Understanding Autism Certificate

Autism is a spec­trum con­di­tion that affects how a per­son com­mu­ni­cates with oth­ers and how they inter­pret the world around them. There are around 700,000 peo­ple in the UK with autism – more than 1 in every 100. Hav­ing a clear under­stand­ing of the mis­con­cep­tions, diag­noses and sup­port sur­round­ing autism are just some of the essen­tial skills need­ed when work­ing in men­tal health. This qual­i­fi­ca­tion aims to devel­op learn­ers’ under­stand­ing of autism and the prin­ci­ples of sup­port­ing indi­vid­u­als with autism — cov­er­ing the per­son-cen­tred approach and influ­ence of pos­i­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tion meth­ods, how to sup­port pos­i­tive behav­iour and how indi­vid­u­als with autism can be sup­port­ed to live healthy and ful­filled lives.