NAS
North Lincolnshire Branch
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Service Information
SOCIAL SERVICES
Name of Organisation: Social and Housing Services
Address: The Cygnets, Normanby Road, Scunthorpe.
Telephone: 01724 281542
Contact
person: Lynn Brooks
Details
of services provided: Short breaks for children
with a learning disability. An assessment of needs has to be completed by a
social worker. Cygnets cannot take referrals direct.
Contact
Children and Family Services – 01724 296500
Name of Organisation: Social and Housing Services
Address: Hollies Resource Centre, Normanby Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 6AR
Telephone: 01724 271982
Contact
person: Lynne Smith – Team Leader
Details
of services provided: A day centre for adults with a
learning disability. Service is run on a sessional basis dependent on assessed
need of service user.
All
referrals for the service must come via The Disability Team.
HEALTH
Name of Organisation: Community Team Learning Disability – Doncaster and South Humber NHS Trust
Address: Wilson House, Brumby Hospital, East Common Lane, Scunthorpe. DN16
1QQ
Telephone: 01724 270064
Contact
person:
Mike Griffiths
Details
of services provided: Comprehensive Multi – Disciplinary Team (Health)
Specialist
Assessment and Treatment, Adults and Children
Community
Nursing – Learning Disability
Specialist
assessment and Treatment, Adults
Occupational
Therapy
Speech
and Language Therapy
Psychology
Psychiatry
Name of Organisation: Community Medical Officer
Address:
Brumby
Hospital, East Common Lane, Scunthorpe, DN16 1QQ
Telephone:
01724
290068
Contact
person: Dr
Janet Pemberton – Senior Clinical Medical Officer.
Details
of services provided: Assessment of aid support to preschool children and their families often
through the Child Development Centre.
Community Medical Officers are involved with all children who have special needs in school and provide a range of services including liaison between the hospital service and school, advice to parents, school and education authority.
Name of Organisation: Speech and Language Therapy
Address:
6, Haldenby
House, Berkeley Business Centre, Doncaster Road, Scunthorpe.
Telephone:
01724
860770
Contact
person: Jo
Lawson – Paediatric Coordinator
Details
of services provided: Locations we may work in with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: –
Home
Mainstream School
Special Schools
Child Development Centre
Community Clinics
What we may be involved in:-
Assessment
Advice/Support
Diagnosis
Joint work with – CDC, Portage, Outreach Teacher
Direct work on language and communication
Liaison/Advice with schools/teachers
The service we offer and our involvement will be
specific to each individual; their age, ability, family, environments etc.
Name of Organisation: The Health Promotion Service
Address:
Health
Promotion, Brumby Hospital, East Common Lane, Scunthorpe DN16 1QQ
Telephone:
01724
290084
Contact
person: Deborah
Simpson / or any of the Health promotion Specialists
Details
of services provided: Resources – Teaching packs, visual teaching aids eg OHP’s, model
equipment, videos, display boards.
Health
Promotion Specialists provide assistance with planning, monitoring and
evaluating programmes, eg training and awareness campaigns. Policy development.
The
Health Promotion Service works with primarily with agencies and organisations
both professional and non professional, statutory and non-statutory by
providing advice and consultancy on a range of health issues.
SOCIAL AND RECREATION
Name of Organisation: North Lincs. Council – Community Recreation
Address: PO Box 35, Hewson House,
Station Road, Brigg, DN20 8XJ
Telephone:
01724
297272
Contact
person: Maureen
Moore
Details
of services provided: The overall aim is to increase participation in sport, play and active
recreation, having particular regard to recreationally and culturally deprived
sections of the community. Some of the ways in which this is achieved is as
follows:
1.
The
provision of school holiday programmes
2.
Developing
self sustaining sport play and active recreation provision.
3.
Providing
advice to local community groups on accessing funding for sport play active
recreation and community development.
4.
Providing
an annual sport education and training programme.
5.
Maximising
use of the Council’s leisure facilities by removing barriers to participation.
Name of Organisation: Disability Sport North Lincolnshire
Address: 46, Chancel Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 3LD
Telephone: 01724 340912 Email: bazzanorth@cs.com
Contact
person: Barry
North
Details
of services provided: Sport promotion for people with disabilities
“Scorers”
Junior disability sports club – Tuesdays 6.30 – 8.30pm at West Common Lane
Sports Hall.
SUPPORT, ADVOCACY AND COUNSELLING
Name of Organisation: The National Autistic Society, North Lincs. Branch
Address:
132 Earlsgate,
Winterton, North Lincs. DN15 9XD
Telephone: 01724 732531
Details
of services provided: This is a Support Group for people with Autism, their families and carers.
We aim to provide information and support and strive towards improving services
for people with Autism in our region. We
meet monthly - Each alternate month in the evenings at the CDC when we often have
speakers or just a get together for a chat. The other alternate month we hold a
social meeting for all the family at St. Luke’s Special School, on Saturdays from
11am – 1pm. We publish bi-monthly newsletters which give details of our
meetings and update you on what’s happening locally and nationally. Details of
our Helplines and the National office are to found on our Home page.
