A-Fest
We are extremely proud of A-Fest, our flagship CPD event. Our desire to share and celebrate effective autism practice led to our inaugural A-Fest, a Festival Celebrating Autism and Autistic Individuals, in 2019. In 2021, due to Covid, we moved online and A-Fest Online was born. A-Fest is now comprised of 2 face to face days and a range of online sessions.
A-Fest 2025 takes place on Tuesday 25th February 2025 with early bird tickets on sale now. Click here for more information and to book your place. Hosting the event on our school site ensures that autistic young people are at the forefront of our minds throughout the day. Tickets are priced for participation, not profit- we aim to ensure that as many people as possible can join us. Our philosophy is and always will be, collaboration not competition. The majority of sessions are run by our staff who work with autistic individuals every day.
Each programme contains a blend of autistic voices sharing their lived experience, practitioners sharing strategies and effective practice and researchers sharing findings from the field and how academic thinking is developing.
A-Fest enables participants to design their own professional learning programme, selecting the sessions that best reflect their personal interests and/or professional role.
For more information or to submit a interest in a speaker slot, please contact: autismsupport@springfieldsacademy.org
