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The Adult Autism Strategy for England, published last year, committed the Government to increase understanding of autism and improve autism awareness training.
As part of this, the Department of Health invested £500,000 in the development of training materials for health and social care staff.
The Department of Health has now produced a document with links to many of these training materials. It coincides with the publication of new 'tools' to monitor progress on the implementation of the Adult Autism Strategy for England.
The new training materials include:
* The Social Care Institute for Excellence has put together two videos for social care professionals. One looks at how professionals can better support people with autism, and the other documents the experiences of two people with autism.
* The Royal College of Psychiatrists has also produced video footage, specifically of assessments of people with autism, to be used as part of training into how to diagnose autism in adults.
* The British Psychological Society has taken a slightly different approach by developing three e-learning modules. Two of these modules will be freely available, while the third is aimed principally at psychologists.
* The Royal College of General Practitioners has also produced an e-learning guide aimed at improving professional standards relating to the care of people with autism and their families.
* Oxford University has built on its previous research to produce a more comprehensive resource on experiences of living with autism.
* The National Autistic Society (NAS) was commissioned by the Department of Health via Skills for Health and Skills for Care, to provide a framework to guide the training of generic/mainstream health and social care staff. To find out more, contact Steven Owens; tel: 0141 221 8090 or email: [email protected]
* The Royal College of Nursing took on two projects. For the first they produced a poster with ten main points to consider when dealing with people with autism; the second project, soon to be published, is an education guide for nurses on the autism strategy.
For more information on each project visit our web pages about autism awareness and training.
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15 Apr 2011, 6:36 am
