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Your Highlights and Insights

September 2023

And just like that…we’re a month into the new academic year!

We hope the new term has started well for you.

We’ve bite-sized the highlights of the last few weeks to keep you up to date in the fast-evolving landscape of autism education.

Meeting the Demand for Good Autism Practice in Education

Save the date - Friday 17 November 12-12.30 GMT – live webinar

How the AET is Meeting the Demand

The demand for a greater understanding of how to support autistic children and young people in education is higher than ever.

We invite you to join AET director Dr Sarah Broadhurst as she unveils the AET’s ‘Meeting the Demand’ plan to widen the reach of good autism practice and the AET’s support to all education professionals working with autistic children and young people

Keep an eye out for the opportunity to register!

*The ‘Meeting the Demand’ webinar will also be available to watch on replay.

School Exclusions Rising

Photo of Andy Cutting, Education Rights Lead and Exclusions Expert with a quote: In Schools, we talk about all behaviour being a choice. I would agree with that for most of the children most of the time. But for an autistic child, when they are completely overwhelmed, they have very little choice over their actions.

Sadly, we see a spike in school exclusions at this time of year.

Exclusions are typically a result of additional needs that aren’t being met, and the consequence can be behaviour that challenges.

Our ‘Exclusions’ resources offer practical ways settings can reduce the likelihood of exclusions, and support inclusive practice at the same time.

Currently FREE for all practitioners to download here:

Exclusions Resources

Whole School SEND (WSS) launches NEW bite-sized online modules

Five brand new SEND CPD units are now available from our WSS partners at nasen, exploring SEMH, Sensory Processing and Physical Needs.

These modules are:

FREE to access
Take just 20 minutes to complete
Provide information and skills to understand individual learners' characteristics and context
Offer guidance on adaptations to teaching across the age range with the aim of meeting the needs of all learners.

You can read full details about the units here: 

nasen's Free Online CPD

Developing Inclusive Practice

Inclusive practice supports a reduction in the number of school exclusions.

But how is that achieved in a busy education setting with competing needs?

Here are 10 ways you can include your autistic pupils in their educational outcomes:

Reducing Exclusions extract - full resource free on the AET website. Click the button below.

For more FREE and downloadable practical resources on a range of autism topics please see our website:

More Resources

A New, Free Autism Support Programme for Families & Carers

As experts in autism education, we were delighted to have been chosen to work alongside NHS England and other autism partners to help create this new, free autism support programme for families and carers in England.

Lisa Myers, Programme Director of Autism Central, said:

“Autism Central is helping families to learn more about autism and the support available to them.

There is a wide range of curated and new material along with signposting to learning resources...'

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Find out more

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