Lucy Sanctuary

About Me

I am an experienced ADOS-2 clinician and certified independent trainer, and I am often on the panel with US ADOS-2 trainers for GAIN reliabilty workshops. I work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide autism assessments for all ages. I strongly believe in joint working and provide post-diagnostic support and family-focused adapted cognitive behaviour therapy for autistic young people, and I work therapeutically with young adults.

I am neurodivergent and understand lived experience as a professional, a parent and a person.

SERVICES

ADOS-2 Training

ADOS-2 Training

I am an experienced ADOS-2 clinician and trainer. I have provided in-house training for several NHS trusts as well as for companies and individuals with a range of different professions, e.g., psychologists, speech & language therapists, psychiatrists, prison officers, social workers, mental health nurses. I run reliability workshops and administration workshops as well as providing one-to-one and group supervision.

Assessment

I work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide autism assessments for all ages. We follow NICE guidelines and use current gold standard approaches (ADI-R, ADOS, information from nursery, school, college, employment) and screen for other areas of possible difference, e.g., anxiety, sensory processing, activity levels, depending on the individual’s profile. I am particularly interested in assessing girls and women and have considerable experience of this. This very often means differentiating between autism, mental health and attention deficit hyperactive disorder, which is another area of interest for me. 

Therapy

Autism Adapted CBT Therapy

I strongly believe in joint working and provide family-focused adapted cognitive behaviour therapy for autistic young people, and I work therapeutically with young adults. Everyone I work with therapeutically is autistic, but they have a range of co-morbid conditions, e.g., anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, eating difficulties, depression, self-harm. It is a privilege to work with such incredible young people, families and schools and related services. 

Upcoming courses:

ADOS-2 Training

ADOS-2 Training 30th June-2nd July

Online 3 day ADOS-2 Training, run by ADOS-2 trainer Lucy Sanctuary & trainer in training Ruth Fine.

ADOS-2 Reliability Workshop

ADOS-2 Reliability Workshop 18th July

Module Three
Location: Remote, via Zoom
Time: 12-4pm

ADOS-2 Refresher Administration Workshop

ADOS-2 Administration Workshop 28th July

Location: 85 Wimpole Street, London W1G 9RJ
Time: 9am-5pm


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