Helping Your Autistic Child with OCD

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Many autistic children show OCD-type behaviours. They ask about the same things again and again, or they check their school bags hundreds of times. They might wash their hands until they are red, or they have rituals around eating and sleeping.

When are these behaviours a problem, and what do you do if they are?

In this webinar, Dr Naomi Fisher will explain OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and how it can interact with autism. She'll explain how OCD happens, and how it can become more powerful, sometimes taking over a whole family. She'll describe how parents and children can fall into OCD traps, and what to do to get out. She'll give you some ideas to help your child, even if they themselves don't think that there's a problem. You'll finish the webinar with a better understanding of what is going on and how you can plan a way forwards.

Dr Naomi Fisher is a clinical psychologist and author. She specialises in trauma, autism and alternative appraoches to education. She is registered with the HCPC. This webinar is not therapy and should not be used as a replacement for therapy.

Feedback from earlier webinars

Your webinar was hugely reassuring and managed to provide clarity on the complex, unfathomable , frustrating times we have had as a family. It sounds a massive cliche but I felt someone finally understood what our life has been like. You showed great empathy with children and families struggling with this baffling and painful situation, coming from a place of experience.

I really appreciated your messages of hope- this is a journey and we will come out the end.

After your webinar we are more able to support our daughter, speak to her special setting confidently & already supported better decision making with her needs at the centre.

Agenda

• What is OCD?
• Autism and OCD
• The OCD Trap
• How parents can help

Video Introduction

Frequently Asked Questions