WHY I ABSOLUTELY LOVE EOTAS (EDUCATION OTHER THAN AT SCHOOL)

Abstract

Five years ago, a colleague and I discussed the increasing number of children who we were meeting through our work as autism and education consultants who were unable to access their education within a school or college. Almost all these children were neurodivergent, bright and wanting to learn, and they just could not do it within the confines of the national curriculum and within the environment of a school building. Many of these children had experienced trauma as a result of their time within the education system and were now suffering from emotionally based school avoidance.