Coronavirus - managing anxiety and maintaining structure

With Dr. Ann Ozsivadijan and Dr. Marianna Murin

How can you support your autistic child to cope with the changes presented by the Coronavirus pandemic? Focusing on practical tips to help manage anxiety, maintain structure and support and explain the situation to young people, we discuss the issues arising from the disruption of closing schools, anxiety and obsessive behaviours around the COVID 19 pandemic.

Dr. Ann Ozsivadjian is an Independent Practitioner and Honorary Researcher at King's College London. She is a leading expert in the assessment and treatment of mental health difficulties in ASD, in understanding cognitive pathways to anxiety in ASD, and also working with girls and women on the autism spectrum.

Dr. Marianna Murin is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Senior Clinical Tutor at the Anna Freud Centre and University College London. For over twenty years, she has dedicated her work to promoting the psychological well-being of people on the Autism Spectrum and improving understanding of ASD as an international trainer in diagnostics of ASD, lecturer, writer and therapist.

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