Join us for the third session of UNDERSTAND, EastSide Arts' compassionate facilitation programme.
UNDERSTAND aims to better equip professional artists with awareness, knowledge and practical tips in order to confidently and compassionately work with a wide variety of participants in their creative facilitation practice.
What will we cover during this training session?
Understanding intersectionality, privilege and power dynamics
Autistic-led theories, autistic experience and trauma
Experience sensitive approach - the 8 Dimensions of Wellbeing
Multi-modal languaging
This training is useful for professional creative facilitators who work with children and young people in community, educational and commercial settings, and will include group discussion, Q&As and practical tips.
NB - You cannot access this training without a PROMO CODE provided by EastSide Arts directly
A bit about your facilitator, Elaine McGreevy
Elaine is a neurodivergent-affirming speech and language therapist who has worked with Autistic children and young people for over 25 years. She is the founder of Access Communication Ltd where she provides speech and language therapy services for Autistic children and young people. She advocates for non-behavioural based therapy supports which honour autistic communication so that Autistic children and young people are empowered to be their most authentic self. Elaine is the co-founder of Divergent Perspectives, providing training in neurodivergent-affirming approaches for health and education professionals. She is a Trainer/Facilitator with the NHS England National Autism Trainer Programme.
