Clinical case scenarios for professionals working with children and young people for NICE clinical guideline 128 - Autism recognition, referral and diagnosis

Abstract

NICE clinical case scenarios are an educational resource that can be used for individual or group learning.

These eight clinical case scenarios have been compiled to improve and assess users‟ knowledge of the recognition, referral and diagnosis of autism in children and young people. They illustrate how the recommendations from 'Autism: recognition, referral and diagnosis of children and young people on the autism spectrum‟, (NICE clinical guideline 128, www.nice.org.uk/CG128) can be applied in practice for those working with and caring for children and young people.

Each case scenario includes details of the child or young person's initial presentation. The clinical decisions about assessment and diagnosis are then examined using a question and answer approach. Relevant recommendations from the NICE guideline are quoted in the text (after the answer), with corresponding recommendation numbers.