Name of Organisation: Home Start North Lincolnshire
Address:
The
Centenary Methodist Church, Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 7JR
Telephone:
01724
858433
Contact person: Karen Dean
Details
of services provided: Home - Start is a voluntary home
visiting scheme which offers regular friendship, support and practical help to
young families experiencing stress in their own homes, helping prevent family
crisis and breakdown. Home - Start is available to any family with at least one
child under five years of age.
Name of Organisation: NCH Action For Children North Lincolnshire, Children’s Resource Centre
Address:
55 –57
Oswald Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 7PE
Telephone:
01724
277766
Contact
person: Pat
Chennells – Project Manager
Details
of services provided: This will be a purpose built centre near to the middle of Scunthorpe.
The centre will have a family room and playrooms as its main focus with 3
multi-purpose rooms. The Resource Centre will be open to all children with
disabilities and their families living in the North Lincolnshire area. The aim
of the centre will be to provide a friendly, comfortable and relaxed
environment where families can get advice, meet other families or just drop in
for a chat. It is hoped the Centre will be ready by the end of this year. In
the meantime I am working from a rented office but would welcome any contact
with disabled children and their families. I am establishing a group for
consultation regarding services.
Name of Organisation: Mencap
Address:
The Hollies,
Normanby Road, Scunthorpe, DN15 6AF
Telephone:
01724
289786
Contact
person: Debbie
Macgregor
Details
of services provided: Advice, Information and Support on all aspects of Learning
Disabilities. For carers and users, adults and children and professionals.
Scunthorpe and District local Society and Gateway is based at -The Mencap
Centre, Carlton St., Scunthorpe.
Name of Organisation: Childcare Development Service
Address:
23, Manby Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincs.,
DN17 2JR
Telephone: 01724 277977
Contact
person: Carol Barry
Details
of services provided: Information/Advice about
childcare issues and providers. Working with employers to inform them about
family friendly options. Developing childcare settings and working with providers
to achieve quality care.
Name of Organisation: Benefits Agency
Address: Crown Buildings, Laneham Street, Scunthorpe, DN15
8JT
Telephone: 01724 274444
Contact
person: Customer Service Manager
Details of services provided: People with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and their carers may be eligible for a range of disability benefits according to their particular needs and circumstances.
EDUCATION
St. Luke's School
Burghley Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1JD
Tel: 01724 844560 / Fax: 01724 279090
Head Teacher: Rob Ashdown, PhD.
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Information about
the School
General Information
St. Luke's School is a
day special school in Scunthorpe for pupils ages from 3 to 16 years who have
severe learning difficulties (SLD).
The school is able to admit up to 80 pupils. It serves a wide area including the towns of Scunthorpe, Barton
on Humber and Brigg and other towns and villages in the surrounding countryside
of North Lincolnshire. The North
Lincolnshire Council is the Local Education Authority.
St. Luke's School is the
only special school specifically for pupils with SLD serving the North
Lincolnshire area. However, some
pupils with SLD may go to mainstream schools with support and to other special
schools for individual reasons.
The Work of the School
The school aims to:
provide an education tailored to meet the
needs of each individual pupil;
develop the knowledge, concepts, skills and
attitudes which each individual pupil must acquire if he or she is to become as
independent as possible and participate as much as possible in the life of his
or her family, the school and the community in which we live;
provide activities which are meaningful,
enjoyable and enriching;
encourage each pupil to behave in a way
which is appropriate to his or her age, given his or her learning difficulties;
equip each pupil with the skills which he or
she will need as a young adult after leaving school;
provide the staff and equipment required to
meet their individual needs;
provide advice and support for the pupils'
families.
The Special Educational Needs of the Pupils
All pupils have severe
problems in learning. These problems
are due, probably, to some kind of brain damage acquired before, during and
after their birth. Often the nature and
causes of this damage are unknown and when it is known it can take many forms
and have different results. Due to the
nature of their disabilities, most pupils will remain highly dependent on
others for their personal welfare and care well into their adult years.
About 15-20 per cent of
the pupils are thought to have an autistic spectrum disorder. All have severe social and communication
difficulties, but their individual needs vary greatly. Hence the need for an individual education
plan for each pupil.
The School
The school is split
between two sites currently. There is
the main site in Burghley Road and the St. Luke’s School Annexe, for 8 to 14
year olds, on the site of St. Hugh’s School in Bushfield Road, Scunthorpe. St. Hugh's School is the only other special
school maintained by North Lincolnshire LEA and its serves for pupils with
moderate to severe learning difficulties.
There is a swimming pool
at St. Hugh’s School and community pools which are used.
Three classrooms for
teenage pupils have been equipped with kitchen facilities for teaching domestic
skills.
There is a separate
Nursery classroom.
There are no specialist
classes for pupils with autistic spectrum disorders. Most classes consist of heterogeneous groups. Some special groupings have been set up for
children with autism in order to meet their specific needs. In all classes there is much emphasis on
establishing routines and structures, on teaching social and communication
skills, and on the use of visual language systems.
Specialist advice is
available from the teacher-in-charge of the LEA's Support Service for Pupils
with Autistic Spectrum Disorders who is based at the school. All teachers and many support staff have
received relevant training. An
extensive professional development library has been developed.
