Adult Autism Support Available in Lancashire | Lancashire Autism Partnership Board

Adult Autism support available in Lancashire – (This is currently under a refresh and will be updated shortly)

Post diagnostic Support;

We are not commissioned to Care coordinate. Many misunderstanding and perception around this.
Diagnosis not given– Signposted to appropriate health and social care services
Diagnosis given– Information passed internally to the Adult Services Team
Post diagnostic consultation interview completed
Membership form needs to be completed by anyone wishing to access our Adult services
Currently 70 people on the waiting list for post diagnosis support. This does not include referrals for counselling and social skills group membership as these are dealt with immediately
Post diagnostic support would be around benefits, life skills, managing day to day life – many of these referrals are from people who have tried to get social care support and not met the criteria for this or for mental health care support – the aim is to offer 5 sessions but this is often not enough
Unmet need – if we can not meet the needs of the person at Action for ASD then we will signpost them to the most appropriate service/organisation/support

Adult Services;

Counselling agreement with Understand Autism Northwest for newly diagnosed counselling.
Social Care referrals made as appropriate.
Newly diagnosed psycho-education groups on a rolling programme – Understanding your Diagnosis (6 week course) followed by Introduction to Sensory Issues and Life Skills (6 week course)
PIP workshops
Social Skills groups at the Autism Resource Centre, Burnley and Ivy Street Community Centre in Blackburn
Social events and trips out in the community
Ladies Group
Carer Support group
Low level 1:1 support.
The service is funded by East Lancs CCG and Blackburn with Darwen CCG.
From April 2018/ March 2019 the service has had 379 new referrals and has provided 3400 support sessions through meetings, telephone and emails to old and new client

*All specific data is from May 2019

Blackburn with Darwen have their own Learning Disability and Autism Partnership boards, both of which meet on the same day.

Dates for 2019

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Diagnostic Pathways
Action for ASD Diagnostic Pathway

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Transitions
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Service Providers
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