Autism & Mental Health Services Project

These interactive sessions aim to provide participants with the knowledge and skills to deliver support to autistic adolescent and adult clients who have co-occurring mental health conditions.

Training will incorporate the nature of co-occurring mental health conditions of autistic people, differential diagnosis of autism and mental health conditions, and adaptations to therapeutic strategies to support their specific needs.

Sessions are developed in collaboration with autistic people, including a consultant with lived experience of autism and mental health conditions, family members and carers, mental health practitioners and general practitioners.

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Sessions for Mental Health Practitioners

Friday 17 October, 9am-4pm (Waitlist only)
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Friday 31 October, 9:00am-4:00pm
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Friday 7 November, 9:00am-4:00pm
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These interactive workshops aim to provide mental health practitioners across Queensland with the knowledge and skills to better understand the autistic experience and deliver appropriate, meaningful and neurodiversity-affirming supports to adolescent and adult autistic clients who have co-occurring mental health conditions.

Topics include:

• An extension of knowledge of autism and its functional impacts
• Strategies to accommodate individual differences and improve outcomes
• Key considerations for assessment and management of mental health for autistic people
• Mental health treatment modifications for autistic people
• Case studies to apply knowledge and strategies.

We also deliver:

• Sessions for Mental Health Organisations

• Sessions for General Practitioners

• Customised Workshops

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This schedule is regularly updated so please remember to check back for new dates if those listed do not suit.
You can also register to receive updates here.

Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to www.dss.gov.au for more information.