Our Elklan materials and training resources embrace and use neurodiversity-affirming language.
OCN London accredited training courses
The practical OCN London accredited training courses are available for those working with autistic individuals and provide useful strategies for supporting the development of communication skills within a social context.
‘The Communication Support for Autistic Individuals’ training incorporates consideration of how autistic people may develop language and how any differences in communication, one example being persistent echolalia, can be affirmed.
The importance of shifting away from the prescriptive teaching of social skills is recognised.
Advice is given to always value the individual’s views and needs, e.g. a key message is to explore how the wider school environment may provide opportunities for autistic pupils with shared interests to have opportunities for positive interaction.
Language Builders for Autistic Pupils
Elklan’s Language Builders for Autistic Pupils is a practical resource with an abundance of ideas and information. The book accompanies the Elklan training and can be used as a stand-alone reference.
One chapter includes an explanation of the Double Empathy Theory and how social communication is reciprocal. Therefore, both parties, in any interaction between two people, either autistic or non-autistic, may benefit from a reciprocal understanding of their difference.
The updated autism-affirming courses are available from August 2023.
Find out more
If you want to find out more, head over to our website on 1st August: https://www.elklan.co.uk/
