Understanding autism and learning disability (LD) impacting the care/support given to the patients
1-day workshop
• What is a learning disability
• Causes and prevalence
• Be aware of historical issues/experiences and the impact of these on people
• Identify support needs of adults with learning disabilities and ways of ensuring person-centred support
• What is autism and learning disability
• Prevalence of autism in people with learning disabilities
• Know how to identify and support communication needs of autistic people with a learning disability
• Understand diagnostic overshadowing and how to avoid it
• Identify ways of supporting anxiety and stress
• Understand STOMP and how to use this in practice
• Establish what good support would be in your service
2 day workshop
DAY 1
- Understanding the importance of autistic perspectives
- Reflection on own values
- Describe diagnostic criteria and areas of difference in autism
- Discuss neurodiversity and co-occurring conditions
- Discuss adjustments in approach and environment to meet the needs of young autistic people in your service
- Describe some of the theories around autism and their impact on young autistic people
- Understand stress and anxiety in relation to the areas of difference
- Describe causes for increased anxiety
- Reflection on adjustments and how to support autistic people during meltdowns/shutdowns
- Recognise the importance and impact of language used when supporting autistic people
- Understand why autistic people rely on repetitive behaviours and interests to manage anxiety levels
- Identify ways of supporting autistic people with high-levels of anxiety and the importance of low-arousal approach
- Understanding how and when PBS may be useful in supporting autistic people
- Identify tips and strategies for developing a therapeutic relationship with someone and engagement with families
DAY 2
- Understand how autistic people can be affected by trauma and how Mental Health services may contribute to this
- Explain how the survival system is triggered and why this happens
- How to use the Window of Tolerance model to understand how behaviour can appear unpredictable
- Plan for how things could be done differently from the start of an admission (using a case study)
- Understand what forensic settings are
- Autism and criminal justice system and how behaviour may be misunderstood
- What the diagnostic challenges of secure services are
- Understanding risks and ways of managing these
- Understand interpersonal and engagement challenges faced by autistic people in secure services
- Identifying reasonable adjustments and SPELL framework
- Identify challenges and ways of overcoming these in discharge from secure services
This is a fully co-produced training with subject matter expert clinicians and autistic people, following the standards of the Autism Core Capability Framework 2019.
Course schedule
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Research
We value research and knowledge-sharing and will continue to contribute to the literature base on mental health education, addressing important research questions in this exciting field.
