Adult Autism Introductory: 2025
1 January 2025 to Wednesday 31 December 2025
Presented by Mindful
This is an online self-paced interactive learning module (3 hours). Participants will have access to LMS for two months after date of enrolment to complete the module.
$140 (inc. GST): General
$70 (inc. GST): Childrens' Health & Wellbeing Locals (Brimbank-Melton/Loddon-Bendigo/Southern-Monash)
FREE for Victorian AMHS/CYMHS/CAMHS/ICYMHS (including Forensicare), Orygen, Take Two, Victorian headspace, ACCHO/ACCHS, and Dept. of Psychiatry at University of Melbourne
PLEASE NOTE it may take up to 72 hours after registration to gain access to the training.
Once our administration staff have confirmed your registration, you will be emailed all information and a link to gain access to the online module.
Who is the training for?
Mental health clinicians working with adults who want to learn more about autism. E.g. Psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, speech pathologists, mental health nurses, peer support workers, etc.
Who provides the training?
This training is provided as a three hour online on-demand module. Developed by Mindful with Dr Emma Radford - Consultant Psychiatrist with lived and living experience perspectives by autistic advocate Yenn Purkis.
What does the training include?
Learn about how autism presents in adults through this online self-paced short course (approx. 3 hours). This module provides education to adult mental health clinicians about autism. No previous knowledge of autism is assumed.
Throughout the module Yenn Purkis contributes their lived experience perspective on topics such as diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and mental health services.
This course aims to raise awareness of the prevalence of autism in adulthood, as well as help clinicians to think differently about their approach to adult mental health so that they are more likely to consider autism when working with adults.
During this course you will learn to:
- Identify how our understanding of autism has changed from the 20th century to the 21st century
- Understand the importance of considering a diagnosis of autism in adults with a co-occurring mental illness
- Identify potential features of autism in adults that would benefit from further assessment
- Identify the potential differences and similarities between the presentation of autism and mental health conditions in adults
- Identify adaptations that may be used to modify mental health practice to better meet the needs of autistic clients.
While completing this module, we aim to update your view of what it is to be autistic and encourage you to consider the possibility of autism when you have a patient/consumer sitting in front of you.
Please note it may take up to 72 hours after registration to gain access to the training.
What do participants say about the training?
“I am autistic (…) I think the training has successfully reflected what life is like as an autistic adult. It has been put together with compassion and understanding”
“Incredibly valuable to hear from lived experience, as their voice is powerful in guiding our clinical work and ensuring safe and neuro-affirming care”
“(I have a) better understanding of (…) co-occurring conditions, and (how) to be a better clinician for autistic consumers”
“The course was extremely helpful in challenging older attitudes and views of autism, particularly relating to the linear “spectrum” and levels of functioning”
“A lot of my misconceptions have been addressed!”
Mindful - Autism Training Terms and Conditions
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