Specialist Autism Support, Simplified for Busy Teachers

"Steph’s guidance and support has been invaluable to our federation. Her expertise has been instrumental in reviewing and improving the provision for children with SEN. Steph builds excellent relationships with all staff members. Our support staff welcome her visits and relish these as an opportunity to develop their practice. Steph will readily work with children and staff to model expectations and activities that support learners to progress. Steph’s knowledge and expertise has been critical in supporting our SENCOs with their strategic leadership of the role. Her feedback is always clear and actionable and she is supportive of the needs and development of our staff."

"In the time that Steph has been working with my school, I have been able to see a sustained improvement in the provision offered. This has been the case in the growing knowledge and skills of the staff she has worked alongside, the physical environment provided for autistic pupils and the outcomes for those pupils. The excellent provision for pupils with SEND, for which Stephanie’s support was a key element, was also verified by my School Improvement Partner."

"Steph Reed provided me with excellent support in understanding how to support autistic students. Her intricate knowledge of the curriculum and specialisms with students with SEND was invaluable. Her style of support and coaching is tailored and she took time to assess my needs and the schools. I would highly recommend her services."

"Steph’s consultant work with our school has been a valuable tool in steering improvement of our provision for pupils with SEN. She works closely with senior leaders to coordinate our SEN strategy and plans her support based on planning meetings with our SENCo. Steph’s knowledge and expertise has been critical in supporting our teachers with their classroom practice. Her feedback is always clear and actionable and she readily provides resources and strategies to help teachers implement new ideas. She shares her knowledge and expertise with staff in a supportive way. Staff feel confident to try new strategies once they have observed her working with pupils and she takes time to reflect with them on what makes these effective."

"Over the past year, I have worked with Steph in her role as Autism Advisory Teacher for our school. She has supported us in areas such as: setting up an autism resource provision, general observations and recommendations to support individual pupils' needs and wider training for staff. Steph is very organised, knowledgeable and flexible in her approach, to ensure that your bespoke needs as a school are targeted."

"Steph has been a source of knowledge, expertise and compassion for many years in her time as our Autism Specialist Teacher. Steph explores the current offer for a child through meaningful observations and dialogues with staff. She is incredibly patient with all staff, no matter their experience in and competencies in working with autistic children and empowers and upskills both adults/parents and carers to evolve the support around a child."