Personal assistants - new course

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Personal assistants - new course

Understanding Autism course
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Autism Central have launched a free online training course called ‘understanding autism’ for personal assistants. This online training course is aimed at paid carers of autistic people who would like to gain a deeper understanding of autism and how best to support the autistic people they work with.  

If you employ a personal assistant who would benefit from completing this training, please share the course with them.

Why complete the course?

  • improve your understanding and skills​ to provide better support
  • learn from people with lived experience
  • interactive learning with questions and films
  • cost effective – it's free and concise with a 40 minute completion time
  • easy to access online, in your own time  
  • certificate of completion.  

What will you learn?

  • develop an understanding of autism and differing presentations​
  • improve your understanding of co-occurring conditions​
  • practical tips and strategies to support autistic people.

How to access the course

Login or register on this website to access the training course (please indicate that you are a personal assistant (PA) during the registration process to access this particular training module).

Access the course

FAQs

What is a personal assistant (PA)?

A personal assistant (PA), is also known as a support worker or a paid carer, they work directly with one or more individuals to support them with aspects of daily life.

I'm not a PA, can I do the course?

The online course is only for PAs (also known as a support worker or a paid carer). 

If you are interested in learning more about employing a PA:

If you already employ a PA you can recommend that your PA does this course.

Who developed the course?

The content for this course has been developed by Autism Central with training consultants from the National Autistic Society and autistic writers. The course was reviewed by our Expert Reference Group, a group of subject matter experts and people with lived experience. Read more about the group and co-production.

How do I find and recruit a PA?

Learn more about finding and recruiting a personal assistant, including links to other sources on our resource page.

If you would like to learn more about personal budgets and hiring a personal assistant, sign up for one of our workshops for parents and carers. These sessions are delivered by peer educators at our hubs in your local area contact your hub to find out more

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