{"id":7082,"date":"2020-09-22T15:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T15:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autismwales.org\/?page_id=7082"},"modified":"2020-09-25T10:34:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T10:34:53","slug":"team-compositions-competencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neurodivergencewales.org\/en\/community-services\/i-work-with-children-in-health-social-care\/clinicians-toolkit-children\/team-compositions-competencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Team compositions &#038; competencies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7082\" class=\"elementor elementor-7082\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38d202f elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"38d202f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f49fab5\" data-id=\"f49fab5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-430fda95 white-icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"430fda95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fal fa-hand-holding-heart\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b728dd8\" data-id=\"5b728dd8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380c1136 white-heading elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"380c1136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Team compositions &#038; competencies<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b12879e white-breadcrumbs elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"b12879e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/neurodivergencewales.org\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-272eccdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"272eccdf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3ce49c\" data-id=\"2b3ce49c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3815d78e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3815d78e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The following advice is adapted from NICE Guideline CG128, Autism in under 19s: recognition, referral and diagnosis.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg128\/chapter\/1-recommendations\">[<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg128\/chapter\/1-Guidance#recognising-children-and-young-people-with-possible-autism\">www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg128\/chapter\/1-Guidance#recognising-children-and-young-people-with-possible-autism<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nice.org.uk\/guidance\/cg128\/chapter\/1-recommendations\">]<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>The team should take action to reduce inequalities in recognition, referral and diagnosis for those with good verbal ability and average or above average intellectual ability, females, those with a dual language and those in the criminal justice system.<\/p><p><strong>A<\/strong><strong>ssessment should include \u201cdevelopment of a profile of the child\u2019s or young person\u2019s strengths, skills, impairments and needs\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0that can be used to create a needs-based management plan, taking into account family and educational context. This requires a\u00a0<strong>multidisciplinary team<\/strong>\u00a0which has the skills to undertake the assessments necessary for profiling.<\/p><p>The core team membership should include a:<\/p><ul><li>paediatrician and\/or child and adolescent psychiatrist<\/li><li>speech and language therapist<\/li><li>clinical and\/or educational psychologist<\/li><\/ul><p>And either\u00a0<strong>include or have regular access<\/strong>\u00a0to the following professionals if they are not already in the team:<\/p><ul><li>paediatrician or paediatric neurologist<\/li><li>child and adolescent psychiatrist<\/li><li>educational psychologist<\/li><li>clinical psychologist<\/li><li>occupational therapist<\/li><\/ul><p>Members of the autism team will be clinicians who may have other roles and be members of other teams in child health, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and or education and social care, but\u00a0<strong>membership of the autism team should be a dedicated role<\/strong>\u00a0for this group of professionals.<\/p><p>Not all professionals in the autism team need to be involved in the diagnostic process for every child or young person but a single practitioner is not well placed to undertake a full diagnostic assessment.<\/p><p>A very experienced healthcare professional could undertake some aspects of the assessment single-handedly (such as ADI\/ADI-R and ADOS). However, a wider range of expertise is required to undertake the other aspects of assessments in order to develop a comprehensive profile of the child or young person.<\/p><p>The autism team should have the skills and competencies to:<\/p><ul><li>carry out an autism diagnostic assessment<\/li><li>communicate with children and young people with suspected or known autism, and with their parents and carers, and sensitively share the diagnosis with them<\/li><\/ul><p>The autism team should either have the skills (or have access to professionals that have the skills) needed to carry out an autism diagnostic assessment, for children and young people with special circumstances including:<\/p><ul><li>coexisting conditions such as severe visual and hearing impairments, motor disorders including cerebral palsy, severe intellectual disability, complex language disorders or complex mental health disorders<\/li><li>looked-after children and young 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