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What information do professionals have?

longman
over 11 years ago

This might be one for the Moderators to look into, but I wonder if others have insight on this.

I've had several conversations recently with professionals dealing with adults on the spectrum who've just spouted the triad of impairments, or who've said its all in the triad of impairments.

With all the literature on theories about autism and various interpretations, and approaches to treatment, I could quite understand professionals looking for the easiest synthesis to hand.  But what is to hand? Is it just too easy to read up on the triad and related summaries? Or is there nothing else to hand for professionals to use.

The Triad of Impairments, as far as I can see, is of no more value than for diagnosing children. It has little relevance to the everyday lives and experiences of adults, and is hardly appropriate to helping professionals understand adult needs.

It doesn't explain a lot of issues facing adults.

But just what are the main texts used by professionals? And how useful are these texts for supporting adults?

Parents
  • over 11 years ago

    Apologies I should have clarified. It is the Royal College of Psychiatrists (got that wrong to start with - not Psychologists), and it is their education and training centre, CETC for short, based in London and Leeds, which provides training guidelines for professionals. The document I described was devised by clinicians for clinicians to use in the assessment and diagnosis of adults on the autistic spectrum. There is also a support document but I need a member's reference number to access it.

    The guide, as I said, while revamped for adults, still asks questions more akin to the original for children, and I don't personally think it can be of much relevance to the adult experience.

    Also it is being promoted as training material, and training material based on the Triad of Impairments. Which probably explains why many health professionals think the triad of Impairments is adequate training material.

    So much for the Autism Act.

    Evidently 24 hours on the NAS information officers haven't found anything different.......

    Does this professional discussion forum I cannot log into have anything to say about this betrayal of our needs?

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  • over 11 years ago

    Apologies I should have clarified. It is the Royal College of Psychiatrists (got that wrong to start with - not Psychologists), and it is their education and training centre, CETC for short, based in London and Leeds, which provides training guidelines for professionals. The document I described was devised by clinicians for clinicians to use in the assessment and diagnosis of adults on the autistic spectrum. There is also a support document but I need a member's reference number to access it.

    The guide, as I said, while revamped for adults, still asks questions more akin to the original for children, and I don't personally think it can be of much relevance to the adult experience.

    Also it is being promoted as training material, and training material based on the Triad of Impairments. Which probably explains why many health professionals think the triad of Impairments is adequate training material.

    So much for the Autism Act.

    Evidently 24 hours on the NAS information officers haven't found anything different.......

    Does this professional discussion forum I cannot log into have anything to say about this betrayal of our needs?

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