Rosslyn School Transition Resource for Families
What do you think of when you think of transition?
Transition can be a daunting time, as we can see from the word cloud above that captures the feelings of our families across the special schools.
Together, we have created a resource to support this process, from agencies that can help, to testimonies and experiences.
We hope that this guidance is helpful as we all support each other on to a positive and sustainable destination, and a happy future for all.
Who can help?
How can social work help the transition from children and families to adult services?
What do you need to know about Guardianship and benefits?
This document can be seen in full by following the link below:
What do you need to know about moving into adult NHS services from Paediatrics?
There are Learning Disability Liaison Nurses that will help you with a number of health related queries as you move into adult services. Most likely you will meet with them during the transition phase before you leave school. They will be aware of your needs and ensure you are referred to appropriate services as you move across into adults.
- We can help you understand your procedure or treatment
- We can talk to the doctors and nurses about what you need
- We can help you at your hospital appointment
- We can help you make appointment
- We can help you plan for your appointment
- We can support you to understand the outcomes after your appointment
- We can talk to the doctors and nurses about what you need
- We can help you with any further appointments at your GP’s or Hospital
Employability Opportunities
What can school do to help?
- Transition Meetings will start around the September of your final year.
- School will invite the team around your young person to transition meetings.
- You will be assigned a social worker from the adult Learning disability team. This may be a different social worker from the one that oversees your guardianship.
- School will also invite an adult learning disability nurse. A Hospital Passport will be completed to aid with any hospital admissions as an adult. Any referrals into an adult service will be completed ahead of time.
- Transition meetings will be held every 4 to 6 weeks.
- Once you have been assessed by the adult social work team a provision will be identified.
- Good practise would ensure that a transition schedule will be in place May/June time and visits by staff will commence prior to the school leaving date.
- Documents prepared by school may include:
- Person Centred Plan – This is a brief document that outlines the needs of your young person in relation to peer group, times of day, hobbies and interests etc.
- SWAY report – Summary of SQA and senior phase achievements.
- Pupil Passport – This will include more detailed information on abilities, preferences communication etc.
- Any Moving and Handling plans, Risk Assessments and Positive Behaviour Management plans will also be shared with consent from the responsible adult.
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.
Places to go, and things to do in Fife
Local Resource List – Updated February 2023
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- Abbeyview disco 16+
- Ageless Companions – carer support 07986 971712
- Autism Rocks – online family fund – online Facebook – Buckhaven – 01592 569438
- APPAWS Autism support group – online
- Autism Friendly – cinema showings
- Aspire – spinal cord injury support Aspire supports people with Spinal Cord Injury
- ABC social group Edinburgh – young people with Downs Syndrome
- Autism friendly hairdresser Dunfermline – online
- Hidden disabilities and additional needs / Edinburgh Airport
- https://www.edinburghairport.com/prepare/treavelling-with-additional-needs
- Andy’s Mans Group – Methil/Dunfermline – online
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- Badaguish – residential breaks – online
- Back Up Trust – charity support for people affected by spinal cord injury – online
- Blue Badge – online
- Braehead – sit ski – online
- Barber Station – Dunfermline – ASD Sunday
- Breathing Space – call 0800 83 85 87
Big House Multibank Project – thebighoosefifeproject@thecottagefamilycentre.org.uk
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- Crossroads West Fife – volunteer support for parents
- Crossroads Volunteer support – online
- Calvert Trust – family supported holidays – online
- CBIT – child brain injury support – online – Child Brain Injury Trust
- Cruse – bereavement support https://www.cruse.org.uk/
- Cycling Without Age – Dunfermline Glen – online
- Carers Allowance – 0800 731 0297
- Cedar Support – Domestic Abuse recovery support
- Contact a Family parents support network – online
- Craigencalt Ecology Centre – online https://www.craigencalttrust.org.uk
