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CASE STUDY | Young person is feeling overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions and is on Autism spectrum

Monday, 10 July, 2023

CASE STUDY | Young person is feeling overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions and is on Autism spectrum

Reason for Referral

Experiencing difficulties with low mood and anxiety.

YP often felt overwhelmed by their thoughts and emotions and had harmed themselves as a result of these feelings.

YP also has a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and has reported experiencing some difficult early life experiences.

Intervention/Support Provided

The goals/support agreed was:

The support provided was:

Outcomes

As a result of the intervention YP felt they had an increased level of confidence in their ability to try new activities.

In terms of the Goal based outcome measure scoring sheet, YP noted that their initial scoring of a 5/10 had increased to a 7/10 by the end of the intervention.

Impact

YP felt the support provided supported their college interview and their upcoming job interview.

YP noted that as a result of this intervention they had “made a few new friends”, felt “more confident around others” and “felt more confident for [their] LIPA sixth form interview”.

They also felt that they had pushed themselves out of their comfort zone and felt more motivated to do more things like this and try new experiences.

YP’s guardian noted that they found the intervention “really helpful” and that staff “went out of their way to meet and help YP“ and overall it “helped YP loads”.

 

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