Fully booked - Autism Awareness - FREE COURSE - Face to face course

This course is now fully booked but please still show your interest for us to know whether to run another course.

A course for those looking for an introduction to autism. It will cover autism awareness and understanding, and suggest strategies for those who are supporting autistic adults.

Trainer: Emma Evans & Lucy Jenkins - Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Local Health Board

Cost: Free of charge.

Learning Objectives:

Signs of autism
Autism understanding
Strategies for those supporting autistic adults

This course is free of charge but if you fail to attend or you provide less than two week's cancellation notice will be charged a fee of £20. If you find that you are unable to attend, we do allow and encourage you to find someone to take your place on the course, if this is possible for us to do for you at the time.

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