Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Training for Adults
Assessing and diagnosing autism is a complex, nuanced process. This two day, practical workshop outlines the gold standard approach for assessments and diagnosing in autism for adults. It is delivered by a clinical psychologist who leads an autism assessment service with a wealth of diagnostic experience.
The prevalence rates of diagnosis for autism is increasing, yet high quality, clear training remains sparse. Ensuring we adhere to NICE guidance, use the right assessment tools and have a sharp clinical judgment are essential for getting it right for clients. This hands-on two day course will help diagnostic clinicians and those who support autistic people to conduct and to identify high quality assessments from poor ones.
Our live delivered program is as follows:
Format: Delivered live online. The course comes with a diagnostic pack to help with conducting, writing up and assessing autism assessments.
Duration: the course is two days of 5 hours each, totalling 10 hours.
Entry requirements: you should be a qualified and registered health professional, such as a practitioner psychologist, consultant psychiatrist, mental health nurse, speech an language therapist or similar.
Cost: £350
You can book your place now by purchasing through our website, or feel free to browse our other CPD courses.
About Our In-Depth Autism Assessment and Diagnosis Training
Comprehensive Assessment and Diagnosis Skills Training
This practical, evidence-based skills workshop will equip you with the knowledge and skills to assess and diagnose autism, as well as to discern a high from a low quality assessment. You will know how to conduct thorough assessments with the latest tools, operate clinical judgement and write appropriately detailed reports.
You will have a mixture of taught content from the latest research and clinical guidelines, group discussions and video demonstrations. It is designed for qualified professionals who can conduct and contribute to diagnostic assessments. It is delivered by a HCPC registered clinical psychologist who has spent years undertaking NICE-compliant autism assessments with adults.
You Will Gain:
A detailed understanding of the latest clinical and research guidelines in assessing and diagnosing autism
Practical assessment and diagnostic skills for autism using gold standard tools
Knowledge of the process for assessing and diagnosing autism
Confidence in discerning the quality of assessments
Is this course right for you?
This course is designed for:
Qualified mental health or allied health professional, including practitioner psychologists (HCPC registered) consultant psychiatrists, mental health nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, speech and language therapists and similar
Entry Requirements:
Qualified healthcare professional with professional registration (we will consider students, trainees and assistants – please enquire)
Meet The Course Director, Dr Alastair Pipkin
HCPC-Registered Clinical Psychologist, BABCP Fully Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Dr. Alastair Pipkin is a HCPC-registered clinical psychologist, fully accredited cognitive behavioural therapist with the BABCP, and an associate fellow of the higher education academy. He has setup, designed and delivered training for front-line psychological practitioners using CBT, written university-level courses in counselling and mental health, and trained hundreds of mental health professionals in CBT.
Unlock Psychology Ltd exists to provide accessible, robust, evidence-based and personalised training to equip the next generation for therapists. By sharing years of expertise in CBT, education and mental health treatment experience, the team of doctoral-trained therapists provide excellent learning environments to promote effective change.
What you'll learn
Our detailed, skills-focused autism assessment and diagnosis training will achieve the following learning outcomes:
Able to list the requirements of a robust autism assessment in line with current guidelines
Able to describe and apply current tools to the assessment of autism
Able to apply clinical judgement to differential diagnosis in autism
Able to critically assess the quality of diagnostic reports for autism
The course consists of 8 taught hours using a mixture of didactic, interactive and skills-based exercises. It will include video demonstrations, example reports and a pack covering the process of diagnostic assessments for autism.
Format: delivered live online.
Duration: 8 hours over 2x 5-hour days.
Award: you will receive a CPD certificate, acceptable to most regulatory bodies as 10-hours CPD.
TESTIMONIALS
What Our Clients Say
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"I really enjoyed today, Alastair is a great lecturer who kept me awake and engaged all day! The regular breaks are extremely helpful in maintaining engagement and motivation. There is a good balance of talking and activities and i feel the information provided was extremely clear and structured well."
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Our autism assessment and diagnosis training for adults costs £350 all inclusive.
The fee includes:
All learning materials including a pack containing example reports and processes for assessing autism
Full delivery of the training
12 months access to a recording of the workshop
Ready to upskill in assessing and diagnosing autism in adults?
Our cutting -edge autism assessment and diagnosis training is now taking bookings.
Click the link below to book directly, or feel free to email us with any queries and we will be happy to discuss. Once you have booked, you will be given access to our online learning system, MoodleCloud.