Autism with a Demand-avoidant Profile

All autistic children and young people will have a degree of demand-avoidance due to their high levels of anxiety. Behaviour associated with autism with a demand avoidant profile can be challenging and requires a non-confrontational approach. Our training programme will help to explain what lies behind this avoidance and to help learners to develop a more collaborative approach of working in order to promote positive outcomes for the child/young person.

OFSTED and CQC guidance advises professionals and carers to work in a person-centred way and to be creative in order to minimise behaviour that presents as challenging.

Who is the training for?

This training is designed to support professionals working with children/young people and their families, who present with autism with a demand avoidant profile.

It is based on the most recent good practice guidance and parent/carers themselves as experts in their own experience.

By the end of the training, participants will:

Recognise the varied presentations of autism in children and young people
Recognise the key features of extreme demand avoidance
Understand the underlying causes of demand avoidant behaviour in children and young people with autism and as a result, understand how to effectively help and engage with them
Identify effective ways of managing children with a demand avoidant profile within the home
Identify different approaches to effectively managing a child with a demand avoidant profile in a school setting
Have considered a case of autism with a demand avoidant profile using the EDA-Q assessment tool