Autism in Institutions: Comprehensive Support

Autism in Institutions: Comprehensive Support

In-depth Professional Training — 35 hours

👨‍⚕️ Target Audience Educational teams and professionals in the medico-social sector working in ESAT, group homes, IME, SESSAD, MAS, FAM. Specialized educators, educational monitors, AMP/AES, psychologists, service managers, and anyone supporting autistic individuals in institutions.

⏱️ Duration 35 hours divided into 13 progressive modules

💻 Format 100% online training, accessible from your computer or tablet. You progress at your own pace, with a final assessment (validation quiz and practical case studies).

What You Will Learn

This in-depth professional training provides you with all the keys to support autistic individuals in institutions, from understanding the disorder to implementing concrete daily strategies.

Theme 1 — Understanding Autism: Foundations and Neuroscience. You will discover the history of autism and the evolution of representations, the current definition of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), autistic cognitive functioning (theory of mind, central coherence, executive functions), and sensory particularities in depth (the eight sensory systems, hyper and hyposensitivity, sensory profile assessment, environmental adaptation).

Theme 2 — Communication and Social Interaction. You will understand the different communication profiles (from fluent language to the absence of spoken language), pragmatic language and its difficulties (implicature, irony, metaphors), and non-verbal communication. You will master Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC): principles, tools with and without technology (PECS, tablet applications), implementation and generalization. You will learn to adapt your own communication (clear language, visual supports, latency times).

Theme 3 — Structuring and Preventing Challenging Behaviors. You will know how to structure the environment and time according to TEACCH principles: space arrangement, visual schedules, sequential activity plans, managing transitions and unexpected events. You will understand challenging behaviors as communication: the four functions of behavior, functional analysis, vulnerability factors, precursor signs.

Theme 4 — Crisis Management and Skill Development. You will master the prevention and support of crises: primary and secondary prevention strategies, intervention during the crisis (safety, de-escalation, regulation), support after the crisis. You will learn to develop skills and autonomy: assessment, SMART goals, adapted teaching strategies (chaining, visual learning), generalization of knowledge, using specific interests.

Theme 5 — Autonomy, Adult Support, and Teamwork. You will develop autonomy in daily life: personal autonomy (hygiene, dressing, eating), domestic (household tasks, meals, laundry), social and community (transportation, shopping, money, phone), safety skills. You will support social skills: explicit teaching of codes, social scenarios, social skills groups. You will address the specifics of supporting adults: dignity and self-determination, emotional life and sexuality, aging and autism, life project. You will strengthen teamwork: multidisciplinary collaboration, partnership with families, HAS/ANESM recommendations, prevention of professional burnout.

You will leave with concrete tools: sensory profile assessment grids, visual and sequential schedule templates, observation grids for functional analysis, AAC tools (pictograms, binders), social scenarios, skills tracking grids, individual action plan.

Validation of Acquired Skills: validation quiz, practical case studies, development of an individual action plan for your institution.

Bonus: Discovery of DYNSEO applications adapted for supporting autistic individuals — COCO PENSE & COCO BOUGE (children), JOE brain coach (teenagers and adults), MON DICO (alternative communication).