Children's Autism Foundation (now proudly integrated with Autism New Zealand) presents "Understanding Anxiety", a 2‐hour workshop for parents & whanau and any professionals who engage with children and young people on the autism spectrum. You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of anxiety in autistic children and with simple & practical strategies to support your child or the children you work with.

Topics include:

What is anxiety?
How does anxiety affect autistic children?
Practical strategies & an anxiety "toolkit" to help manage/reduce anxiety & build resilience in children & young people

Plus plenty of time for Q&A at the end of the session.

Facilitated by Jo Sutton.

Jo is a National Educator at Autism New Zealand. She is proud mum of three children, one of whom is autistic. Jo is passionate about supporting autistic children and their whanau to live their absolute best lives.

This workshop is FREE for parents/caregivers/whanau thanks to support from the Devonport/Takapuna Local Board.
Professionals $50 incl GST

As per the Covid-19 protection framework (Traffic Light System), Autism New Zealand requires that all attendees show vaccine passes on arrival at the venue for face-to-face programmes. This will ensure that we can continue to run our programmes without restrictions.

Those who aren’t vaccinated are invited to attend our ASK online programmes or Autism NZ online programmes. Please look at our website or email training@autismnz.org.nz for more information.

Please note that this workshop is interactive. This means we invite you to respond to discussion questions, share your experience/opinion, and of course, ask questions of your own!

Unsure if this is for you? No worries at all - your participation is voluntary! This is an autism-friendly workshop and you are invited to participate in whatever way makes you feel most comfortable. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions or require assistance.