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Our badged course
To learn more about autism, its history of diagnosis, and contemporary cross-cultural issues, consider taking our badged open course, Understanding autism. The course comprises approximately 24 hours of study.
A brief overview
If you're looking for something shorter right now, you may be interested in these introductory articles:
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What is autism?
Read now to access more details of What is autism?There's a lot of confusion about what autism is. Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra offer an easy-to-understand overview.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Interests, skills and talents
Read now to access more details of Interests, skills and talentsOU experts Ilona Roth and Rosa Hoekstra describe the different talents that can sometimes be associated with autism, and also dispel some myths around autism and talent
Level: 1 Introductory
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Introduction to child psychology
Learn more to access more details of Introduction to child psychologyChildhood is a time of rapid growth and development, and studying these changes is endlessly stimulating. In this free course, Introduction to child psychology, you will be introduced to the discipline of child psychology and some of the key questions that guide the understanding of childhood. These questions include 'What influences children's...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Supporting children and young people's wellbeing
Learn more to access more details of Supporting children and young people's wellbeingThis free course, Supporting children and young people's wellbeing, looks at some of the broader concerns regarding wellbeing and the idea that children and young people today are increasingly reporting feelings of unhappiness. By completing the activities, you will be introduced to different ways of understanding children and young people’s ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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