The School Curriculum
The school curriculum is
more fully described in a separate leaflet which is available on request. The school curriculum includes the National
Curriculum for pupils aged from 5 - 16 years.
Specialist technologies
of proven worth are used systematically throughout the school with modification
to suit individual needs. For instance,
elements of the TEACCH and PECS approach are used.
All class groups have
access to appropriate microcomputers. All
are equipped with the adjustable trolleys, specialist switches, hardware and
software required to make them useful and accessible to all pupils.
Older pupils also make
full use of the local community's resources and facilities for 'life skills'
programme. They attend link courses at
local colleges and local schools which both enhance the curriculum and promote
the development of a more inclusive society.
The school receives many
visits annually from students, teachers, other professionals and interested
people in the local community. Parents
and visitors who have an interest in the work of the school are always welcome.
Rob Ashdown
Headteacher
Name
of Organisation: The Support Service for
pupils with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, North Lincolnshire
Address:
c/o St Luke’s School, Burghley Road, Scunthorpe, North
Lincs., DN16 IJD
Telephone: 01724 844560
Contact
Person: Jenny Burnett
Details
of Service provided: I can offer the following
help to schools and services:
·
Information
about Autistic Spectrum Disorders and related difficulties
·
Advice
to staff on the implications of each individual pupil’s disorder.
·
In
Service Training for all staff
·
Attendance
at significant reviews of the pupil
·
Work
with the school to develop the communication, social interaction and imaginative
skills of the pupil
·
Liaison
with the professionals (e.g. national and local NAS, statutory and voluntary
agencies, social services, LEA speech therapists etc.)
·
Suggestions
of teaching strategies
·
Advice
on differentiated materials
·
Tutorial
time (mainly for older pupils) to address social and emotional difficulties.
·
Attendance
at specialist courses in order to keep abreast of new developments and
disseminate the information
·
Library
resources
I may be able to offer the following help to the family:
·
Information
about Autistic Spectrum Disorders and related difficulties
·
Liaison
with other professionals and agencies both nationally and locally who may be of
assistance to the family.
·
Organising
parents meetings and workshops
·
Working
with the siblings of children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder who may
require support.
·
Appreciating
family difficulties
·
Listening
and being positive
Name
of Organisation: St Hugh’s Area Special School
Address: Bushfield Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincs.
Telephone:
01724
842960
Contact
person: Mrs Gill Vollans
Details
of services provided: All age (4 ½ - 16) special
school for children who have a very wide range of complex learning difficulties
including some with Autism. We are an inclusive school and work very
energetically to include all children, with appropriate support, within age
specific classes alongside their peers.
Name of Organisation: Portage Service
Address: Ashby Turn Children’s Centre, Ashby High Street,
Scunthorpe.
Telephone: 01724 842276
Contact person:
Jean
Harford
Details
of services provided: The Portage Service provides
a home visiting service for families whose young children (0 to 5 years) have
developmental delays which are likely to result in special educational needs at
school. Portage home visitors visit families on a regular weekly or fortnightly
basis.
We
aim to work together with parents and/or carers to assess their child’s
abilities/skills and develop programmes and strategies to help the parent to
help the child. We consult with other agencies to ensure continuity – in the
case of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) these agencies are likely
to be Speech and Language Therapy, Support Service for children with Autistic
Spectrum Disorders, Child Development Centre education support staff, and
therapists.
It
is quite often the case that the Portage Service is involved with families
prior to as well as during and after their child is recognised as having ASD.
Name of Organisation: Education Service Child Development Centre (C.D.C.)
Address:
St Nicholas
House, Shelford Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6NU
Telephone: 01724 290081
Contact
person: Libby Brankin
Details
of services provided: The teacher and nursery
nurse at the C.D.C. run 6 or 7 sessions each week. The majority of groups are a
generic mix of children 2 – 5 yrs. old with special needs. Children with ASD
are included in these groups with specific objectives and strategies planned to
address their individual needs.
One
group per week is specifically for children with ASD or severe communication
delays/disorders. The children have an individual staff member assigned to them
each week. Intervention is based on a TEACCH type approach which two staff
members are trained in. PECS is also used when appropriate. This session is
staffed by Education Service staff, ASD service staff, speech and Language
Therapist with oversight from Clinical Psychology. All staff members have
attended many ASD specific courses. Support and advice for carers, other
providers and professionals is available.
Name of Organisation: North Lincolnshire Youth Service
Address: PO Box 35, Hewson House, Station Road, Brigg, DN20 8XJ
Telephone:
01724
297214
Contact
person: Neil Forrest
Details
of Service provided: All Youth Clubs have open
access to all young people. Bottesford Sunday Club offers a club for young people
with disabilities. Contact person is Hilary Strong 01724 863090, who is also
the Youth Service Special Needs Co-ordinator.
Name
of Organisation: Parent Partnership Service
Address: 48 Oswald Road, Scunthorpe
Telephone: 01724 277665
Contact
person: Jackie Hussey
Details
of services provided: The service is independent
of the LEA and is appointed to support and act on behalf of parents who have
children with Special Educational Needs.