Dr Greg Pasco  is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Birkbeck College, University of London, Babylab. Since 2010 he has worked on the British Autism Study of Infant Siblings (BASIS) a longitudinal prospective study of children with older siblings and/or parents with autism and/or ADHD, overseeing the assessment and differential diagnosis of study participants. He initially trained as a speech & language therapist and has spent over three decades working with autistic children and adults and their family members in various roles and organisations. He has trained, taught and mentored many clinicians and researchers in relation to knowledge and understanding of autism, treatments and interventions and assessment and diagnosis.

Greg was trained to administer the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - Generic (ADOS-G) whilst working as a researcher on the International Molecular Genetics Study of Autism in the early 2000's and soon became an accredited ADOS trainer. Since then he has used the ADOS-G and ADOS-2 in clinical diagnostic settings and in multiple research studies. He has delivered ADOS training to researchers and clinicians from around the World, including Britain, Ireland, Europe, South America, the Middle East, Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Japan.


Dr Erica Salomone, a clinical psychologist by background, is Assistant Professor at the University of Milan Bicocca, Italy, lecturing on social and emotional development. As an ongoing technical advisor for the World Health Organization, she is currently working with international sites to develop practice guidelines and training materials to increase the identification, management, and treatment of children with developmental disabilities, including autism, in high as well as lower- and middle-income countries. Erica is Core Contributor of the novel intervention program ‘WHO Caregiver Skills Training Program for Families of Children with Developmental disorders or delays’. She has formerly worked on clinical trials for autism at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London and has lectured in Developmental Psychology and Behavioural Approaches in Autism Spectrum Disorders at the University of Turin, Italy.

It was exciting to participate in ADOS-II training in Manchester! Thanks to Chris it was organized excellently and all the three trainers were great experts but open for discussion and exchange.” Mateusz Płatos, Zakład Psychologii Rehabilitacyjnej, Wydział Psychologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski