Understanding and supporting autistic adults in mental health services
The key topics on the course are:
- What is autism and autism diagnosis?
- Personalised support for autistic people
- Physical and mental health in autism
- Law ethics and safeguarding
- Diagnostic overshadowing in autism
- Transition from child to adult - related issues and challenges for autistic people.
After taking this course you will be able to:
- Understand autism-Core capability 1 & 2
- Understand personalised support – Core capability 4,7,8 & 9
- Understand law, ethics and safeguarding-Core capability 15
- Understand misdiagnosis of autism/ diagnosis overshadowing with EUPD etc.
- Understand ways to address issues/challenges with transition from child to adult services.
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Research
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