Mental health and care professionals who support autistic people often face ongoing emotional, organisational and practical pressures, which place their wellbeing at risk and can undermine the quality and stability of the support autistic individuals receive.

Aims

The PreBurn project aims to prevent and manage burnout by combining evidence-based training, digital self-support and participatory policy development. The project will identify key risk factors for burnout within autism-related mental health and care services. This evidence will be used to develop a structured Training Module and a complementary digital Self-Training Tool focused on building resilience, improving coping strategies and strengthening organisational awareness of burnout. The proejct will also work with professionals and service providers to co-create policy recommendations that address systemic and organisational conditions that contribute to burnout. Together, these outputs will support healthier working conditions for staff and contribute to improved wellbeing and quality of care for autistic people.

Main target groups

• Mental health and care professionals working with autistic people.

Activities

• Identification of risk factors or burnout in autism-related mental health and care work.

• Development of a Training Module to prevent and manage burnout in professionals. 

• Development of a digital Self-Training Tool for ongoing support.

• Co-creation of Policy Recommendations to address structural contributors to burnout.

Duration

01/11/2025 to 31/10/2028

Partnership

• Coordinator: Stichting VU (The Netherlands) - Coordinator
• Child and Adolescent Center (Greece)
• AUTISM ASSOCIATION LARISSA (Greece)
• EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Belgium)
• Asociación de Padres de Personas con Autismo (Spain)
• Stichting Disability Studies in Nederland (The Netherlands)

Contact

Miguel Buitrago, Learning and Development Officer

Funding

Erasmus+ Programme

Project 2025-1-NL01-KA220-ADU-000356374

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