Good communication is essential for children with autism and their families, says NICE

The new guideline represents the final part in a series of three. NICE has already published recommendations on diagnosing autism in children and diagnosing and managing the condition in adults. This guideline aims to ensure that children and young people with possible autism, as well as their parents or carers, get the appropriate care and support.

Standards of care for people who self-harm must be improved, says NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a quality standard to improve the quality of care and support for children, young people, and adults who self-harm.
The term self-harm is used to refer to any act of self-injury or self-poisoning carried out by a person, irrespective of their motivation. This commonly involves self-injury by cutting or self-poisoning with medication. Hospitals in England deal with around 220,000 episodes of self-harm by 150,000 people each year [i].

Tailor management of autism in children and young people to individual needs

NICE´s guideline on the management and assessment of children and young people with autism recommends a range of treatments and interventions to help ensure management addresses individual needs.
Interventions covered include anticipating and preventing behaviour that challenges, the assessment and management of behaviour that challenges, and psychosocial interventions for behaviour that challenges,
NICE recommends health and social care professionals should receive training in autism awareness and managing autism. This training should include cover a range of areas, including the nature and course of autism, and of the behaviour that challenges in children and young people with the condition.