Supporting autistic children through coronavirus changes

Resources and information to support autistic children and young people through coronavirus changes.

These resources have information to support: 

• autistic children and young people through emotional changes due to coronavirus
• children returning to their education setting

Resources

Emotional support

• pdf Coping with sleep, anxiety and distress (1.22 MB)
• pdf Emotional coping with coronavirus transitions (1.35 MB)
• pdf My lockdown experience (1.10 MB)

Signposting for parents and carers

• pdf Services and support for families in Bristol (179 KB)

Autism transition resources

Family Hub trainers from the Bristol Autism team have created some helpful videos and resources for parents of children on the autism spectrum. They're designed to help parents and carers support children as they transition back into their education settings. These resources and materials have been collated from parents and carers during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Settling back into school: discussing emotions Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LtTVnkfxwo&list=PLzBMJEVI_oKksuUoIVmCwHcpvxBS1AUUZ&index=1 (opens new window) (Josie Ball and Katrina Brooks from the Bristol Autism team)
• pdf Settling back into school: discussing emotions video transcript (117 KB)
• Settling back into school: using social scripts Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFxutftr604&list=PLzBMJEVI_oKksuUoIVmCwHcpvxBS1AUUZ&index=3 (opens new window) (Josie Ball and Katrina Brooks from the Bristol Autism team)
• pdf Settling back into school: using social scripts video transcript (99 KB)
• Settling back into school: using visuals Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCMKhErKJvM&list=PLzBMJEVI_oKksuUoIVmCwHcpvxBS1AUUZ&index=2 (opens new window) (Josie Ball and Katrina Brooks from the Bristol Autism team)
• pdf Settling back into school: using visuals video transcript (94 KB)
• pdf Example of a social script to help your child when they go back to school (149 KB)
• pdf Example of how to use a whiteboard as a visual aid for your child's daily activities (432 KB)

Find out about support available for autistic children and young people and their families.