We want to highlight ECHO Autism Communities: Mental Health program. This program aims to increase access to community-based clinicians who are well-equipped to deliver best-practice therapeutic modalities modified for individuals with autism.
What is ECHO Autism: Mental Health?
ECHO Autism: Mental Health is a virtual learning program intended to improve care for autistic people with common co-occurring psychiatric conditions by increasing access to clinicians equipped to deliver best-practice therapeutic modalities modified for autistic people. The program focuses on increasing clinician self-efficacy in identifying the need for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation in autistic people and in implementing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a component of a comprehensive treatment plan for autistic people and co-occurring mental health conditions.
This program launches every fall. The program kicks off with a one-day training and is followed by 15 virtual ECHO sessions held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month beginning in October and going through June.
Participation in this program is suited for licensed or provisionally licensed mental health clinicians who are currently delivering CBT and who practice in the state of Missouri, such as LPC, PhD, LCSW, MFT, MD, PLPC, LMSW, and PsyD.
This program is spearheaded by an interdisciplinary panel of leading experts in the autism field. The hub team consists of a clinical psychologist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, family advocate, and resource specialist.
Participants can expect to learn best practices and expand their knowledge of resources with topics including CBT and Psychoeducation, CBT and Coping Skills, CBT and Exposure Exercises, Co-occurring Medical Conditions in Autism, Supporting the Family, Preventing Suicide in People with Autism, and more! Participants will also be able to discuss cases with experts, get real-time guidance, and ask questions.
Learn more about joining this ECHO Autism program or one of our other flagship programs HERE.
