Event description
Supporting Wellbeing and Resilience
In Focus Family Workshop
Resilience refers to the ability to recover from a disappointment, and well-being encompasses one’s happiness, health and welfare. Mental health issues are often significant for autistic individuals and well-being and resilience play a vital role in reducing and minimising mental health issues. Resilience and well being are the basis to successful and meaningful engagement in the social setting, community and in education.
This session looks at:
- Well-being and resilience in relation to characteristics of autism;
- Impact this can have on a person; and
- Supports and strategies to improve well-being and resilience.
Age range: 5+
If this workshop is full, please contact Emma Bennett on ebennett@autismsa.org.au.
Family Workshops are designed for any family member including parents, carers, siblings and extended family members with a loved one on the autism spectrum. The workshops provide examples and strategies that are relevant for family members.
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Workshop Definitions:
GENERAL WORKSHOPS are designed to give participants an introductory understanding of the autism spectrum and provide key strategies to support individuals in a range of settings. This is achieved through facilitation of information, videos content, activities and discussion.
It is recommended that participants attend an Autism SA General Workshops prior to attending an Autism SA In-Focus Workshop or Masterclass unless they have a good, current understanding of the autism spectrum.
IN FOCUS WORKSHOPS are designed for participants that have a good, current understanding of autism that what a more in-depth knowledge and understanding relating to a particular area of the autism field and greater confidence in applying strategies to support individuals in this area. This is achieved through facilitation of information, video content, activities and discussion.
MASTERCLASSES are short intensive workshops that are designed to provide participants that already have a good, current understanding of autism with specific content relating to a particular topic, strategy or program. This is achieved through facilitation of information, video content, activities and discussion.