Managing the Emotions of an Autistic Adult

Understanding neurodivergence, preventing burnout, and developing self-regulation in adulthood

👨‍👩‍👧 Target Audience Parents, partners, family caregivers, and loved ones of autistic adults who wish to understand the specific challenges of autism in adulthood and support their loved ones towards better emotional balance.

⏱️ Duration 1 hour of training divided into 5 progressive modules

💻 Format 100% online training, accessible from your computer or tablet. You progress at your own pace, whenever you wish, without time constraints.

What You Will Learn

This training allows you to understand autism as a neurodivergence and the specific challenges of adult life: the social masking accumulated over the years, autistic burnout, alexithymia, and managing daily responsibilities (work, social life, autonomy).

Through concrete strategies adapted to an adult’s life, you will learn to identify triggers, implement effective regulation techniques, and help your loved one communicate their needs in various areas of their life.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Understand autism in adulthood: a neurodivergence, not a flaw to be corrected
• Identify the masking accumulated over the years and its cost: chronic exhaustion, anxiety, loss of identity
• Recognize sensory peculiarities that persist into adulthood and their impact on daily life
• Understand alexithymia: the difficulty in identifying and naming one’s emotions
• Spot the signs of autistic burnout in adults: collapse of capacities, increased hypersensitivity, shutdowns
• Identify typical triggers: work environment, mental load, social interactions, changes in routine, administrative overload
• Apply the spoon theory to help your loved one manage their energy
• Implement strategies for the work environment: accommodations, breaks, communication with the employer
• Master sensory regulation techniques suitable for adults: deep pressure, discreet sensory objects, environmental modulation
• Use cognitive techniques: breathing, crisis script, delay technique, situation exit
• Understand and support meltdown and shutdown in adults
• Adapt a suitable home environment: sensory refuge and daily organization
• Help the adult communicate their needs: at work, in relationships, with family, with healthcare professionals
• Support social and emotional life: balancing commitments, choosing contexts, maintaining quality relationships
• Prevent isolation and promote social inclusion
• Build a support network: autistic peers, specialized professionals, communities

You will leave with concrete tools: self-observation journal, personalized crisis script, strategies for the professional environment, sensory and cognitive regulation techniques, and a guide to adapting the daily environment.

Bonus: Discovery of the JOE app, the brain coach, with its 30+ cognitive games to strengthen memory, attention, and concentration.