Autism All About Me Book - Online Courses - Adult Learning

This course will provide parents, grandparents, carers and any person who works with children who have additional needs (mainly Autism) the opportunity to create a book called “All About Me”.

The book is designed to help share vital information with other people who support and care for their child and to help them understand some of the best ways to help. (i.e., in school, nursery, childminders, family and friends)

It is a guide and a starting point to gather important information to ensure they are given the best possible care and support when entrusted with others.

The book can be used as a starting point of a creation that will be updated appropriately for each child as the development and needs change throughout life.

You will be able to identify suitable images, artwork or pictures that could be used throughout the All About Me book. These could be family photographs, images of favourite characters or toys, depending on the interests of their child. Parents/carers will be encouraged to involve children in the development of the book as appropriate. Parents/carers will have the opportunity to discuss and explore ways to share information, for example, likes and dislikes and ways to help and support each child in positive and creative ways.

The sessions are for adults who can then use the template and ideas to create the book with their child (as appropriate).

What you will need to bring to the course:

• Notebook and pen to make notes.

• Photographs/pictures as appropriate.

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

• Greater London

• Greater Manchester

• Liverpool City Region

• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

• Tees Valley

• West of England

• West Midlands

• West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

• Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

• You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.