Autism Awareness (Level 2) Course

The Autism Awareness course aims to develop your understanding of autism and gives practical suggestions when working with autistic individuals. This course will enable you to become familiar with various approaches to autism, have increased awareness of how to obtain a diagnosis and enable you to understand genetic environmental causes of autism. The Autism Awareness course will also explain how research in other conditions can help research into autism.

The aim of this module is to provide a better awareness of the term “autism” and “autistic spectrum disorder” (ASD).

Define autism
Understand the difference between autism and Asperger’s syndrome
Explain the gender differences
Identify conditions related to ASD
Explain how research in other conditions can help research into autism