Type of service: Assessment, Diagnostic services, Interventions and therapies

Jill Coote is a Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and advises other professionals working within the autism client group. Jill has been trained to use the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI®) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and ADOS 2 by Dr Fiona Scott. These are 'Gold Standard', internationally recognised assessments for diagnosing Autism. Jill is experienced in using both diagnostic assessments. She has attended a refresher coding day with Dr Scott (May 2012) to check coding consensus and to be familiarised with Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS 2) in line with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and proposed International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD XI) changes in diagnostic criteria. Jill Coote has experience in:

• Involved in multi-disciplinary assessments determining capacity to consent issues involving people with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for the Police and the Courts and Local Authorities. .

• Been instructed by Solicitors and individual families to assess language/social skills of children on the autism spectrum and those with language delay/disorder and has produced reports and represented families at Educational Tribunals across the country. .

• Been instructed by Solicitors, Commercial companies and individuals to undertake diagnostic Assessments and current presentation of autism spectrum conditions (ASCs) for Occupational Health Tribunals. .

• Undertaken diagnostic Assessment for language disorder and delay and ASD conditions and liaised with Special Educational Needs (SEN) departments at Universities and tertiary education institutes including Oxford Brookes, John Ruskin College, Cambridge and Oxford. .

• Undertaken second opinion diagnostic assessments for ASD, children and adults. Her reports have been used in Court. .

• Is a skilled and experienced trainer. Has delivered training to a wide variety of people and professionals, including the National Autistic Society, Community Care, Brighton Council, Buckinghamshire Council, Action for Children and a wide range of other professionals and professional peers..

Interventions, approaches and programmes are as listed plus psycho-education, strategies for Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children (TEACCH), Talking Mats and Comic Strip Conversations..

Assessment procedure: I provide as assessment of autism spectrum conditions (ASCs), using Gold Standard ASC assessments and other assessments that help to indicate strengths and weaknesses within the individual.

Follow up service: Recommendations and advice on implementing individual programmes.

Multi-disciplinary assessment: No.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Child , Young person

Referral Sources: Private Only

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Other specialisms: Augmented communication within autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Challenging behaviour, Learning disability

Approaches and tools used: ADI-R, ADOS, AQ, ASDI, ASQ, GARS