STILL TO GET INFORMATION ON:

Richmond Fellowship

Hillcrest Care

Fairway Fife

Capability Scotland

Aberlour

Real life Options

This document can be seen in full by following the link below:

https://www.fife.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/161720/Making-decisions-What-does- capacity-mean-New.pdf

Brendan Walsh of DYW has worked with our pupils for the last two sessions. Initially, Brendan organised a variety of work-themed activities in school which gave him the opportunity to get to know the pupils. Brendan has gone on to organise a work placement for Michael at Furniture Plus. This session Michael has been visiting Furniture Plus to carry out his task of scanning and sorting books, DVD’s and CD’s to be sold on by the charity. Craig has continued to enjoy working with Brendan in school.

M

• Maxwell Centre – Mike Payne – mike.payne@fife.gov.uk
• My World Matters – ASN family support group based in Dunfermline/Facebook
• Mans Shed group – Kennoway

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• Nourish – Kirkcaldy family support group 01592 653639
• Newman’s Trust – residential activity support – online https://www.newmantrust.org
• N.E Fife ASN Community Support Group – parents can join group on Facebook

O

• Out of School Clubs – online
• One Stop Shop – Autism support – online support Kirkcaldy – Facebook page fifeoss@scottishautism.org parents link for pre and post diagnosis
• Over the Wall – sibling camps – online Over The Wall Children’s Charity (otw.org.uk)
• On Your Doorstep – Fife Council support group search – online On Your Doorstep Fife

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• Pamis – Kirkcaldy – runs activities and groups online – support network for complex learning needs Microsoft Word – fss leaflet 2017 (pamis.org.uk) Leisure Events – Fife | PAMIS
• disability dance and drama group Glasgow online 0141 354 0234
• Paragon Dance/disability
• Parkour Kirkcaldy – online
• Pirri Street Dance Group – online
• PAPAS – Autism course via health professionals PAPAS – Parent Awareness Programme for Autism Spectrum – Access Therapies Fife NHS (scot.nhs.uk)
• PADDS global developmental delay parenting course via www.accesstherapiesfife.scot.nhs.uk

Q

• Queen Anne HS after school club

R

• RADAR keys for disability toilets – online Fife Council Where to Access a Radar Key | Fife Council
• Reduced noise days in local cinemas – online Autism friendly café Kirkcaldy – online
• RNIB Toy Library – online Let’s play – Toys and play ideas for young children with vision impairment (rnib.org.uk)
• Riding for Disabled – online
• Rachel House – Kinross – online 01577 865777
• Race – running for kids using wheelchairs, adapted bike – Pitreavie, Dunfermline – online
• Revolution Hair – ASD – Kirkcaldy

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• SDS options Fife SDS support and info support
• Seagull Trust Cruises (Barge) – Ratho – online Ratho Branch | Seagull Trust Cruises 07511 055081
• Sailability – online – takes place at Lochore Meadows
• Scottish Childminding Association – online https://www.childminding.org/
• Seagull Trust – online Contact us | Seagull Trust Cruises
• Sing in The City – parent choir – online More than a Choir… | Sing in the City
• Scottish Autism One Stop Shop, Fife Website Fife One Stop Shop/Scottish Autism – Groups for parents and carers and adult autistic individuals Fife Courses, Local Events and Workshops/Scottish Autism. Parents should email fifeoss@scottishautism.org Slide 1 (scottishautism.org). We also have a Facebook page at Scottish Autism One Stop Shop Fife where we put up posts and reminders about groups etc.
• Sensoriale café – Autism friendly café Kirkcaldy – Facebook

• SEAL Club Dunfermline – ASN youth group – online – Seal Dunfermline: Barbara Grant – office@sealdunfermline.org.uk (voluntary group)
• Special Needs Housing contact – Fife Council
• Super Troop Edinburgh – residential activity support – online SuperTroop
• Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus – parents support group – Rosyth
• Sense Scotland – online Sense Scotland | Home
• Safe Space Beds -online Safespaces For The Best Safe Living And Sleeping Spaces
• Square Start – charity – Levenmouth – overall family support Square Start Levenmouth | Neighbourly
• Samaritans – Call 116 123
• Sandcastle Trust – rare genetics support – online Home – Sandcastle Trust
• Shiresmill Therapy Riding Centre – online Shiresmill Therapy Riding Centre

