Children and Young People Autism Train the Trainer Programme for Inpatient Facilities

The training will be immersive, hands-on and dynamic, combining a range of evidence-based teaching methods including case discussions, videos, reflective discussions, role plays and experiential tasks.

The course has been co-developed by children, young people and families who have autism or have experience with inpatient care. You will hear from these 'experts by experience' throughout the training.

After attending this course, you will:

• Understand the challenges that children and young people with autism experience whilst on inpatient wards including safeguarding, culture, harmful practice and unconscious discrimination.
• Have in-depth knowledge and practical skills for working with children and young people with autism. Training will be to Tier 3 capabilities (Autism Capabilities Framework 2019) so you will have the skills to continuously drive improvements to quality of care.
• Be able to deliver high quality training to your inpatient colleagues on how to work with children and young people with autism.
• Be able to deliver three levels of training (foundation, core, advanced) based on the needs of your colleagues.
• Be able to conduct a training needs analysis of the inpatient setting that you work in.