Module 2 – Autism and Mental Health, Core Skills and Adjustments to Practice
A three-day online training.
Module 2 in the BPS Approved Cert/Dip in Autism and Mental Health
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£260
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Are you a practitioner seeking to increase your knowledge when supporting autistic people with co-occurring mental health concerns?
This three-day online training course introduces you to a “Core Set of Skills” & “Framework for Adjustments to Practice,” when supporting autistic people with co-occurring mental health conditions.
You can take this 3 day online course as a stand-alone module or as Module 2 in the BPS Approved Certificate and Diploma in Autism and Mental Health. All course materials are available online via a learning management platform so you can complete at your own pace and time.
What will you learn on this course?
- A set of core practitioner skills – the PICASSO framework (a holistic and integrative framework for autism responsive practitioners).
- Best practice approaches and a “Framework for adjustments to practice,” when providing services to autistic people with co-occurring mental health conditions including:
- Preparation for first contacts
- Environmental adjustmentso Communication adjustmentso Adjustments to the way you work.
- Thinking and information processing differences
- Family/Carer Communication and Involvement
- Transitions and change
- Sensory supports and resources.
- Language and identity (adjustments)
- Gender identity
- Autism and Diversity
- Gender-specific adjustments
- Ability to spot autistic traits/signs across different ages and stages of development including early years, latency, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood.
- Awareness of different approaches when supporting autistic people across different ages and stages of development.
- Understanding of the current assessment and diagnostic frameworks, their strengths and weaknesses, and implications for practice.
- Introduction to the spotting the signs framework and screening tool for earlier identification of autism amongst girls and women (including the internal presentation).
- Consider the accessibility of services when thinking about gender identity, language and identity and diversity (and consider the implications for practice).
- Awareness of the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Model of Initial Assessments for Autism and Mental Health
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£260 (inclusive of all course materials)
For multiple bookings or for employer invoicing please call 07545 190915.
Discounts are available for multiple bookings.
Resources and Strategies you will take away
As part of this course, you will receive training on and have access to the following resources (1 set of resources per practitioner, multiple training licences and discounted rates available for teams who want to use the resources more widely):
- The PICASSO Framework and Checklist (adjustments to practice). A Holistic and integrative framework for support autistic people with co-occurring mental health conditions.
- 10 Organising, planning and transition support tools worksheet.
- ARC Tool (Awareness, Response and Communication)
- Autistic Persons’s Hierarch of Needs Tool
- 20 Communication preferences, supports and adjustments worksheet.
- Spotting the signs tool (thought and information processing differences)
- Family communication and involvement good practice checklist
- First Contact Communication Template
- Preparation for first contact good practice checklist
- Sensory Starter Kit checklist.
How many lessons are there in this course?
There are eight lessons in this module/short course including:
Lesson 1: Introduction to PICASSO, an integrative and holistic framework for supporting autistic people with co-occurring mental health conditions.
Lesson 2: Developing Autism Responsive Services Preparation for first contacts, assessments, and appointments (adjustments to practice).
Lesson 3: Developing Autism Responsive Services (Part 2). Adjusting practice to different executive functioning, thinking and information processing styles.
Lesson 4: Autism Assessments and Mental Health. Recognising Pathways to Assessment.
Lesson 5: Understanding Autism Assessments, strengths, weaknesses, and implications for practice.
Lesson 6: Assessing Autism in Girls and Women, Adjustments and Practice issues.
Lesson 7: Autism, language, gender identity, diversity, and mental health (adjustments to practice).
Lesson 8: A bio-psycho-social – spiritual model of autism & mental health initial assessment
What are the benefits of completing this training?
- Understanding of the core skills and adjustments to practice that are helpful when supporting autistic people.
- BPS Approved Certificate (3-Day equivalent training, 24 hours CPD)
- Work towards the BPS Approved Certification in Autism and Mental Health
- Ability to adjust practice when supporting autistic people
- Knowledge around specific mental health and co-occurring conditions experienced by autistic people
- Understanding of the autistic persons lived experience (autistic voices)
- Specific core skills for supporting Autistic people who experience co-occurring mental health conditions.
- Access to supportive resources, skills, and approaches.
- Increased awareness around your own practice.
- Application of learning to practice.
- Access to research and evidence-based approaches
What else will you take away from this course?
- PDF Course Handouts.
- 12 weeks access to 12 Tutor led videos and 2 Podcasts.
- 8 workbooks.
- Certificate of Completion for this course.
- 15 Downloadable Articles.
- 2 Spotting the Signs Tools/Skills Based Resource Packs.
- 12 Downloadable Worksheets/Guides.
- Screening Tool (Girls and Women)
- Psychoeducation Tools.
- 5 Downloadable Reflective Practice Worksheets.
- Further reading/reference list.
- Access to supplementary learning materials
How long with this course take to complete?
The learning on this online training course equates to approximately 3 days of training (24 hours).
Can I go on to complete the BPS Approved Certificate?
If you would like to go on to complete the BPS Approved Certificate please click here to go to the course page. There are a further six online modules in the Certificate Programme including:
Module 1: Understanding Autism and Mental Health
Module 3: Sensory awareness and regulation
Module 4: Autism and alexithymia, masking, and synesthesia
Module 5: Autism and Anxiety
Module 6: Autism and Depression
Module 7: Autism and Demand Avoidance