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• The Yard – Kirkcaldy/Edinburgh/Dundee – online
• Telecare – Fife Council – alarms and monitors Telecare | Fife Council
• The Cottage – family support – Kirkcaldy
• Trefoil Foundation – charity funding – online Trefoil
• Toy Drive – Christmas appeal in NE Fife. Contact Victoria Leonard, Cupar C&F

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• Ups and Downs – Downs Syndrome group Fife – Facebook

V

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• Whizz Kids Wheelchair Club – Cumbernauld
• Wheelchair Ice Skating – Kirkcaldy Ice Rink – online
• Who Cares – advocacy service – online Home – Who Cares? Scotland (whocaresscotland.org)
• Women’s Aid
• WISE group – 14+ – online

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• Xtreme Trampoline Park, Glenrothes – Autistic friendly sessions Tuesday evenings

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• YMCA – Kirkcaldy out of school support – online
• YMCA – Intandem Befriending service

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Useful links and Websites –

https://takeabreakscotland.org.uk – new funding available 12/05/21

www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/life-skills/joining-in-with-sensory-differences/ – re environmental assessment

www.lead.org.uk/fife-befriending-young-carers/

www.totalsensory.co.uk 01702 542231 info@totalsensory.co.uk – vibrating beanbags and other sensory resources

https://www.fidgetbum.com – sensory sheet

https://takeabreakscotland.org.uk/apply-online/

https://tacpac.co.uk/product/set-5

https://www.delichon.uk/shop/delta All terrain buggy

www.caudwellchildren.com/getsensorypacks

bsite: https://incaresafetycentre.co.uk – crelling harness

https://fledlings.org.uk – resources i.e. bibs etc

https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kids/gross/finemotorresources

Shared experiences – successes and challenges

Tell us about your young person

When did they leave school?

Before the transition how did you feel about the change?

What was your transition experience?

Who were the people who helped you?

How did your young person cope with the change?

How long did it take for you and your young person to adjust?

What information/support did you receive, and what was missing?

Are you happy with the service you receive as a family now? What would you change?

What are your hopes and fears for the future?

Any parting words of advice?

Senior Phase

Transitions

Transitions are the moves children make from early years to school, between stages, into senior phase, and beyond as a school leaver. At Rosslyn we carefully plan and manage transitions to help learners develop confidence and acquire skills to manage future changes. It is also essential to ensure that learners continue to be challenged and supported at an appropriate level, therefore staff should have all the information they need to build on prior learning. A learner would rarely move between stages and into senior phase without moving with a member of the team who knows them and is able to pass on information to new staff members.

For learners who are working within a shared placement, collaborative planning involving both teachers is essential to ensure consistency in learning as well as achieving a broad, balanced curriculum appropriate to their needs and development.

Positive Destinations

Multi-agency transition meetings for moving into adult services start 12 months in advance of the proposed leaving date. As a package and provider is identified a transition programme would be designed to meet the needs of individuals, ensuring that the arrangements are flexible and responsive to the learner as they take the lead in communicating how they are managing the transition.

This session 2022/23 we have developed an ‘Out and About’ Day every Tuesday. The purpose of this day is to assess our learners abilities to demonstrate the ‘and be able to‘ statements from the 4 capacities set out at the beginning of this guidance. We have assessed their abilities within a familiar environment with familiar staff and predictable routines. How will they cope when this changes? The ‘Out and About’ day requires staff and learners not to wear uniform, there is no school transport, and they do not arrive and leave from school. Based in a community centre, the focus is about using the resources and activities within the community. Familiar staff support learners for a more unpredictable day, that is likely to be subject to changes due to weather, where personal care or regulation facilities are unfamiliar and changeable, and venues are unfamiliar. Staff support learners to generalise skills in preparation for their leaving date in the summer. Our hope, is to develop a timetable of activities that can transition with the young person, maintaining contact with a peer group, accessing activities that they enjoy, and continuing any DYW activities in the community as appropriate.

Transition to adult services

Transition can be a daunting time for families, as we can see from the word cloud above that captures the feelings of our current leavers.