The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed it is to extend its contract with the Autism Education Trust (AET), which delivers face-to-face training to professionals working in early years settings, schools and post-16 institutions to help them support children and pupils on the spectrum, by a further two years.
The AET, led by the National Austistic Society and Ambitious about Autism, was established and developed by the DfE in 2007. As well as providing training, it offers a framework to schools to respond to the needs of pupils with autism.
The training programmes for professionals working with children from birth to age 25, are delivered through contracted license partners trained and supported by the AET. So far, 185,000 education professionals have undertaken the training.
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