Training / Conferences / Seminars 

providing information on:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders/Personalities
  • Asperger Syndrome/Personalities
  • AS Personalities and Language-Based Therapies
  • AS Personalities, Addictions and OCD
  • AS Personalities and the Law
  • Clinical Hypnosis and ASD
  • Diagnosis and Assessment
Asperger Syndrome Services:
  • Diagnosis and Assessment
  • Advice and support for families
  • PET

Diagnosis and Assessment:

If you would like details - please contact:

Dr Dawn Heather CSci, DCHyp

Tel: 07887 602 508

Email: dawn@dawnheather.com

Education: 

Special Study Units currently offered at Peninsula Medical School:

  • Healthcare Environments - 'Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Long Term Support'
  • Healthcare Environments - 'Alien, Mutant, Me, what's the difference?'
  • Medical Humanities - 'Dispelling the Myths and Misconceptions as presented in Popular Culture'
Personal Empowerment Therapy 

If you would like a consultation appointment - or if you would like to book a course

please contact us on:

Tel: 01209 613 653

Mob: 07887 602 508

or email: dawn@dawnheather.com

If you email about a course, please include the course reference with your query

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

NEW ONLINE

PET COURSES FOR 2008

 

The following training courses are tailored specifically to participant requirements.

Online courses are priced according to the number of hours training delivered via teleconferencing:

Min 6hrs - £350

Professional Career Development Certificates

Generally the courses run from one to five days, but this is negotiable. Some organisations prefer to run two days, followed by a further three days later. Whatever you feel is the most beneficial for you:
Asperger Personalities and Counselling
Training Courses

Counselling, Psychotherapy and other language-based therapeutic approaches can have adverse effects on the AS personality if the therapist is unaware of the particular way in which these individuals function.

  • When someone communicates through verbal language alone, 93% of communication is lost to her/him.
  • When someone perseverates on specific topics that are emotionally charged, then encouraging them to talk about these only serves to escalate the anxieties.

Course Ref: AC001

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Asperger Personalities and Addictions
Training Courses

Many rehabilitation centres use reflective approaches to addressing life styles and behaviours eg 12 Steps programmes. These programmes often involve the necessity for the individual to scrutinise his/her past in order to redress the balance. This can be traumatic for the AS personality as there is a strong tendency to re-live events as if they are happening for the first time, and towards perseverative behaviour, both resulting in escalated anxieties, sometimes with dire consequences.

Course Ref: AC002

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Offenders and Asperger Personalities
Training Courses

Many young people with AS personalities fall foul of the law. This can be extremely distressing for their families and friends, but understanding how the AS personality operates can help prevent these activities and their consequences.

  • When someone has no real understanding of consequences, punitive or rehabilitative measures will have no effect. For instance, saying 'if you do that then this will happen to you' will not have the desired result.
  • when a person views things from his/her own perspective, each desire becomes a compulsive act without pausing for thought.

Course Ref: CH003

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Clincal Hypnosis and the Autism Spectrum
Training Courses

The self-empowerment inherent in hypnotherapy has the potential to enable people with ASD, particularly those with Higher Functioning Autism or Asperger’s syndrome, to manage their own stress levels sufficiently well to avoid anxieties escalating, thereby improving social functioning.

Our courses encompass the following issues:

1. the nature of the Autism spectrum – social construct, inheritance, impairment;

2. the advantages of an individualised approach for these individuals vs standardised delivery of generic services;

3. the contra-indications of using a language based therapy with individuals whose interpretation may be different from the majority – alternatives to language;

4. facilitation of self-empowerment – autonomy and Rights.

The modules are designed to mesh smoothly with existing course content to an equivalent depth of information to the rest of the course material – whether higher or further education.

The following is delivered as an intensive course to qualified trainers over a 5-day period.

• Understanding the Autism Spectrum including Asperger Syndrome

• Symptom presentation – children and adults

• ASD, anxiety disorder, stress, and depression

• Social phobia and other phobic responses

• Transference and counter transference

• Therapeutic techniques for children and adults

• Contra-indications and Co-morbidities

• Trauma and trauma responses

• Risk assessment and management

• Case Studies - Customised script writing

This course can be broken down into smaller modules, suitable for trainees, if desired.

Prices negotiated according to:

  • Length of course
  • Numbers attending
  • Level of qualification

Course Ref: CSM004

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Clinical Hypnosis, Stress Management and Autistic Spectrum Personalities

This is a basic introduction to Autism, Asperger Syndrome and the potential benefits of hypnotherapy for this population. Each Master Class lasts from 9.30am to 5.00pm and covers the following:

  • Autism and Asperger Personalities
  • Co-morbidities
  • Stress and Anxiety
  • Therapeutic techniques
  • Script adapatation

Course Ref: CSM005

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(Prices on request)

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Article: May 2006
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) and Clinical Hypnosis

What is surprising is that there is a distinct absence of hypnotherapy courses that acknowledge Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), including High Functioning Autism (HFA), and Asperger Syndrome (AS). The prevalence rates suggest that there is a strong possibility that any therapist may be faced with patients who may have a diagnosis of HFA or AS, but, more importantly, they are very likely to be faced with patients who may be borderline cases, with no diagnoses at all. In this situation, it is the responsibility of the therapist to recognise obvious traits. Another important consideration is that many of the hypnotherapeutic techniques would be contra-indicated for these individuals, and this then places both patient and therapist at risk of failure.

Prevalence

The current prevalence rate of ASDs ranges from 91:10000 (Wing & Potter 1999) (across the age ranges and including subtle traits), to 1:85 children in education (PACE ). This amounts to more than 1% of the population.

Economy

In 2000, the costs for the care provision in the UK for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders were estimated at £1 billion per year. The additional lifetime costs for one person with autism and associated learning disabilities was estimated at £2.4 million, while for people with High Functioning Autism (HFA) or Asperger’s syndrome (AS) additional lifetime costs were £0.5 million. ( Knapp & Jarbrink, 2000).

Symptoms

In general, people with Asperger syndrome and Autistic Spectrum Personalities (I really dislike the term 'disorder') see the world differently. All social interaction is affected, and for those higher functioning individuals who are aware of their own difficulties, the consequences include heightened anxieties, stress, depression and often suicidal tendencies.

The heterogeneity of this population has, historically, made it extremely difficult to generalise support procedures. The nature of hypnotherapy, where the structure is therapist led, but the content is patient led, lends itself very readily to the customised support that is so desperately needed for these individuals. Hypnotherapy can be used as a tool for self-empowerment and enablement, to manage anxiety levels, and thereby, facilitate learning. Please note that this is not a cure or treatment for ASD, but the provision of strategies that might make life a little more bearable for some.

If you are interested in either our training modules or Master Classes please email: dawn@dawnheather.com

Refs:

Barnard, J. et al (2002), Autism in Schools: Crisis or Challenge? NAS: London.

Howlin, P., (1997) ‘Autism: preparing for adulthood’. London: Routledge.

Knapp, M., & Jarbrink, K., (2001) ‘Cost of Autism in the UK’. London: Mental Health Foundation.


Internet Refs:

PACE (2005) www.pace-uk.org

Wing, L., Potter, D., (1999)
http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=364&a=2618

 

 

 

 

 

 

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