BeginningWithA Reviews

A well organised training! Dr Carol is an excellent trainer who has wealth of knowledge and was very informative. I've learnt a lot and it was very interesting. Many thanks Carol for the amazing quality of the effort you put in the training. You're brilliant!

Good connection between overarching principles and application Good step by step approach

I would highly recommend it to y colleagues. It is a really good course and I felt much better equipped for my practice after it.

Overall, it is an excellent course that provides knowledge and practice experience. I found the computer algorithm suitable for identifying trends in wrong answers, allowing the tutor to explain the question misunderstood and the appropriate score and why.

Thank you so much Carol. Your knowledge of these tools and of autism really shone through across the week.

This is a very good course. I would thoroughly recommend it to others

This course was an excellent introduction to the ADOS-2 and ADI-R. Carol has a wealth of experience and was very engaging and interesting to listen to. She was encouraging and took time to answer our questions which helped build confidence in the process of administration. The ability to have time out to code the videos relevant to our practice meant the course could be tailored to whatever population you're working with. The ability to access resources and practice coding for 6 months after the course is invaluable. Absolutely brilliant experience and I would definitely recommend this course!

Really enjoyed the course, thank you so much. Even over Zoom, Carol was fantastic, really knowledgeable and supportive of every one of us. Felt confident in asking questions. Organisation / timetabling of each day felt really natural and well structured. Good opportunities for breaks and talking around the issues during the online sessions. Would be good to have had an extra copy of the modules 3 and 4 as having to write on separate sheets of paper didn't provide the same ease of having the booklet to write in directly.

The trainer was absolutely excellent, as was the structure of the training. Despite it being online, the trainer read the 'room' really well. It was perfectly paced, with enough time given to explanation, discussion and practice. The system they have developed to practice coding was a really great way to get immediate feedback and to build confidence using the assessment tools. This is one of the best training courses that I've ever been on and I would recommend it again and again and again.

The course was fantastic. Overall I learned so much and it has added to my professional development. One thing that would make a huge difference would be to have access to the Zoom recordings for a longer period - as a busy working mum I was not able to access the recordings straight away and so they were deleted after two days - the course is so intensive and there was work to do everyday, it was impossible for me to also access the recordings - I really would have liked to have had access to these for a week or two to really get the benefit.