About Autism
Peer Education
Prior to the launch of this project we consulted with Autistic people along with parents and carers in relation to preferred terms of language. As the feedback was quite balanced in terms of 'person first' language and the use of the term 'Autistic', we have intentionally referenced both terms, so as to ensure everyones individual choice is catered for.
Great Minds Together have been appointed by the NHS – Health Education England to deliver the first ever Peer Education Programme that treats the family as the workforce. The programme will support families, befriender’s, Personal Assistants and small independent care providers in order to ‘upskill’ the team around the family as part of an evidenced based programme to prevent escalation of mental health needs resulting in hospitalisation. This innovative programme sets out to provide a level of free education and support to families and professionals like no other; in order to ensure mental health comes first for autistic people. Great Minds Together have selected a small number of highly skilled partners and staff members in order to provide information for people across all walks of life, to include online training, CPD courses, interactive workshops, peer support groups and on-call support.