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  • The intersection between ARFID and autism: Assessment and intervention

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Duration: 0 mins Publication Date: 9 May 2024

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Exploring the Intersection of Autism and ARFID

Duration: 41 mins Publication Date: 9 May 2024 Next Review Date: 9 May 2027 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13595

Description

In this talk, Emma and Tom will share insights from research and clinical practice to help inform clinicians in their work with young people with ARFID and autism. The talk will include: 1) areas of overlap between ARFID and autism; 2) considerations for assessment of ARFID and co-occurring autism; 3) ideas about intervention.

Learning Objectives

A. Understand the overlap between ARFID and autism.
B. Understand the diagnostic criteria for ARFID and Autism, and the considerations involved when assessing co-occurring ARFID and autism in children and young people.
C. Understand the current evidence base for psychological interventions for ARFID, and how this can be applied clinically in children and young people with co-occurring ARFID and Autism.

About this Lesson

Speakers

Dr. Emma Willmott

Dr. Emma Willmott

Senior Clinical Psychologist, ARFID Service at Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED) at SLAM

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