Specialist, practical and coaching support within schools, nurseries and children’s services, to upskill staff and build capacity in maximising outcomes for autistic learners.
Outcomes:
- Improve outcomes for children with autism and related needs
- Enhance the knowledge and understanding of staff or family in areas related to autism (such as effective teaching and support strategies, emotional regulation, behaviour, communication, social skills, independence and transitions)
- Increase child engagement, achievement and well-being
- Reduce anxiety and challenging behaviour
- Implement effective research-based interventions to ensure individual progress
- Establish autism friendly environment and spaces
- Avoid exclusion
- Embed good practice across the setting through ongoing monitoring and sharing of effective strategies and resources
- Ensure the personalised needs of children with autism or associated needs are met effectively
Outreach visits include:
- Child and class observations followed by action setting sessions with staff using a coaching approach (up to 5 observations in 1 day)
- Reports with actions and reviews of progress
- Review meetings with Senior Leadership and/ or Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo)
- Specialist support and advice on school systems (i.e. behaviour support plans, lunch time, one page profiles, etc.)
- Implementation and modelling of research-based and good practice approaches, strategies and resources
- Bespoke interventions
- Parent support
- Training workshops
- Liaison with multi-disciplinary professionals
- Transition support
- Attendance at annual review and outcomes meetings
- Report and support for EHCP application
- Email and telephone support
Outreach visits are tailored to the needs of the school or service, in order to ensure maximum impact and sustainability.
Requirements will be identified in an initial meeting or phone call, which is free of charge and without obligation. A series of outreach visits will ensure progress and development of successful autism practice and systems across the school.
This service is suitable for:
- Schools (mainstream and special)
- Independent schools and academies
- Nurseries
- Children’s centres
- Children’s services
- Libraries
- Families
- Carers
- Children who are not accessing school
Testimonials
5/5
“In the time that Stephanie 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 pupils with ASD 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.
Not only is she extremely knowledgeable about her area of specialism, she is adept at communicating her expertise to a wide range of people. Whether supporting staff working one-to-one with ASD pupils, class teachers, senior leaders or parents, Stephanie is able to communicate effectively and efficiently, offering sound advice backed by her own considerable knowledge, experience and current research practices.”
Jess Hutchison
Head Teacher, Grazebrook Primary School, London
5/5
"The outreach and training has enabled my schools to provide accurate support to our ASD pupils as well as started to up skill my staff on key strategies to use to be successful with ASD pupils”
Michelle Thomas
Executive Head Teacher, New Wave Federation, London
5/5
"Each session provides a wealth of ideas and support for the teachers and support staff to immediately employ in their practice. As a result, the children with ASD are supported more effectively. Meetings with the SENCo and senior leaders also increase their knowledge of ASD within a wider school context”
Alexandra Webb
SENCo, Grazebrook & Shacklewell Primary Schools, London
5/5
“I feel I know much better how to support a child with ASD. While I understand each child is different, I feel I have discussed and been exposed to a very wide variety of strategies and now have a wide knowledge base to draw on”
Teaching Assistant
Woodberry Down Primary School, London
5/5
“I feel listened to and more confident with my learning”
Year 4 child
Woodberry Down School, London
5/5
"I am so happy with… progress in school. I am happy that he is being more independent"
Parent
Grazebrook Primary School, London
Contact
For all inquiries please email [email protected]
