Research by charity Ambitious About Autism shows that fewer than one in four young people with the condition continue their education beyond school.
In a bid to reverse this trend, the Department for Education (DfE) has put forward £240,000 to commission Ambitious About Autism to run the training courses, which will now take place during the autumn and spring terms across all nine regions in England.
The course is based on the charity's Finished at School programme which ran from 2013 to 2015 and focused on helping students with autism to access further education and training beyond school.
The training has been designed to help colleges fulfil the requirements of Children and Families Act and the revised SEND Code of Practice. It will also focus on parental engagement and collaboration.
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