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A - Ba

A Register for the Future

Access to Childcare Fund

Activity and Wellbeing 29/11/2022

Autism Learning Session

Back to Basics

Back to basics- financial planning in OSC

Bu - Ge

Building Resilience Event

COVID-19 Inquiry Discussion

Care Inspectorate Update and 'Q and A' Session

Celebrating Out of School Care

Delivering a Playful and Active Summer 2021

Get Ready for Summer

Ge - J

Getting Help with Childcare Costs

Getting it Right for Business

In-Person Play Training

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International Learning Session

Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2

L - Ne

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Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up

Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice

Networking Meetings

Networking Meetings - May and June 2021

Networking Opportunity

No - SO

Not just a dream

OSC Practice during COVID

Online Membership Catch-up

Play Training

Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors

SOSCN Conference 2024

SO - Se

SOSCN Members Online Network Meetings - October

SOSCN Regional Events

SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation

Safer Staffing

Scottish Government School Age Childcare Update

Seeing the Potential

Se - T

Seeing the Whole Child

Shaping the Framework

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Staying Out

Support to Pay for Childcare

Teaching Stem in OSC

W - W

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Previous Events

Archive of our previous events

A - Ba

A Register for the Future

Access to Childcare Fund

Activity and Wellbeing 29/11/2022

Autism Learning Session

Back to Basics

Back to basics- financial planning in OSC

Bu - Ge

Building Resilience Event

COVID-19 Inquiry Discussion

Care Inspectorate Update and 'Q and A' Session

Celebrating Out of School Care

Delivering a Playful and Active Summer 2021

Get Ready for Summer

Ge - J

Getting Help with Childcare Costs

Getting it Right for Business

In-Person Play Training

Induction Training

International Learning Session

Jim Taylor Knows Autism - Session 2

L - Ne

Local Networking

Looking back at the past 30+ years of SOSCN - Membership Online Catch-Up

Managing Distressed Behaviour with Trauma Informed Practice

Networking Meetings

Networking Meetings - May and June 2021

Networking Opportunity

No - SO

Not just a dream

OSC Practice during COVID

Online Membership Catch-up

Play Training

Quality Improvement Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Sectors

SOSCN Conference 2024

SO - Se

SOSCN Members Online Network Meetings - October

SOSCN Regional Events

SSSC Codes of Practice Conversation

Safer Staffing

Scottish Government School Age Childcare Update

Seeing the Potential

Se - T

Seeing the Whole Child

Shaping the Framework

Skills Development Funding

Staying Out

Support to Pay for Childcare

Teaching Stem in OSC

W - W

What it Takes

Autism Learning Session

A more contemporary understanding of the learning styles and presentation of autistic children can have a positive impact in all settings

Autism: What does each child want you to know?

Online Learning Session - 13th December 2023, 10am
£15.00

After delivering a very popular and well-received presentation at our last conference before COVID, we are pleased to welcome back autism expert, Jim Taylor who will be delivering an online learning session on Wednesday 13th December.

This session will explore how a more contemporary understanding of the learning styles and presentation of autistic children can have a positive impact in all types of settings. The session will acknowledge the pressures that may be encountered in meeting the needs of both autistic and non-autistic individuals in shared environments. The session will lead to a shared and more effective understanding of autism by exploring current thinking and will provide practical advice and guidelines that will lead to better outcomes for all.

Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions.

The author has over 40 years' experience in the education of autistic individuals from Nursery to colleges, in the workplace and in care or residential facilities for adults. He is currently working in many services across the UK and the US. Examples of outstanding practice in the UK and in the USA will be shared.

About Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor: knows autism. Jim is an experienced professional in Autism having worked in the field for over 44 years. Currently working independently, he was formerly Director of Education and Support Services in a national organisation. He was instrumental in the design and development of New Struan School, A Centre for Autism, one of the first buildings in the world designed specifically around the learning styles and needs of autistic students. Having been ‘Released back into the world of Autism', Jim is currently involved in a number of exciting new projects both in schools and in services for autistic adults around the UK and Ireland. He continues to work with autistic individuals, with their families and relevant professionals. He was the Chair of the National Autistic Society's Accreditation Standards Body and advises a number of UK-wide Service Providers and Local Education Authorities.

In March 2015, Jim was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Autistic Society. In November of the same year, Jim was presented with the prestigious Excellence in Education Award by the Ohio Center for Autism in Columbus, Ohio.

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