy. In this conference you will learn how to apply the approach within the family home, and in educational settings.

What you will get out of this conference

1. You will hear from professionals in the field of autism. Speech and Language, Occupational therapy, and listen to real life accounts of parents of autistic children who have used The Accept Approach to support their children.

2. Introduction to the Accept Approach, and how you can apply it to your life.

3. You will learn why it is important to not to view autism a problem or issue as a deficit, but instead to focus on ways a child can learn to accept themselves within a problem or issue and then to move naturally from it.

4. Meet like-minded people all looking at different and new ways to support autistic children and young people with social communication/interaction differences.

The conference keynote speakers are

Aaron Yorke

Libby Hill

Lee Burden

**All Keynote talks will be recorded live, and shared with all who attend after the event.


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Where is it happening?

Tally Ho Conference & Banqueting Centre, Pershore Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Tickets

GBP 30.00

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