For Professionals

Autism and Reframing Behaviour

About this course

Autism and Reframing Behaviour In this session, behaviour is reframed as meaningful communication arising from nervous system states, environmental demands, developmental stage, and relational context. The focus shifts away from behaviour management and toward creating classroom and school conditions that support regulation, connection, and participation. Drawing on neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, primary school educators are supported to critically reflect on traditional behaviour approaches and adopt practices that are developmentally appropriate, relationally attuned, and rights affirming. Primary School Professionals will: Examine the paradigm shift from managing behaviour to understanding stress responses and adaptive behaviour in young children. Explore how adult expectations, power dynamics, pace, and lack of access can unintentionally escalate distress. Develop an understanding of neuroception and the central role of felt safety in learning, regulation, and behaviour. Reflect on how adult emotional regulation, predictable environments, and relational trust support co-regulation. Consider how honouring autistic behaviour as adaptive preserves dignity, protects joy, and affirms each child's rightful place in the Primary School community.

Location

St Patrick's National School, Martin's Row, Chapelizod , Dublin , Dublin , D20 TW71

About the trainer

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Interactive Webinar Sessions

As means of adding additional interaction to webinars, Middletown Centre for Autism will be offering a range of webinar watch sessions, with internationally renowned speakers.

In a watch session, we will play a pre-recorded presentation and the speaker will be in attendance, as part of the session. Any questions you may have can be added to the Chat box. The speaker, then, can pause the video and answer the query or add additional explanation to the point being made, giving us all the opportunity to have advice and guidance clarified.

So, you are essentially watching the session along with the presenter.

Webinar watch sessions seek to build new ways to bring people together with the ultimate aim of differentiating and exploring the topic further whilst promoting and engaging in meaningful conversation.

As a means of adding additional interaction to the webinars, Middletown Centre for Autism will be offering a range of Watch Parties, with internationally renowned speakers. Watch Parties seek to build new ways to bring people together, with a shared interest, using pre-planned and recorded webinars, but with the ultimate aim of differentiating and exploring the topic further whilst promoting and engaging in meaningful conversations

With a Watch Party, we will play a pre-recorded presentation, but the speaker will be in attendance, as part of the session. Any questions you may have can be added to the Chat box. The speaker, then, can pause the video and answer the query or add additional explanation to the point being made, giving us all the opportunity to have advice and guidance clarified.