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The development of a mentor training program for practitioners working with autistic adults

Milton, Damian (2016) The development of a mentor training program for practitioners working with autistic adults. Project report. London South Bank University, London, UK (KAR id:62659)

Abstract

This study focuses on the development and evaluation of a training program for would-be mentors of adults on the autism spectrum. Relevant literature in this field is reviewed along with existing training and mentoring services for autistic adults, and the development of a mentor training programme described. The training programme was developed by the project team with advice from the project advisory and steering groups. This thesis reports on the development of participant feedback as to the effectiveness of the training model devised. Unlike many contemporary mentoring models in the field of autism, this project took a social model approach with training informed, designed and delivered with significant input from autistic people. In participant feedback, this aspect of the training was the best received. Following feedback from participants however, it is recommended that this training model be developed to be covered over a two-day period and contain added emphasis on the reliability and consistency of mentors, role boundary setting, and the facilitating of goal-setting.

Item Type: Reports and Papers (Project report)
Uncontrolled keywords: Autism, Mentoring, PCT, Wellbeing, Training
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User: Damian Milton
Date Deposited: 14 Aug 2017 08:52 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 06:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62659 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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