Asperger’s syndrome: understanding the subtle particularities

This training allows you to decode the invisible particularities of Asperger autism. You will understand why organization is so difficult, why transitions generate stress, and why mental load rises so quickly. You will learn to recognize hypersensitivities and hyposensitivities, and to identify the warning signs of sensory overload before it leads to a crisis.

You will discover social and relational specificities: misunderstandings related to unspoken words and literal interpretation, social fatigue, and the vital need for solitude, as well as the often-overlooked relational strengths — loyalty, authenticity, deep and lasting relationships.

Finally, you will be guided to adapt your daily support: providing clarity, structure, and predictability, adapting your communication, supporting the person’s strengths while preventing cognitive and emotional overload.

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

• Understand the particular cognitive functioning: logical and precise thinking, detailed analytical ability, difficulty generalizing from one context to another, attention to detail as both a strength and an obstacle
• Identify atypical executive functions: difficulties in organization and planning, intense effort to switch tasks, rapidly increasing mental load, need for visual tools and routines
• Recognize “invisible” emotions: intense feelings but expressed differently, internal stress that accumulates silently, social fatigue after interactions, need for recovery time
• Understand sensory hypersensitivities: auditory hypersensitivity (loud, high-pitched noises), visual (bright lights, neon), tactile (textures, contact), olfactory and gustatory — and their impact on daily life
• Recognize hyposensitivities and stimulation needs: need for movement to regulate, seeking intense sensations (pressure, temperature), subtle manifestations (not noticing cold, hunger, or pain)
• Identify signs of sensory overload before a crisis: sudden agitation, unusual silence, averted gaze, hands over ears, rising irritability — and understand the mechanism of “overflow”
• Prevent sensory overload: reduce unnecessary stimuli, provide a calm retreat space, anticipate potentially difficult moments, adapt the environment
• Understand social misunderstandings: unspoken words, irony and double meanings not perceived, literal interpretation, difficulty decoding non-verbal language (facial expressions, tone of voice, posture)
• Respect social fatigue and the need for solitude: understand why interactions are exhausting, recognize the importance of withdrawal times, prevent shutdowns by moderating interactions
• Value relational strengths: loyalty and authenticity, deep relationships based on shared interests, fidelity and sincere commitment in emotional bonds
• Provide clarity, structure, and predictability: establish reliable routines, use visual tools (schedules, pictograms, checklists), anticipate changes in advance, state explicit rules
• Adapt your communication: use concrete and direct phrases, favor closed questions when necessary, avoid implications and the implicit, state things clearly
• Support strengths and reduce cognitive overload: use specific interests as leverage for motivation and learning, prevent mental fatigue by balancing demands, alternate effort and breaks

You will leave with concrete tools: grids for identifying sensory sensitivities, strategies for preventing overload, adapted communication techniques, methods for structuring the environment and reducing anxiety.

Bonus: Discovery of the COCO PENSE & COCO BOUGE application for children (30+ adapted educational games with sports breaks every 15 minutes, including the game “Mime an Emotion” to develop emotional recognition) and the JOE application, your brain coach, for adolescents and adults (calming environment, clean interfaces, clear instructions, variety of cognitive functions stimulated at their own pace).