Publish date: 16 July 2021
Are you a mental health practitioner working in Halton, Knowsley, St Helens or Warrington?
Our Mid Mersey Autism and Mental Health Support Team is delighted to be able to offer more dates for their successful online (Zoom/Microsoft Teams) training, aimed at helping you to recognise, understand and work effectively with adults with autism in your services.
This training has been co-produced by adults with autism.
This interactive training will:
- Show you why we think in the way we do, and understand why we can sometimes struggle with difference
- Increase your understanding of neurodiversity and see why it’s vital for our success as individuals and organisations
- Provide information and tools on how you can assess and provide effective interventions for adults with autism and mental health difficulties
- Reflect on and identify realistic and appropriate reasonable adjustments you can make in your workplace
- Show how the Dynamic Support Database can assist you in your work
Upcoming training dates
| Date | Time | Delivery via |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 22 July | 11am to 2pm | Zoom |
| Friday 6 August | 10am to 1pm | Zoom |
| Wednesday 18 August | 10am to 1pm | MS Teams |
| Monday 23 August | 1 to 4pm | MS Teams |
| Wednesday 25 August | 10am to 1pm | Zoom |
| Tuesday 14 September | 10am to 1pm | Zoom |
| Friday 17 September | 10am to 1pm | MS Teams |
| Tuesday 21 September | 11am to 2pm | MS Teams |
| Thursday 30 September | 11am to 2pm | Zoom |
Book your place with an email to lynn.kinnear@nwbh.nhs.uk
Other training options
We also develop bespoke training sessions that are flexible to your needs or the needs of your team. If you are unable to join the sessions above and would like to discuss this with us, please contact Helen by email to helen
Feedback
We've been delighted with the feedback we've recieved for this training and love hearing how it has made a difference.
Here are some of the things previous attendees have shared:
“It was one of my favourite training sessions I have ever had and really made me think about my practice and my approach to service users”
“I found the training enlightening and useful. The material/content was well thought out and presented. I now have a much better understanding of the condition and of the adjustments I would need to make in conducting therapy with someone with autism”
“I have worked in services for several years now and we work with many service users who have diagnosis of ASC. Although feeling that I had experience in this area – so much of the theory and background that was covered during this training was new to me! I have come away feeling much more mindful of considering a person’s needs in the context of their ASC"
“The contributions from the experts by experience really enriched the training. Excellent interactive and interesting course – even when done online!”
“I was very ignorant about autism thinking that there was only one issue. I have had my eyes well and truly opened and have thoroughly enjoyed the session”
“The session really sparked off some new ideas for me. It shone a new light on current/previous clients’ presentations/difficulties, and the fact that a colleague emailed me straight after the session with similar ideas suggests that there is definitely a need for us all to think more globally about some of our clients’ presentations & needs”
“Engaging and knowledgeable speakers who really know their stuff and are so passionate about autism!”