AET FAQs

To continue to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate educational
provision for children and young people on the autism spectrum.
To bring organisations involved in delivering autism education services together
in order to promote good practice and share information.
To involve children and young people on the autism spectrum (together with
their families and carers), in the planning and delivery of information and
resources to enhance and improve autism education across the country.

It will commission research in order to remain relevant and fully informed of
current practice across England.
It will provide a platform for the promotion and sharing of good practice that
succeeds in improving the education needs of children and young people on the
autism spectrum.
It will provide a link between users, professionals, policy makers and central
government involved with autism education.

The AET has been funded in 2008/9 by the Department of Children, Schools and Families, and will continue to be funded by them in 2009/10.

Four Groups of people are directly involved in the work of the AET:
The Steering Group defines and monitors what we do against our objectives.
The Advisory Group provide wide-ranging expert advice on autism education to the Trust.
The Youth Advisory Group are a group of children across the range of the spectrum who participate in the work of the Trust.
Regional Advisory Groups exist to give a wider group of interested professionals, parents and carers the opportunity to share experiences on a more regional basis. (These are currently in development)