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The 5 Rs: Tips for supporting autistic pupils experiencing a meltdown or shutdown

This poster, featured in our teacher training module on autism and mental health, provides top tips for supporting autistic pupils when experiencing a meltdown or shutdown.
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This poster, featured in our teacher training module on autism and mental health, provides top tips for supporting autistic pupils when experiencing a meltdown or shutdown.

You can watch a sample of the teacher training module here on the network.

Go to the profile of Autistic and OK
Autistic and OK

Everyone should be able to feel OK at school. But we know this isn’t the case for many autistic pupils.

That’s why Ambitious about Autism, in partnership with Zurich and the Z Zurich Foundation, created the Autistic and OK programme. The programme is designed to empower autistic pupils to take control of their mental health and wellbeing, understand themselves better, and feel OK .

We developed our Autistic and OK toolkit to run this innovative peer-led programme. This free resource is available for every UK secondary school and can be downloaded from our website.  

We're excited to be part of the SEND Network connecting with teachers and SEND professionals to bring the benefits of the Autistic and OK programme to as many autistic pupils as possible!

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