Psychoeducation for Older Adults With Autism

To improve detection and diagnosis of ASD the participating mental health institutes will be trained by the research group on how to detect and diagnose autism in older adults. The basis of the ASD training involves two separate training sessions. Part one focuses on recognition and detection of ASD, specifically in older adults, and will be offered to the entire teams of the participating centres. The second part of the training focuses on the diagnosis of ASD and as such is offered primarily to diagnosticians. Follow up will consist of monthly recurring options for online consultation during the entire project to discuss clinical cases by experts in ASD in older adults from PersonaCura, clinical centre of excellence for personality and developmental disorders in older adults (dr. A. Videler and R. Wilting).

An adapted PE program for older adults with a (probability) diagnosis of ASD. The PE program consists of eight, two-hour group meetings on a weekly basis.