The module provides a deeper understanding into the process of service innovation in neurodevelopmental disorders in order to drive forward service improvements. 

• definitions and epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorder
• cognitive, communicative and social characteristics of people with autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
• biological, social and environmental causes of neurodevelopmental disorder
• ideology, policy and service development
• definition and measurement of service quality
• relationships between service organisation and quality
• Clinical audit structure and implementation

A specialist module examining specialist understanding of diagnostic conceptualisation, co-morbidity, and management of Autism spectrum conditions ( ASC) including their clinical presentations. 

• Evolution of diagnostic conceptualisation of Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and epidemiology of ASC
• Neuro-psychology and neuro-biology of ASC
• Sensory integration and communication and its impact of clinical presentation, assessment, and management
• Clinical presentations, assessment, and management of mental disorders and challenging behaviour in people with ASC
• Evolution and current diagnostic conceptualisation of Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD), Tics, and Tourette’s Disorder
• Clinical presentations, assessment of and management approaches to neurodevelopmental disorders
• Psychological, biological, and social aetiological conceptualisation of ADD
• Mental health co-morbidity in neurodevelopmental disorders: epidemiology, assessment, and management
• Physical health considerations in ASC and NDD

This module will facilitate and further develop a critical awareness of the many complex areas relating to mental health law/ethics, and move practitioners towards a position of defensible rather than defensive practices

• Mental Health Act [1983] as Amended
• Mental Capacity Act [2005]
• Consent to Treatment for all age ranges 
• English Legal Research
• Deprivations of liberty and safeguards
• Case law and Statutes across life course 
• Ethics, law and professional practice