This is a unique opportunity for parents/carers who live in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and who care for children/young people who have SEND.

Kieran Rose is an autistic adult who also has the experience of parenting autistic children. He is an international public speaker and incredibly well respected advocate in the autistic community. And he's also a really nice guy!

The Inside of Autism is a six module self-directed study programme, with either a 'live' question and answer session via zoom after participants have had time to complete the programme, or a face to face session with Kieran and the other Newcastle parents on the course. We just need to confirm these details, and will do asap. Unfortunately covid has scuppered some of our planning, but Kieran and his amazing wife Michelle are up and running again now.

Registration for this is open until 25 March 2022, and training packs and video links will be emailed to you directly by the Autistic Advocate as soon as possible after this date (hopefully Monday 28th March). Please note, that you will need to consent to your email address and name being shared with the Autistic Advocate to share the course material.

In addition to the main course content, Kieran also covers a number of overarching themes during the sessions, including:

• False narratives
• Older diagnoses
• Externalised viewpoints
• The role of racism and sexism
• Neurodiversity (it is not what you think it is)
• Sensory differences, stimming and sensory invalidation
• Overwhelm
• Understanding 'Behaviour'
• Understanding and validating communication
• Anxiety and why it's so prevalent
• Stigma, marginalisation and their impact
• Autistic Masking, Autistic Burnout and poor mental health
• Enablement and self-advocacy
• Self compassion
• Research around neurology, Psychology, communication, sensory systems, social theory
• The over-arching theme of trauma