Autistic Outreach
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The service began in June 2002. The role of the service is to support schools with children on the autistic spectrum.
This support involves:
Training
Advice
Constancy
Resources
Target setting
Establishing Social Skills groups
Inter-agency linking
The training that can be provided to schools includes:
Whole school ‘ASD awareness raising’
Whole school practical strategies for inclusion
4 days training workshops held at Northcott
Whole school Social Stories training
Currently there are two members of the team – Colleen O’Connell who does one day a week outreach work and Jenny Clark who does 3 and a half days outreach. The service currently supports approximately 50 schools across Hull and around 80 children.
The service works through a referral system. Educational Psychologists discuss the possibility of referral with the school and in turn this is discussed with the parents. A referral form is completed and then Colleen or Jenny carries out an observation. It is after this initial observation that the outreach team agree the support the school requires.
A recent evaluation of the service was carried out and here are some of the results:
• 100% of respondents thought that the service should continue
• 100% rated the service as good / very good
• Many schools stated that input from the service was an essential component in successful inclusion for ASD pupils.
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