Autism and ADHD SENCO Discussion Group

What you can expect when going through the Autism and/or ADHD Assessment Pathway

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Termly group for Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCO) to share information, ask questions, and attend training related to the Autism and ADHD Pathway

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Autism and ADHD Pathway

What you can expect when going through the Autism and/or ADHD Assessment Pathway

Pre Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway

Receiving support at the earliest stage without the need for a diagnosis. Making a smooth transition to assessment for those who require it.

Pre Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway Autism and ADHD SENCO Discussion Group

Assessment

Equality of access and service quality across the county ensuring NICE compliant assessments for those who require it.

Neurodevelopmental Next Steps Form Autism Assessments for 0 to 5 year olds (pre-school)Neurodevelopmental Assessments for 5 to 17 year olds (school age)Neurodevelopmental Assessments for over 18 years (adults)Moving into or out of Somerset Position statement on private Autism and ADHD Assessments Position statement on Demand Avoidance

Post Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway

Appropriate support for those who receive a diagnosis, and signposting for those who don't.

Post Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway Post Diagnostic Pathway for ADHD ADHD Training with Educational Psychology ADHD medicines shortage The SCERTS model Autism in Schools Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools Supporting children and young people who are demand avoidant What if I don’t agree?

Overview

These termly sessions are for to support with the neurodevelopmental pre-assessment pathway.

There is a theme for each session, and time for questions and answers, case discussion and updates about the pathway.

Audience

This is a professional group for .

Dates

The last discussion group was on Wednesday 12 June 1pm to 3pm, and included:

Emma Cambourne and Alex Kellow (Advisory Teachers, Access to Inclusion) will be joined by a Speech and Language Therapist, who will be discussing neuro-affirmative environments with a focus on school and the classroom.
Mary Trottman (Operational Manager Neurodevelopmental Partnership) will also be attending and will be discussing any updates to the neurodevelopmental pre-assessment pathway and related documents, including the Next Steps Form.
Case Discussions (please get in touch if you want to discuss an individual child)
Questions and Answers

Future dates include:

23 October 2024, 1 – 3pm
26 February 2025, 1 – 3pm
2 July 2025, 1 – 3pm

Book a place

Sessions are run virtually, through Microsoft Teams.

who have attended previously will be sent a link. New wishing to attend should register by emailing AutismADHDPreassessmentPathway@somerset.gov.uk

A Microsoft Teams meeting invite will be sent out to everyone previously, or newly, registered.

Watch again

You can watch again the session with the Children and Young People Neurodevelopmental Partnership Occupational Therapy Lead on masking and autism from November 2023.

You can watch again the session with the Children and Young People Neurodevelopmental Partnership Occupational Therapy Lead and Educational Psychology Lead on demand avoidance from March 2024.

You can watch again the session with the Access to Inclusion Advisory Teachers on neuro-affirming environments from June 2024, or download the neuro-affirming environments presentation. The session encourages you to use the Checklist for a neuro-affirmative classroom which can be downloaded below.

Checklist for a neuro-affirmative classroom

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Neuro-affirmative environments presentation

Autism and ADHD SENCO Discussion Group 12 June 2024, delivered by Access to Inclusion Advisory Teachers

PDF, 1.69 MB

Pre Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway

Neurodevelopmental Next Steps Form

Last updated: July 23, 2024

Next review due: January 23, 2025