The Specialist Autism Support Service based at Fosse Way School, in Radstock, is licensed to provide all the training modules from the Autism Education Trust (AET). As part of the service these modules are delivered free* to all educational and professional groups within the Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) local authority area. *Charges for some AET materials will need to be made for some modules.
From September 2021 the modules will be delivered face-to-face and online via Zoom to groups of between 15 and 30 people. The sessions that usually take one day to be delivered can be split into twilight sessions.
The events that anyone can join are listed in the table below and can be booked by emailing aet@fossewayschool.com. If you would like to book us to deliver just to your setting, please get in contact via aet@fossewayschool.com
| DATE | COURSE TITLE | COURSE DETAILS | COURSE LEADER | VENUE & COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, May 16th 9.30am to 3.30pm | AET schools good autism practice plus progression framework To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Practical knowledge, hands-on tools and techniques for all practitioners working directly with school-age pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and specialist services, to develop their practice. | Paul Ford and Carol Jones | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Online course: Wednesday, May 18th 3.30pm to 5.30pm | AET schools making sense of autism To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Basic autism awareness training for all staff within school-age education settings, mainstream and specialist services. | Paul Ford | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Thursday, May 19th 4pm to 5,30pm | AET post-16 raising awareness To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Basic autism awareness training for everyone involved in a post 16 setting who would benefit from an understanding of autism. This includes teaching and support staff, office staff, caterers, caretakers, transport staff, governors, employers and careers advisers. | Paul Ford and Tony Kelly | Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Wednesday, May 25th 9.30am to 3.30pm | AET schools making sense of autism plus anxiety module To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Basic autism awareness training for all staff within school-age education settings, mainstream and specialist services. This module will provide delegates with an understanding of what we mean by anxiety, how it appears in autistic pupils, what they key triggers are and what delegates can do to support autistic pupils and prevent and reduce anxiety. | Becca Tranter and Emma Bailey | Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Thursday, May 26th 9.30am to 12.30pm | AET post-16 transitions To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | This training is suitable for anyone in a college, school or local authority working with young people on the autism spectrum. The training offers techniques for effective transition planning for young people on the autism spectrum, using person– centred approaches and tools, and how to work in partnership with young people, their families and other service providers to achieve positive outcomes after school. | Tony Kelly | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Online course: Wednesday, June 15th 3.30pm to 5.30pm | AET early years making sense of autism To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Raising awareness of staff in all early years settings, whether or not they work directly with children on the autism spectrum | Hannah Hobbs | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Wednesday, June 15th 3.30pm to 5.30pm | AET schools making sense of autism To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | Basic autism awareness training for all staff within school-age education settings, mainstream and specialist services. | Becca Tranter | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Thursday, June 16th 9.30am to 3.30pm | AET post-16 making sense of autism for practitioners To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | This training offers practical approaches to developing teaching, learning and support strategies for all staff working directly with young people on the autism spectrum (including tutors, learning support practitioners, assessors, trainers and job coaches). | Tony Kelly | Online course: To be delivered via Zoom Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Friday, June 24th 9.30am to 12.30pm | AET early years anxiety module To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | This will support delegates to understand how autistic pupils might express anxiety, what can cause anxiety in autistic pupils, what you can do to prevent and reduce anxiety in autistic pupils. | Hannah Hobbs and Emma Bailey | Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Wednesday, July 6th 9.30am to 3.30pm | AET schools suite for leaders plus exclusions module To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | For staff who may train or lead other staff in their setting, taking a leadership role that includes responsibility for developing provisions for school-age pupils on the autism spectrum within a mainstream and specialist setting. The exclusions module will provide delegates with an understanding of key causes of autistic pupils being excluded, how staff can prevent exclusion or help support a pupil’s successful reintroduction following exclusion. | Fiona Flinn | Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
| Thursday, July 7th 9.30am to 3.30pm | AET post-16 making sense of autism for managers To book, please email aet@fosseway school.com | For all staff who may take a leadership role that includes responsibility for developing provision for young people on the autism spectrum within a post-16 setting (including lead practitioners for autism; inclusion and/or curriculum managers and those who manage additional learning support). | Tony Kelly | Fosse Way School, Longfellow Road, Radstock BA3 3AL Free to all professionals working with children and young adults in B&NES |
