Greek Team

Welcome to the Greek team webpage where we hope to tell you a bit more about us and our work on the Transforming Autism Education (TAE) project. To learn about the different team members, have a look at our individual profiles.

We are based at the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Piraeus and this year, we have been very busy running piloting sessions for the training materials we are developing for the Greek context. An important aspect of the Autism Education Trust teacher training materials is that all individuals involved in an autistic child’s day should have some sort of training, so that they understand how to best support the child and avoid creating unnecessary difficulties for him/her.

Therefore we decided to pilot our Level 1 training materials with 15 bus drivers, bus escorts, canteen staff and traffic wardens from a mainstream primary school and a local autism special school. This was extremely successful: the most striking aspect of their feedback was how gratified and empowered the participants felt to be included in this training, as it is rare to involve ancillary staff in specialist training of this type.

For the Level 2 piloting sessions, we invited 22 school staff – teachers, teaching assistants and resource base teachers – from a mainstream school, a special school and a school with a resource base. This took place in a mainstream school which we hope will become one of the training hubs. For this too, the feedback was also very encouraging, with participants commenting on how much they felt they had gained from the training.    

As one of our teachers said after the pilot:

I was mesmerized and didn’t want to go home after a full 8 hour day.

 

 

 

 

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