Boarding Pass for Autism-Workshop

Photo: Andreas Simopoulos

Do you remember the first time you flew by plane? Light signals, check-in, gates, announcements, airport control, fasten your seatbelts, ready for take-off… Air travel can be highly stressful. How does a child or adolescent with autism deal with the different stimuli in an airport?

As part of the innovative program “Boarding Pass for Autism”, which is realized by the Onassis Foundation and is already on its third year, an educational workshop is being organized for the first time, addressed to mental health professionals and educators working with children and adolescents with ASD.

Activities

Information on the purpose and methodology of the “Boarding Pass for Autism” educational program

Acquaintance with handbooks produced in previous years by the scientific team of the “Boarding Pass for Autism” educational program

Training in the personalized use of the educational handbook on social histories

Supervision/guidance on participants’ case studies

Visit to the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” and attendance of an air travel simulation process

This educational program was created by the Onassis Foundation, in collaboration with Athens International Airport, under the academic aegis of National and Kapodistrian University of ATHENS, and with the generous support of Aegean Airlines.

Credits

Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology at Athens University (Academic Lead)
Aggeliki Gena
Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology at the American College of Greece, Deree College (Academic Team Member)
Katingo Hadjipateras-Giannoulis
Special Education Teacher
Katerina Drosinou
Psychologist
Erifylli Tsirempolou
Concept Conception and Design
Christina Panagiotakou