Programme

09:00 - 09:15	Welcome by the chairs
	Session one - appropriate support
09:15 - 10:05	What do autistic people need from mental health services?
10:05 - 10:55	Autistic people with learning disabilities: ensuring the right support
10:55 - 11:25	Break
	Session two - autism specific tools and strategies
11:25 - 12:15	Self-harm and suicidal behaviour - signs and strategies Dr Sarah Cassidy, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham Emma Nielson, Research Associate, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch break
	Session three - everyday stressors
13:15 - 14:05	TBC
14:05 - 14:55	Autistic fatigue and burnout
14:55 - 15:25	Break
	Session four - autistic truama
15:30 - 16:15	Autism, truama and PTSD Dr Freya Rumball, Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Adult ASD Assessment Service, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Researcher, King's College London
16:15 - 17:05	Panel discussion
17:05 - 17:15	Closing remarks
17:15	Conference ends

		Additional bonus sessions On-demand sessions available as part of the event which you can choose to view at any time.
1		Alexithymia and emotion regulation
2		Inside a Community Mental Health Team
3		TBC
4		Making psychological therapies (IAPT) work for autistic people Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou, Lecturer in Developmental Psychology and Mental Health, and Senior Research Associate, University College London
5		The autism in-patient crisis