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#NL2022: Learning From Autistic Teachers How to be a Neurodiversity-Inclusive School

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  • 18 Jul 2022
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These slides were presented by Rebecca Wood at nasen Live 2022. If you like what you see, please come along to our flagship event next year! Keep an eye out in our newsletter or magazine to know when tickets are on sale.

Session Synopsis

In this session, Rebecca will outline findings from the Autistic School Staff Project, a unique research project that looks at the experiences of autistic teachers and other autistic education staff in schools. 

This project shows that autistic people are not only carrying out a range of education roles, but that they have vital skills and insights from which all in the school community can gain - but only with the right understanding and support.

Rebecca will also draw on her wider work highlighting that educational inclusion can only be achieved by supporting acceptance and diversity across the whole school community.

Speaker Bio

Dr Rebecca Wood is a former teacher and autism education practitioner who is a Lecturer in Inclusive Education at the University of Glasgow. She is also Principal Investigator of the Autistic School Staff Project. Rebecca speaks at national and international conferences and has a number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and edited books. She has had two books published, Rebecca’s principal interests are in valuing and supporting multi-modal forms of communication in the context of autism and promoting strengths-based approaches in schools. Her work also shows that educational inclusion can only be achieved by supporting acceptance and diversity across the whole school community.

 

Suitable for: A parent/carer, Assistant Head Teacher, Consultant, Deputy Head Teacher, Early Years Practitioner, Education psychologist, Governor, Head Teacher, Inclusion Manager/Leader, Newly Qualified Teacher, Other, SENCO, Senior Leader, Student, Support staff, Teacher, Teaching Assistant, Tutor, Young person

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