Outreach

Springfields Autism Support helps schools, colleges, businesses, charities and other organisations to develop excellent and effective autism practice.

The academy has vast experience in supporting schools, education professionals and other organisations with their SEND provision and autism knowledge. As a National Autistic Society accredited setting, you can be confident that the Springfields Autism Support team bring specialist knowledge and skills to your setting. You can find out more about our experienced and talented team on our ‘Meet the Team’ page.

Using our knowledge and understanding of autism we meet with key staff, parents and pupils to develop the systems, structures and environments that meet the needs of the autistic learner using a neuro-affirming approach.

We can help you meet The SEND Code of Practice (2014) through the use of specialist teachers to support you:

"Where a child continues to make less than expected progress, despite evidence-based support and interventions that are matched to the child's area of need, practitioners should consider involving appropriate specialists, for example, health visitors, speech and language therapists, Portage workers, educational psychologists or specialist teachers, who may be able to identify effective strategies, equipment, programmes or other interventions to enable the child to make progress towards the desired learning and development outcomes."

Our team can provide a range of school to school support measures, including:

Leadership and Management

  • Audits of need across SEND provision, safeguarding or school environment

  • SEND review or deep dive- - identification and evaluation of good SEND practice

  • Quality assurance and school improvement

  • SENCo supervision

  • SEND leadership development 

  • Support with writing action or improvement plans for SEND

  • Supporting SEND Governance

  • School Improvement Partners (SIPs)

  • Leadership/support of Resource Bases or other provisions

  • Supporting, monitoring and highlighting progress and developing progression frameworks

  • Developing diversity and flexibility of provision

  • Strategic SEND planning for growth

 

Teaching and Learning

  • Pupil profiling, observation and support strategies.

  • Evaluating and developing whole school autism practice.

  • Whole staff training in your setting on the theories of autism 

  • Maximising the impact of additional adults

  • Line managing and deploying support staff

  • Support and advice with transitions

  • Advice on interventions

  • SEN provision across high needs and complex settings

  • Quality First Teaching and Differentiation

  • Surgeries and problem-solving sessions

  • Early identification of SEND

  • Understanding and reviewing EHCPs and Annual Review training

  • Curriculum design

  • SEND in the Early Years

Social and Emotional Aspects of Care

  • Therapeutic strategies and support

  • Engaging parents, carers and families

  • Speech, Language and Communication Needs

All of our support is bespoke, taking your setting and needs into account. As a child-centred provision, our focus is always on the needs of the child and the right outcomes for them. Our support ranges from an hour to comprehensive, longer-term packages across the academic year. Get in touch for a free, virtual 30-minute initial consultation to discuss your needs. 

All outreach packages include a 30-minute virtual consultation and report of visit paperwork.

  • Half-day visit to your setting: from £375

For all enquiries regarding training and development please email:

autismsupport@springfieldsacademy.org 

We can also provide training and environmental support to charities, businesses and organisations.