The Burdett Trust for Nursing supported the iHV to co-develop, in partnership with families and field experts, a range of online resources for health visitors to support their role with children with autism and their families.
We are excited to offer an opportunity for health visitors from across the UK to train as Changing Conversations: Autism & Supporting Behaviour Ambassadors. The programme is co-delivered by facilitators with lived experience and we are joined by expert speakers on the day.
Suitable for health visiting team members with an interest in neurodiversity/SEND – the training offers the opportunity to:
- Share learning with health visiting colleagues
- Enhance the support that health visiting teams offer to families
Following training, each Ambassador will receive access to resources to support with raising awareness.
Ambassadors training
Ambassadors are distinct individuals with attributes of:
- A passion for the subject area
- An aptitude for teaching their colleagues (not necessarily a formal qualification but experience and confidence to teach groups)
- The support of their organisation to allow them to share resources and a short awareness session with their colleagues.
To enable participants to become iHV Ambassadors for Changing Conversations, equipped with relevant knowledge and understanding of autism in the early years to become place-based leaders in raising awareness with peers, colleagues and families.
- To raise awareness of the specific needs of families of children with autism
- To understand what a child’s behaviour is communicating and how to support families
- To apply learning to wider early intervention with all families
- To be aware of evidence-based practice for HVs in this subject
- To be able to access resources to consolidate learning and support practice.
The Ambassador one-day event will equip practitioners to act as advocates for parents with children who may be autistic. It will introduce resources including: Good Practice Points, Parent Tips, films, case studies, parent and child stories, along with collated research and literature to support a broader knowledge base and provide quality assured resources that families can be signposted to. Finally, there is a PowerPoint Awareness session Ambassadors can share with colleagues.
🏷️ Cost: £265 (iHV Member) / £290 (Non-member)
🕒 Duration: 1 Day
👥 Suitable for: Health Visitors (inc. Specialist Health Visitors) and Skill Mix
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