Creating Comic Strip Conversations™ – a twilight!
A one-hour session full of practical ideas to create personalised, visual stories that make communication fun and accessible for your learners with autism.
23 October: 4 pm – 5 pm
Comic Strip Conversations™ are fun stories that help kids understand different social situations and feelings. They’re perfect for kids with special needs because they use pictures and simple words to make learning accessible and more enjoyable!
We share practical strategies to:
Understand the “why” behind Comic Strip Conversations™
Create personalised stories that fit your students
Turn theory into action with resources that support Conversations in the classroom and beyond
We’ll share examples of how technology can help to create Comic Strip Conversations™, but we won’t forget good old low-tech, either!
This session will:
Empower your students to navigate social situations with confidence
Create a more inclusive learning environment for everyone
Boost communication and understanding between you, your students, and their families
Each twilight has a specific focus and will include the following:
simple and practical ideas that are easy to replicate and work
relevant resources, books, equipment and apps
how to embed activities effectively within your classroom practice
ideas to develop foundation skills or to build upon existing skills
inclusive activities for a range of learners, including those with SLD/complex needs/neurodiverse learners/autism
activities for groups or individual learners
an opportunity to ask questions of presenters/fellow attendees
You can join us live & online or watch the recording for a week after the event.
This course will be appropriate for classroom practitioners from special schools and colleges, mainstream settings with specialist SEN provision and early years settings, and working with pupils with severe/complex learning needs and autism, or both.
Chris Barson founded Positive About Autism in January 2009. Before that he was External Training Manager for the National Autistic Society. Chris has a long involvement with disability and autism and first joined the National Autistic Society (NAS) in 1996 as a Project Officer in Wales on a Children in Need project reviewing short-term care provision.
After working with the NAS Regional Development Team promoting service development throughout the UK, Chris went to work at the Royal College of General Practitioners, in 2000, where he managed Professional Development and Quality programmes. Chris rejoined NAS in 2004. Chris has contributed to the design and delivery of courses provided by Canterbury Christ Church University, and the University of Cumbria.
Chris is a contributing author to ‘The Autism Spectrum in the 21st Century: Exploring Psychology, Biology and Practice’ Jessica Kingsley Press 2010 (Highly Commended 2011 BMA Medical Book Awards).
The cost is £30 plus VAT per delegate. You can select multiple places on the booking form.
You can choose to pay by credit card for this booking. You can also request an invoice by confirming your booking by entering a Purchase Order Number on the booking form.
