Assessment and diagnosis of autism — Microcredentials

  • For allied health, medical, and other professionals who support individuals and families through autism identification, assessment and diagnosis.
  • Online and self-paced
  • 25–50 hours depending on course

About the courses

This suite of seven online self-paced microcredential courses covers a range of topics that support application of the National Guideline for the assessment and diagnosis of autism in Australia — a best-practice, evidence-based approach to assessment and diagnosis across the lifespan.

Course benefits

  • Understand the Guideline Recommendations and how to bring them into everyday practice
  • Apply your learning with essential downloadable resources
  • Earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours stackable for unspecified academic credit in award courses

What you will learn

Seven topics covering diagnostic frameworks, assessment and diagnosis, diagnosis features and assessment approaches across the lifespan, initiating a referral, and differential diagnosis:

  1. Autism: Contemporary diagnostic frameworks
  2. Principles of Best Practice in Autism Assessment and Diagnosis
  3. Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in early childhood (0–5 years)
  4. Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in children (6–16 years)
  5. Autism: diagnostic features and assessment approaches in older adolescents and adults (17+ years)
  6. Initiating a referral for autism diagnostic assessment
  7. Differential diagnosis: distinguishing autism from other neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions

Course providers

Developed by Autism CRC with The University of Western Australia. Find out more and enrol through UWA PLUS. Course fees are payable directly to UWA.

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