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<p>The Department for Education continues to fund the Autism Education Trust to provide
training to early years, school and further education staff on autism. From January
2012 to February 2014, 22,451 staff have received level 1 basic awareness training,
3,214 have received level 2 hands-on tools and techniques training and 775 have received
level 3 training for those who want to develop their knowledge of autism further and
those who will themselves take on a training role, such as school Special Educational
Needs Co-ordinators.</p><p>The Department is also funding three autism organisations
over 2013 to 2015, including Ambitious about Autism to work with four general further
education colleges and schools to test innovative ways of supporting the transition
of young people with autism from school to college and the National Autistic Society
to help young people with autism take part in the development of ‘local offers', to
provide advice to professionals and to fund an exclusion adviser for parents and professionals.</p><p>
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