Working with Autistic Clients in Family Law Cases - Practical Advice & Helpful Tips

Introduction

Understanding neurodiversity in family law is now essential for any law firm both in supporting the needs of clients as well as professional colleagues both inside and outside of their organisation.

In the absence of such crucial knowledge and understanding, autistic clients are likely to be misunderstood, lack crucial support as well as have their cases incorrectly advocated which in turn is likely to not only have catastrophic results as regards the outcome of their case but also significantly impact on their mental health and wellbeing.

During this live session, Kelly Pougher will share invaluable information and practical advice and helpful tips to make the family justice system more accessible to autistic clients. It is intended for this session to be interactive and so each participant will have the opportunity to raise questions throughout the session.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• Understanding how the autistic brain functions
• Discussion about why autism is relevant to the family justice system
• What reasonable adjustments family lawyers should be making to better support the needs of their clients including a sensory audit of their surroundings
• Crucial planning and preparation both before, during and after client meetings
• Crucial planning and preparation both before, during and after conferences and court appointments
• Understanding the importance of dealing with autistic clients with the utmost respect, due care and dignity
• Helpful tips on what phrases to avoid
• Crucial understanding of what may happen when the needs of our autistic clients are not met and the impact this has on mental health and wellbeing

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.