The Additional Support Needs (ASN) Outreach Service consists of experienced staff working in a range of teams, to support children and young people with additional support needs. One of these teams is the ASD Team.
ASD Primary:
ASD Secondary:
ASD Support for Learning Assistant:
The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Team
The ASD Outreach Team consists of teachers and a support for learning assistant (SLA), who have knowledge and experience of working with children who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, or experience similar difficulties.
An ASN Coordinator manages the work of the team and may be contacted for further information or any ASD discussion.
The team has:
• Primary Teachers
• Secondary Teachers
• Support for Learning Assistants (SLA).
Requests can be made for support from the ASD Team, if appropriate, following discussion with the team around the child. The decision to request support is made at a Staged Intervention meeting. If the request is agreed, an ASD teacher will join the
existing team around the child in planning appropriate support.
Who do the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Team work with?
The support planned will involve a team of people working together. This will include:
• The child/young person
• Parents/carers
• Class teachers
It may include:
• Speech & Language Therapists
• Educational Psychologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Other outside agencies (E.g. Social work, Enable)
What will the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Team do?
The support planned might involve the team in a variety of different ways, which may include:
• Meeting parents in school or on home-visits
• Observing children/young people in various school settings to plan support
• Consulting and working with teachers and support staff in school
• Developing strategies and approaches for home and school
• Working with children/young people individually or in a small group
• Liaising with other agencies
• Working with peers to help them to understand and support children/young people in school
• Delivering staff development in ASD to schools
• Supporting children and young people through transition stages of their life
• Preparing children and young people for special or unusual activities or events
• Attending meetings and contributing to Individual Educational Programmes (IEPs) as necessary
What might support from the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Team look like?
Here are some examples:
• Setting up Circles of Friends – this is a peer support group which can be used in different ways, depending on your child’s needs
• Creating visual supports to help your child manage their school day
• Writing Social Stories to prepare your child for unusual events or address issues that they find difficult.
A Social Story is a personalised script that explains things simply to your child.
• We can help your child to develop and improve their social skills by running small groups or working with your child individually
