Employ autism network
Ambitious About Autism are looking for people to sign up. They are seeking employers, educators etc. Click icon to find their Employ Autism Network page.
Finished at school
Ambitious About Autism published a guide at the end of their Finished at School (FaS) campaign. The learning it captured is intended to support colleges in developing effective practice to support learners with autism to make a successful transition from school to college and into adult life. Click icon for guide.
See also: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk Menu > Who we are > Campaigns > Finished at School Twitter has a link to the website at the top of its display.
Team Around the Child
As a guide, a TAC is required where two or more support services are involved. Click icon for Lincolnshire Council guidance and assessment portal.
Here is a one stop resource for those in need of Teams Around a Child: Early Help Lincolnshire Here is the TAC website establised by Peter Limbrick who developed TAC. This link gives a feel for how things might work: TAC meetings
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This is a page for professionals who may be quite new to autism. See also: Autism awareness SEN/EHC Information Sensory sensitivity for Sensory Processing Disorder under SPD.
TEACCH
Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) is another broad brush approach to working with children or adults with autism. It has more to do with values and priorities than specific techniques. Click icon for more detail.
The NAS Early bird programme draws on the TEACCH approach. See also: Autism UK Wikipedia
Training courses
- The National Autistic Society offers a range of training courses for autism professionals and others who need to cater for autistic people. See: professionals teachers training & consultancy courses
- Contact, for families with disabled children, offers a range of courses to support professionals in their work with families with disabled children. See: professionals training courses
- Lincolnshire County Council website has a training resources page. (new)
See also their downloads: Autism training Training outcomes Skills & knowledge Autism champion Autism champion flowchart Early years inclusion - Makaton course in Grantham. See related calendar
- Autism Independent UK is a small charity based in Kettering, Nothamptonshire. See dates contact
Supporting inclusion
Click icon for Lincolnshire Council pages about supporting inclusion. It covers aspects of special educational needs & disability for professionals. They also has a specialist school support services page in EduLincs (new)
Lincolnshire has four integrated locality teams. SENCOs from all early years providers, registered childminders and out of school club managers can request Early Years inclusion support. See Early years support It has an inclusion support referral form at the bottom of the page and email addresses.
Working together team
The Working Together Team offers support to schools and academies for students with a wide range of social communication and / or learning needs. See also: detail SEN Support – Scroll down to Social communication outreach.
Flash Cards
Sparklebox offer free teaching aids for children with special educational needs. Here is the Speech page. Their terms of use are brief.
Co-ordination
Early years can extend as far as the age of 18 with ESCO. This is short for Early years Support Care & Co-ordination,
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