Included, Not Excluded – Every autistic learner. Every choice. Every future.
Check out the latest recordings of our 2023-24 Lunch and Learn sessions.
Each webinar covers a specific topic and was run by an expert from our organisation. Take a look below to watch the recordings from past webinars.
Each Lunch and Learn costs us £450 to deliver. To enable us to continue providing sessions like this for free, if you are able, please consider making a donation. Every penny counts and helps us continue to reach those who need our support.
| Presenter | Session title |
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Carrie Caceres-Taguiang Outreach Consultant |
Autism and challenges associated with eating |
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Matthew Wicks Head of Outreach and Training |
Positive Behaviour Support: A School Wide Model |
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David Anthony Director of Research, Learning and New Business |
Building strategies for resilience |
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Francesca Moore, Behaviour Analyst Alicia Robson, Therapy Assistant |
Masking and the impact on mental health |
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Marta Martin Perteguer Deputy Head of Early Years |
Emotional Regulation and Autism |
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Hannah Smith, Head of Fast Responder Cynthia Gouveia Caria, Outreach Consultant |
Exploring Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and helpful approaches |
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Rachael Hlomador Outreach Consultant |
Overcoming challenges associated with toileting |
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Rachael Hlomador Outreach Consultant |
Building sibling interaction |
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Carrie Caceres-Taguiang Outreach Consultant |
Autism and Mental Health: strategies and sources of support |
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Sarah Larner Head of Early Years |
Exploring challenges associated with sleep |
Carrie Caceres-Taguaing, Outreach Consultant
This lunch and learn covers the common eating challenges and patterns associated with autism before looking at strategies for intervention. It is suitable for parents and carers as well as professionals who may need support to understand and manage feeding and eating problems with the autistic individuals they work with.
Matt Wicks, Head of Outreach and Training
This session explores the implementation of a school wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) model in a Special Needs School. We discuss how a setting is assessed for readiness, what steps are required to implement the model including documentation, training requirements and culture changes. The session answers the question of how feasible it is to implement the model in an SEN school and will be relevant to school leaders, behaviour analysts and other professionals involved in interdisciplinary teams in schools.
David Anthony, Director of Research, Learning and New Business Development
This session explores what is meant by ‘resilience’. It provides suggestions and strategies on developing the resilience of professionals, parents and individual learners using a range of tools.
Francesca Moore, Behaviour Analyst, and Alicia Robson, Therapy Assistant
In this lunch and learn session, we explore what masking is, the signs of masking, and the impacts of masking. Hear some personal experiences of masking at school and university from our speakers. We then consider ways in which professionals and parents can support those who are masking to ‘unmask’, and prevent the negative impacts on mental health.
Marta Martin Perteguer, Deputy Head of Early Years
This lunch and learn discussed factors that can contribute to emotional dysregulation in autistic individuals and how exploring proactive and reactive strategies through co-regulation can lead to the development of independent self-regulation tools.
Hannah Smith, Head of Fast Responder and Cynthia Gouveia Caria, Outreach Consultant
The first part of this session pinpoints the key characteristics of a PDA profile, how demands are perceived by those who have a PDA profile and how these demands can impact on anxiety. The second half of this session explores approaches to support and strategies to reduce anxiety.
Rachael Hlomador, Outreach Consultant
In this lunch and learn we will explored the challenges associated with toileting. It focused on strategies that can be used to increase independence around toileting. It also highlighted different approaches to toileting and some prerequisite skills that can be built before toileting. The session seeks to reduce the stress and anxiety around toileting for both children and carers.
Rachael Hlomador, Outreach Consultant
This lunch and learn discusses various strategies to build positive sibling relationships. It highlights the different ways in which carers can facilitate a meaningful interaction for both autistic and non-autistic children as well as exploring different activities that can promote positive interactions.
Carrie Caceres-Taguiang, Outreach Consultant, and Emma Price, Head of Tram House School
This lunch and learn explores the mental health problems that some autistic individuals may experience. It highlights how stress and anxiety can affect autistic individuals. The second part of the Lunch and Learn explores some strategies and approaches to reduce stress and anxiety and provides some recommendations to parents, carers and professionals for how to improve the mental health of autistic individuals.
Cynthia Caria Gouveia, Outreach Consultant
This lunch and learn explores challenges faced by many parents of autistic children related to sleep. We look at common sleep issues and discuss a range of behavioural strategies to help build positive sleep and bedtime routines. We walk through a practical activity to tailor your child’s bedtime routine specifically for them, taking into account their individual preferences and sensory needs.
