Mindful - Autism Assessment Fundamentals and Co-Occurring Conditions - Day 1

This online training aims to provide a comprehensive grounding in the complexities of autism assessment for children and adolescents. Following the training you should be able to identify autism in the clients you see and refer appropriately for further assessment.

This two-day workshop includes:

• Exploration of integrating clinical autism assessment with neuroaffirming practice principles
• Videos of two assessments: Preschool/School-Aged and Youth
• How to take a neurodevelopmental history
• Differential diagnosis and co-occurring mental health conditions
• Understanding language and social communication differences
• Understanding differences in sensory processing
• Formulation of complex cases
• Providing neuroaffirming assessment feedback to families
• Guidelines for report writing.

This workshop is a prerequisite for ADOS-2 and ADI-R training at Mindful.

Pre-reading materials will be sent 1-2 weeks prior to the workshop date.

Who is the training for?

Mental health clinicians working with children and adolescents, e.g. psychologists, psychiatrists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, social workers, mental health nurses, paediatricians, advanced trainees in child & adolescent psychiatry, ICYMHS clinicians, headspace clinicians and paediatric fellows.

For clinicians working with adults, please see our Adult Autism training.

Who provides the training?

Multidisciplinary specialist autism and neurodevelopmental assessment teams from a range of Victorian Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Services (ICYMHS) and lived and living perspectives.