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Achieving Autism Accreditation in Cat A Prison
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2022
Abstract
To ensure autististic prisoners are understood and receive necessary support in custodial environment.
1. Prison healthcare staff and discipline staff jointly trained about autism and how it is best managed in prison setting.
2. Promotion re-education aids for prisons visually and verbally.
3. Prison staff as autistic champions.
4. Accessible autistic spectrum lead in healthcare team to coordinate need.
priority that prison becomes autism accredited by national autistic society in progress.
There is increase of prisoners with neurodevelopmental disorders and ensuring their needs met in prison and this is CAT A challenging prison environment.
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- Education and Training
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- BJPsych Open , Volume 8 , Supplement S1: Abstracts of the RCPsych International Congress 2022, 20–23 June , June 2022 , pp. S20
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- Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
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