Text: eNewsletter - February 2021. Image: A doctor with a child and adult patient

Forging new HealthPathways

Autism HealthPathways are now available for adoption and adaptation in 43 health regions, caring for more than 28 million people across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

HealthPathways is a web-based health information site that assists health practitioners, particularly General Practitioners (GPs), to guide patients through the health system.

HealthPathways Clinical Editor and Mackay GP, Dr Aaron Kennedy, said “These autism-specific pathways are the first of their kind and will be shared across the international HealthPathways community. Importantly, this initiative equips GPs with the tools to help personalise treatment and management to improve the health care journey of autistic people across the lifespan.”

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Revolutionary innovation for Secret Agent Society

The Social Skills Training Institute team is proud to announce the launch of the innovative digital edition of the SAS Small Group Program – transitioning from the physical to the digital by combining family and facilitator resources within one integrated software package. The evidence-based content and program structure will now be accessed through an intuitive and engaging online platform which streamlines program delivery and participation for all users in face-to-face or telehealth sessions.

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Evaluation of NZ’s diagnostic process

Autism CRC’s latest research has led to recommendations for improving best practice in the identification, diagnosis, and ongoing supports for people on the autism spectrum in New Zealand.

The study surveyed 640 participants, including parents/caregivers of children on the spectrum, autistic adults and clinicians in both private and public settings.

inclusionED: supporting diverse learners

New inclusionED resources for 2021

The inclusionED team has been busy, recently releasing three new teaching practices in time for the 2021 school year. The new practices focus on how to create routine and visual schedules; school belonging; and, calm space for students.

inclusionED can help you to make informed choices about how best to structure your classroom environment, communication style and learning activities to support all learners.

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Children and parents – can you help?

As part of a larger Autism CRC project on the Development of an assessment of functioning tool based on the ICF Core Sets for Autism we are currently conducting a study to test an assessment of functioning tool for individuals on the autism spectrum. This assessment tool is designed for health professionals, but we have recently developed proxy- and self-report versions of the assessment.

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The latest outputs from Autism CRC

Teachers needed to trial transition planning resources

Be among the first to use these online teacher resources with your students! We have now developed a series of online teacher resources to help guide students in using myWAY Employability as part of transition planning.

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New toolkit offers ‘succinct’ overview to aid diagnosis

Professor Andrew Whitehouse was recently interviewed by Australian general practice news hub, newsGP, about Autism CRC’s newly released National Guideline Implementation Toolkit.

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Our heartfelt condolences to the friends and family of Mrs Olga Tennison, who recently passed away, a few months short of her 93rd birthday. Olga has had a profound impact on the lives of autistic people and their families with the establishment of the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre at La Trobe University, which would not have been possible without her significant private donations. Olga was an intelligent, impressive and inspirational woman.

You can read more about Olga on the OTARC website.

Autism CRC is the world’s first national, cooperative research effort focused on autism. We take a whole-of-life approach to enhance the lives of people on the autism spectrum, from diagnosis and the early years to the school years and into adult life.

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