Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Information and resources explaining how ASD can affect young people, including;

  • understanding ASD, and some of the core features of ASD.
  • living with a child with ASD - strengths and difficulties.
  • understanding and supporting emotional regulation, including management of melt downs.

Understanding ASD and emotional regulation

In this section you will find a series of short videos created by the Department of Clinical Psychology at the Royal Derby Hospital explaining more about how Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can affect young people, including:
 

  • Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder - some of the core features of ASD
  • Living with a child with ASD - strengths and difficulties
  • Understanding and supporting emotional regulation, including management of melt downs.
     

Each of the videos contains evidenced based and up to date information regarding what we know about ASD and the impact it has on children, their development and their families. It is also based on our knowledge and experience of working in partnership with parents over many years – we hope that you will find this a valuable resource that you can go back to over and over again.  

If you haven’t accessed these videos before we would recommend that you watch them in order (although not necessarily in one go and they can be accessed at any time). If you have seen them before you might just want to revisit particular topics.

 


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Downloadable resources

 

Feeding difficulties associated with ASD

The following set of videos cover the topic of feeding issues for children and young people with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and includes Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

Understanding what factors contribute to these difficulties and strategies for both parents and young people are discussed.

Several of the main resources mentioned in the videos are attached as PDF documents to download below. We hope you find these videos informative and helpful.



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Downloadable resources 

Sleeping difficulties associated with ASD

View the full index of sleep difficulties in children and young people with ASD (opens in new window) >


In this section you will find a list of resources for sleeping difficulties associated with ASD;
 

Videos for young people

View the full index of understanding ASD and emotional regulation for young people (opens in new window) >
 

In this section you will find a series of short videos for young people which focus on Understanding ASD and Emotional Regulation. Please also see below a list of resources relating to the content of the videos.


Downloadable resources

Further resources

  • Autism Central >
    Resources, one to one chats and events.

  • Autism East Midlands >
    A range of services for autistic children, young people and their families.

  • Autism Teaching Strategies >
    Social skills activities, social skills games, speech and language activities, and worksheets for teaching children with autism.

  • Autistic Girls Network >
    Resources for girls and young women on the autism spectrum and their families.

  • Autistica >
    Autism and associated conditions.

  • Compass Changing Lives >
    Emotional wellbeing and mental health support to children, young people and families across Derby and Derbyshire.

  • Mind >
    Advice and support to empower anyone experiencing mental health problems.

  • Not Fine in School >
    A parent/carer-led organisation set up to address the growing number of children and young people who struggle with school attendance. They aim to support, inform and empower others.

  • PEGS >
    Supporting parents, carers and guardians impacted by child to parent abuse.

  • Sibs >
    For brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults.

  • Social Stories >
    Supports the safe and meaningful exchange of information between parents, professionals, and people with autism of all ages.

  • Sunshine Support >
    Advice and support to parents/carers of children and young people with special educational needs.

  • The Autism Education Trust >
    Aims to improve outcomes for autistic children, young people and adults.

  • The Curly Hair Project >
    Social enterprise which supports people on the autistic spectrum and the people around them.

  • Derby and Derbyshire Local offers.
    Derby SEND Local Offer > is hub of information and advice for 0-25 year olds with special educational needs or disabilities. There is also a Derbyshire Local Offer > providing the same service across Derbyshire.

  • The 5–Point Scale >
    Teaches social and emotional concepts to individuals on the autism spectrum.

  • The National Autistic Society
    Resources for all things associated with ASD.