The Additional Support Needs (ASN) Outreach Service ensures early intervention and support for children and young people aged 0-18 with additional support needs in early years establishments, primary schools and secondary schools. The service, led by ASN Co-ordinators consists of teachers, senior early childhood educators and support for learning assistants in teams:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Early Years (EY)
• Complex Needs
• Complex Needs Early Years (CNEY)
• English as an Additional Language (EAL)
• Gypsy and Traveller
• Home/Hospital teaching needs
• Information and Communication Technology needs (ICT)
• Sensory Impairment (Hearing Impairment (HI) / Visual Impairment (VI)) • Support for Learning (SfL)
Hospital and Home Teaching…
The Hospital and Home Outreach Team consists of a teacher who has knowledge and experience of working with children and young people who are absent from education through ill-health.
Sensory Impairment…
The Sensory Impairment Team consists of teachers and a Support for Learning Assistant (SLA) working with children and young people who have a sensory impairment. The teachers have specific input with children and young people with either hearing impairment or visual impairment.
Principal Teachers ASN…
PT ASN (Pri/ Sec) are based at ASN Outreach Service to support all Primary and Secondary Schools throughout the authority. The PT ASN (Pri/ Sec) work as part of the authority ASN Outreach Service supporting excellent and innovative practice in meeting the needs of children and young people with additional support needs in our educational establishments.
We work collaboratively with the Social, Emotional and Behaviour Needs Support Service (SEBN).
We accept support request from educational establishments through the Staged Intervention process and from health services also supporting children and young people with additional support needs.
In the first instance parents and professionals will seek advice from the child’s school for more information on the referral process.
Alternatively, if a child is not enrolled in one of the Stirling Council schools, they would contact the service directly.
