Mindful, Centre for training and research in developmental health: ASD Training Summary 2020
Appendix Training Summary
A1 2020 ASD Training Summary
Mindful is funded by the Mental Health and Drugs Branch of the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate and deliver ASD training in assessment, diagnosis and early intervention for mental health services.
Mindful is the largest provider of ASD training in Victoria and continues to increase the number of training workshops offered each year. In 2020, due to COVID 19, Mindful transitioned almost all the ASD workshops to live webinars.
In 2020 Mindful filled over 1200 places and participants came from over 339 different organizations, both public and private. This was an increase of 29% in trainings offered and an 46% increase in training places filled, compared to 2019
Al.1 Number of Participants and ASD Workshops
1400
1200
:
800
600
No. Paticipants
400
200 » —
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Gam No. of workshops ==> No. of participants
40 35 30 25 20 15 10
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A2 COVID-19 Impacts
In 2020 we continued our strong growth in training places despite setbacks caused by COVID-19 by pivoting to online training. Due to the move to an online platform, the majority of our workshops were delivered in the later part of the year from July to December and were well attended as we experienced a high demand for online training. Feedback from participants indicated a high level of satisfaction with the quality of the training. We hope to be able to return to in person training sometime in 2021. However, our online training has been so successful that will continue offering it for many workshops as it has made training more accessible to rural Victorian clinicians.
A3 Participants from Outside of Victoria
Not only is Mindful the largest provider of ASD Training in Victoria but we are also one of the largest in Australia. We have a significant number of interstate and New Zealand participants, before COVID-19 these participants would travel to Melbourne to attend our training. A3.1 Percentage of Participants from Outside Victoria
= Outside Victoria
= Victoria
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Mindful, Centre for training and research in developmental health: ASD Training Summary 2020
A3.2 Outside Victoria - By State/Country
= ACT
= NSW
a NT
= QLD
OF
aSA
= TAS
= WA
= New Zealand
\ = Canada
USA
Singapore
Malaysia
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A4 Professions of Participants
Mindful’s training is aiming to build a multidisciplinary workforce that has the skills and training to diagnose ASD and work with comorbid mental health issues of these clients. Our training participants come from a broad spread of professions, which is essential given that ASD Assessments require the input of several different specialists.
A4.1 Participants by Profession
= Occupational
Therapist
= Other
= Paediatrician or
Fellow
6.14%
7.88%
80% %
= Psychiatric Nurse
= Psychiatrist or Trainee
m@ Psychologist
=
Social Worker
Speech Pathologist
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Mindful, Centre for training and research in developmental health: ASD Training Summary 2020
A5 Organizations Reached
Mindful’s training has significant reach and is highly regarded throughout the state and the whole of Australia. Over the past few years much of the growth in training demand has been facilitated by the work of the Statewide ASD Coordinator in developing relationships with the organizations that are eligible for training places, including CAMHS/CYMHS, Orygen, Adult Mental Health, Headspace and others, and promoting subsidized training places. Our private sector and public (not subsidized) demand has grown organically and has relied on clinicians recommending the training to colleagues.
A5.1 Participants by Organization Type
ry) §
i = Autism Peak Body
= Mental Health
Service
= Private
Public
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A5.2Subsidized vs Full Fee Training Places
= Subsidized
= Full Fee
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In total 39% of all training places were offered at a subsidized rate. The strong demand for full fee places, especially for our core and advanced ASD Training, allows us to offer so many subsidized places, usually at approximately half the full fee rate.