Autism & Mental Health Services Project
Autism-specific training for mainstream mental health professionals, mental health organisations, and general practitioners.
These interactive sessions aim to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to deliver support to adolescent and adult clients on the autism spectrum who have co-occurring mental health conditions.
Training will incorporate the nature of co-occurring mental health conditions of people on the spectrum, differential diagnosis of autism and mental health conditions, and adaptations to therapeutic strategies to support their specific needs.
Sessions are developed in collaboration with people on the spectrum, including a consultant with lived experience of autism and mental health conditions, family members and carers, mental health practitioners and general practitioners.
This includes surveying (please see Survey Links further down this page):
- People on the spectrum (and their families and carers) to learn about their experiences of mental health services; and
- GPs, mental health practitioners and psychiatrists to identify gaps in practitioner knowledge of autism, to learn about practitioner confidence in delivering services to people on the spectrum, and to meet the diverse discipline-specific needs of practitioners.
Sessions for Mental Health Practitioners
Topics include:
- An extension of knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder and its functional impacts
- Strategies to accommodate individual differences and improve outcomes
- Key considerations for assessment and management of mental health for people on the spectrum
- Mental health treatment modifications for people on the spectrum
- Case studies to apply knowledge and strategies.
NB: If there is no link to book, the session is full.
Thursday 5 May Wednesday 18 May 2022
9am-4pm 9am-4pm
Online Online
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Friday 27 May 2022 Wednesday 22 June 2022
9am-4pm 9am-4pm
Online AQ Sunnybank Hills
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Dates don’t suit or sessions fully booked? Register for session updates here.
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Sessions for Mental Health Organisations
Topics include:
- An extension of knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder and its functional impacts
- Strategies to accommodate individual differences and improve outcomes
- Key considerations for assessment and management of mental health for people on the spectrum
- Mental health treatment modifications for people on the spectrum
- Case studies to apply knowledge and strategies.
Sessions available upon request. Please follow the link below for more information.
Sessions for General Practitioners
Topics include:
- An extension of knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder and its functional impacts
- Strategies to accommodate individual differences and improve outcomes
- Key considerations for assessment and management of mental health for people on the spectrum
- Case studies to apply knowledge and strategies.
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Details of 2022 sessions will be released soon.
Register for session updates here.
Survey Links
Individuals and Family Members
We’d like to hear from Queensland adolescents (from 12 years) and adults who are on the spectrum, and who also have a mental health condition; as well as from family members or carers. You can do this by following the links below and completing the survey that applies to you.
- To access the survey for people aged 12 years and over, click here.
- To access the survey for family members/carers of a person on the spectrum, click here.
Professionals
We’re also seeking feedback from general practitioners, psychiatrists and mental health practitioners about their confidence and experience in supporting people on the spectrum who may have co-occurring mental health conditions.
- To access the survey for GPs, click here.
- To access the survey for mental health practitioners, click here.
- To access the survey for psychiatrists, click here.
Through this project, adolescents and adults on the spectrum will benefit from improved access to high-quality mental health services that meet their unique needs, as well as improved integration of mainstream mental health and autism-specific services.
Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to www.dss.gov.au for more information.
