Autism Outreach Resources

The Autism Outreach service publish links to view resources and documents to help you support children and young people with Autism at many stages of their lives. Please check back as new resources may often be published.

ADHD and Autism:

• Autism.org.uk - Autistic and ADHD life as a paradox: a personal perspective

Anxiety:

• Autism Toolbox - Anxiety

Bereavement:

• Child Bereavement UK - Supporting a bereaved autistic child
• Winston's Wish - Activities for bereaved children and young people
• Autism.org.uk - Bereavement - A guide for parents and carers

Communication:

• Autism.org.uk - Communication
• Autism Toolbox - Communication

Community Understanding:

• Autism Education Trust - Promoting autism inclusive attitudes
• Autism Education Trust - Guidance for school leaders on supporting autistic members of staff

Dealing with Change:

• Autism.org.uk - A guide for all audiences
• Beyond Autism - Routine for planning and change
• Autism Awareness Centre - Coping with changes in routines

Emotional Regulation:

The below skills will need to be taught: 

• Ambitious about Autism - How to self-regulate in difficult times
• Pepperdine Online - How to improve emotional self-regulation among children with Autism and Attention Disorders
• Youtube - Why interoception is the key to emotional regulation
• We Are Teachers - 54 Educational brain breaks your students will love
• Reframing Autism - Emotional regulation, Part 1: What is it and why is it so hard?
• Reframing Autism - Emotional regulation, Part 2: Using co-regulation to teach emotional regulation

Executive Function:

• Harvard University - Enhancing and practicing executive function skills with children from infancy to adolescence
• Autism Awareness Centre - Executive function: What is it, and how do we support it in those with autism? (Part 1)
• Autism Awareness Centre - Supporting executive function in children with autism (Part 2)
• Autism.org.uk - Organising and prioritising - a guide for all audiences

General

• Autism Education Trust - A SENCO's guide to supporting learners with autism
• Derby and Derbyshire Emotional Health and Wellbeing - NeuroDiverse (ND) Hubs
• Sensible SENCO - SEND Quality First Teaching Toolkit

Graduated Response

• Derbyshire Graduated Response May 2022
• Derbyshire Early Years Graduated Response April 2023

Lived Experience

• Autism.org.uk - Autistic and ADHD life as a paradox: a personal perspective

Masking

• They Are The Future - Autism masking and your child's mental health
• Enquire.org.uk - Talking to your child's school about autistic masking

Personal Care

• ERIC - Toileting support for autistic children
• Autism.org.uk - Sex Education - A guide for parents
• North Derbyshire CAMHS - Helpful Videos - Puberty
• Autism.org.uk - Keeping healthy
• Autism Toolbox - Personal Hygiene and Toileting

Reasonable Adjustments

• Autistic Girls Network - Reasonable adjustments possible at school

Self-Esteem

• Middle Town Autism - Enhancing self-esteem and self-identity in the child with an autism spectrum disorder
• Autism and ADHD Connection - 10 ways you can help your child with autism and ADHD to improve their self-esteem
• North Derbyshire CAMHS - Low self-esteem

Sensory

• Derbyshire County Council -  Sensory Processing Needs (SPN) Toolkit
• Kelly Mahler - What is Interoception?
• Autism.org.uk - Sensory differences - A guide for all audiences
• Autism Toolbox - Sensory Differences
• We Are Teachers - How and why to create a sensory path at your school
• NHS UK - Fizzy Programme

Social Development

• Autism Tasmania - Social Communication
• Raising Children Network - Social skills for autistic teenagers
• Psych Central - Autism and Social Skills: Challenging Misconceptions

Transition

• Autism Education Trust - Supporting learners with autism during transition
• Autism.org.uk - Transitions

Understanding Behaviour

• Autism.org.uk - Behaviour
• Beyond Autism - Autism and Understanding Behaviour

Useful Websites

• Autism Toolbox
• National Autistic Society
• Derby and Derbyshire Emotional Health and Wellbeing
• The Curly Hair Project - Autism Training, Animations and Books
• Autism Wales - National Autism Team
• Reachout ASC - Resources