- CACA: Alex Haddow – Cowdenbeath.comm.council@gmail.com (voluntary group)
- Cowdenbeath Media Crew: Graham Thompson – grahamt@phonecoop.coop(voluntary group)
- Carnegie Judo: Moira Feenan – moira.feenan@btinternet.com (voluntary group)
- Cupar Youth Café – 01334 650298
- Cottage Family Centre – venues in Templehall and Gallatown, Kirkcaldy, also run a Christmas appeal – The Cottage Family Centre
- Cupar Foodbank – Joe Preece 07474 453153 or info@cupar.foodbank.org.uk
- Caudwell Children sensory toys discount packages – online
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- Diamond Disco – 16+ – online
- Dreams Come True Charity – online 01428 726330 https://www.dreamscometrue.uk.com/
- Drakes Music – online Drake Music | Leaders in Music, Disability & Technology
- Disability Sports Fife – online Disability Sport Fife (SCIO) – Fife Sports and Leisure Trust (fifeleisure.org.uk)
- Dunfermline HS disability multi sports group
- Dance Base
- Indepen-dance Indepen-dance | Opportunity through inclusive dance
- DEAF action youth project group – Fife Sense – online
- Dream Flights Charity – online – Dreamflight – Home
- DAPL – online support protectedplaces@fife.gov.uk out of school club – referral details for professional’s referrals
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- Enable Group Support – online 01592 659295
- Enable – Kirkcaldy
- Enable SDS – Gail Carstairs – info re grants from home adaptions resources etc 01592 647719
- Elifar – charity funding
- East Fife Scooniehill riding for the disabled (SCIO)
- https://www.myclub-hub.com/organisations/48/hosted/programmes – football training East Fife for children who have Autism
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- Fife Young Carers – 01592 286717 – online Welcome to Fife Young Carers
- Family Fund – online holiday funds, equipment
- Fife Council MyFife C+1 card – online
- Fun Day Sunday – www.facebook.com/fundaysundayclub – sarahmorrice@googlemail.com
- Fife Carers Centre – online details FIFE CARERS CENTRE – Home
- Forth Tya Ramblers Group – online
- Fairway Fife 16+ young adult peer support – online 01383 550451
- Frontline Fife – online
- Frae Fife – online
- Fife Equine therapy support – online
- Forth Cash for Kids – online charity support Cash for Kids
- Fife Carers Card – online
- Families First St Andrews
- Fife Voluntary Action – supporting, developing and representing community groups, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
- Families Affected by Autism
- Family Holiday Charity/Association Welcome to the Family Holiday Home Page / family Holiday Charity
- Fidget Bum Bed Sheet – online
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- GIG Pal 16+ Edinburgh – online
- Gingerbread – single parent support https://www.gingerbread.org.uk
- Gillespie Church – Dunfermline youth community support 07955 026373
- Give Us A Shout – text SHOUT to 85258
- Girl guiding www.girlguiding.or.uk/joinus (ask Mandy!)
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- Homestart pre 5’s
- Holiday All Together – 16 carer companion – online
- Home Fire Safety visit – to get more information or to refer for a visit please go to https:// www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/community-life2/safer-communities/home-safety-and- security-william.harly@fife.gov.uk
- Home Fire Safety Assessments – for families with pre-5’s
- Heart and Sound: Stephen Chalmers – info@heartandsound.co.uk (voluntary group)
- Hyper Club: Suzanne Connelly – hyperclub2012@gmail.com (voluntary group)
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- Inverkeithing Hyper Club on Tuesday and Friday evenings further details Connelly.suzanne@yahoo.co.uk
- Impact Fife Council Indepen-dance J
- – Jupiter Art Land – online https://www.jupiterartland.org
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- Kidz Unite group – Kirkcaldy 07852 780601
- Kindred – parents advocacy support 0800 031 5793 – online
- Kelty Youth Club: Tessa Sim – tessa.sim@fife.gov.uk
- Kilconquhar estate – horse riding
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- Leisure Passes Fife Council – online
- Ladybank Youth Group – 07821 268697 Janet walker
- Ladybank/Cupar Brownies – Girl Guiding.org.uk
- Lochore Meadows Country Park – sailing, adapted bikes – online Lochore Meadows
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- 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
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- 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
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- Queen Anne HS after school club
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- 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
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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.
