Support for Educational Settings

School or Setting

Development

Auditing and Action Planning. We use the Autism Education Trust Standards to help you understand what you are doing well and areas you would like to improve in your school or setting. We will then support you to write an action plan for your setting.

½ day support (3hrs)

£300

Community building. We will help develop your autism-friendly community by encouraging your staff and parents to work together. We can attend coffee mornings and provide information and support on common topics such as toileting, feeding and eating, and homework.

Prices depend upon support required.

Please call to discuss your needs.

Staff Development

Training. We offer a variety of staff training options, including all the Autism Education Trust modules for Early Years, Schools and Post 16. Basic Autism Awareness and related activities can be covered in a half-day session. A more in-depth look at Good Autism Practice with related group tasks is 1 day.

See below for details of AET modules available and costs.

We also offer online workshops and pre-recorded presentations on a variety of themes. These may run as twilights and can be delivered in staff meetings, or for staff to access individually from home.

See below for costs

Pre-recorded presentations:

£20 per person per session

Mentoring. We have Advisory TAs who can provide mentoring to classroom staff. The Autism Education Trust Competency Framework is used with individual staff in your setting to help them identify their training needs and demonstrate their professional development.

Mentoring package:

5x ½ day visits £350

6x ½ day visits: £450

Supporting children and young people

Case Study Consultation.  This is a meeting with key members of an individual learner’s staff team and can include the learner’s parents. It is to consider specific provision in relation to the learner’s needs, using the AET’s 8 principles of Good Autism Practice as a framework. It helps to identify next steps in terms of support for the learner, the school staff and school development.

£300 per learner

3 month case study review

£150 per learner

Telephone or Online Consultation. You can request to speak to one of our team to discuss an issue or a learner’s needs.

15mins: £30

30mins: £50

1hr: £80

Parent and teacher collaboration. We can support you to work together on children’s EHCP outcomes and IEP targets.

Prices depend upon support required.

Please call to discuss your needs.

Assessment. We will help you embed the AET’s Progression Framework, a free assessment tool for non-academic areas of development. The AET Progression Framework will help you to pin-point areas of learning that children or young people need to work on and provide an effective way to monitor and track progress.

½ day training: see prices above

Direct work with children and young people. This is detailed in our Children and Young People’s section below.

Part-time timetables, risk of exclusion, or change of placement

If a child or young person in your setting is on a part-time timetable, at risk of exclusion, or is being considered for change of placement, we will support you in the following ways:

• Review provision in your setting using the AET Standards and support you to write an action plan to meet pupil needs
• Review staff training needs using the AET Competencies and offer appropriate training options (e.g. workshops or TA mentoring)
• Liaise with other professionals involved with the child or young person (e.g. the Educational Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist and/or Occupational Therapist) regarding observations and statutory reporting and will contribute as required.

Prices depend upon support required.

Please call to discuss your needs.

Resources - Designed by the EASA team and by colleagues in partner services on common topics.

£20 for 1 resource

£50 for 3 resources

Support for Parents and Carers

Help understanding autism

ATLAS. The ATLAS (Autism Training Links And Support) Course is especially for parents of newly diagnosed young children up to 6 years. The course is held online and is led by a team of different professionals from health and education services.

Not currently available to out of borough parents

Opportunities to meet other parents

Cuppa and Chat. You are welcome to come along to meet other parents at these sessions hosted by the EASA Parent Support Advisors. Refreshments are provided.

£5

Help with meeting my child/young person's needs

Bespoke resources. If you would like specific resources made or printed out for you, you can request this.

£5

Resources -  Designed by the EASA team and by colleagues in partner services on common topics.

£5 for 1 resource

£10 for 3 resources

Pre-recorded Parent Presentations. These are available on a variety of themes such as toileting, behaviour, independence, sleep and adolescence.

Individual access: £20 per session

Parent Workshops. Practical sessions led by our Parent Support Advisors at Bell Lane.

Individual access: £30 per session

1:1 appointments with a Parent Support Advisor or another member of the EASA team. These can be arranged either in person at Bell Lane or on the telephone. There will be a wait for 1:1 support. 

Please note additional charges may apply if an interpreter is required.

15mins: £30

30mins: £50

1hr: £80

Support for Children and Young People

Understanding

a diagnosis of autism

All About Me. Our Educational Psychologists can support school staff to work through the ‘All About Me’ programme with a child or young person, helping them learn about their own autism in a positive and constructive way. If school staff are unable to do the programme with their pupil/student, the child or young person can register for this programme directly with EASA and attend sessions with their parent or carer. 

£420 per child or young person

Autism for children and young people. We can deliver assemblies or class sessions to help children and young people in schools develop autism awareness and learn how to support their autistic classmates.

£275.00 (based on 3 hrs)

Therapeutic support

Narrative Therapy. A way to think through life issues, discuss concerns, find coping strategies and celebrate strengths and successes. These sessions are led by trained staff.

£100 per person for 7 sessions

Abridged PEERS programme. 7 group sessions aimed at helping children and young people to develop interaction and friendship skills. These sessions are led by Educational Psychologists.

£1620

(to run the whole programme with a group of students in an out-of-borough or private setting)

Sibling support

Online Siblings Group. This support group is aimed at older primary and secondary-aged children and is hosted by Educational Psychologists. Each group usually runs for 7 sessions. Participants get a certificate of attendance at the end of the 7 sessions.

£100 per person for 7 sessions

Translation services

EASA is unable to provide free translation services for meetings. We suggest that families bring a friend or relative to translate for them. Alternatively, we can book an interpreter from The Language Shop at a cost. Families who ask for a translator to be booked will be sent an invoice after the appointment/meeting.

60p per minute

(£9 for 15mins)

(£18 for 30mins)

Costs for bespoke delivery of AET Training Modules

for private, independent and out-of-borough settings

Different rates apply for attendance at sessions hosted on EASA premises. Check the event adverts or contact admin for details.

90 Minutes

(can be delivered as a twilight)

(or £60 per individual for up to 6 staff)

Making Sense of Autism

Extended version

(including activities and One Page Profile workshop)

3 Hrs

(can be delivered as 2 twilights or half an INSET day)

One Day

(can also be delivered as 2 half day INSETs or 4 twilight sessions of 1.5hrs each within a school term)

£1,500 - whole setting

(or £210 per individual for up to 6 staff)

90 Mins

(can be delivered as twilight)

£400 - whole setting 

(or £60 per individual for up to 6 staff)

Half-day modules on various themes:

• Anxiety and Autism
• Exclusions and Autism

(can be delivered as 2 x 90min twilights or half an INSET day)

£800 - whole setting

(or £180 per individual for up to 6 staff)

AET Leadership Resource Suite Modules:

• Leadership, Inclusion and structural Reasonable Adjustments
• Understanding Good Autism Practice and the AET Frameworks for Leaders

3 hrs

(can be delivered as 2 x 90min twilights or half an INSET day)

£800 - whole setting

(or £180 per individual for up to 6 staff)