ASD Work in Monmouthshire
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Teresa James ASD Coordinator
About me…
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ASD Co-ordinator
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Work across Health, Education, Social and Housing Services and Voluntary
Sectors
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Work Part Time, Support 3 Parent Carer Support Groups and an Adult
Social Group
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Involved with a number of Groups some of these include Family Support
Group, Transition Project Board, Inclusive Play Advisory Group, Training
Development Group, Adult Aspergers Team, ASD Gwent , Regional and
National groups. I work across the age range children , young people and
adults
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Stolen the World Autism Awareness Day Logo 2nd April every year , it’s
Autism Awareness Day every day here in Monmouthshire, because it’s my
favourite subject
Terminology…ASD
Autism/Autism Spectrum/ High Functioning Autism/
Autistic/ Atypical Autism/ ASD/ ASC/ AS/ Aspergers
Syndrome/ Classic Autism/ Kanner Autism/ Child-hood
Autism/ Infantile Autism/ Autism Traits and Pervasive
Development Disorders not otherwise specified.
You are all Individual people first and foremost
There is an estimated 860 people living here in
Monmouthshire
In the beginning there was…
In 2009 we were asked to:
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Appoint an ASD Lead
Local ASD Action plan
Identify Gaps
Stakeholder Group
A priority for Monmouthshire
Children and Young People Plan
Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Strategy
2010 Training…
We have provided 32 training days for 220 people and for more
than 50 organisations
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Basic Awareness
TEACCH
Visual Timetables and Social Stories
Older People
Understanding the Autism Spectrum
ASD Assessment Diagnosis and Co- morbidities
Strategies in the classroom
Understanding and Managing Behaviour
Trouble Shooting Workshops
National Autistic Society Help 2 Managing Anger
Leisure and Play
Leisure and Play…
• We held an ASD and Leisure Conference
• We have provided basic awareness training across SE
Wales
• Mark Foster our Disability Development Officer has
adopted the passport system already used in Secondary
Schools now available for Leisure and Play settings
• I have nearly made some Picture Exchange
Communication (PECs) Packs for our 4 leisure centres,
this is to help Children and Young People with their
independence skills such as getting dressed
News…
• Children with Disabilities Team has an ASD champion
Sam Francis who has also trained to run a Help 2
Managing Anger course for Parents/Carers
• Adult Aspergers Virtual Team working really well
• Autism Cymru Emergency Card Scheme extended to
ambulance and fire service
• Set up a Task and Finish Group to work on developing
a blue print/business plan for a Language and
Communication Resource for Secondary School age
Pupils. Andrew Powel is helping us to develop this.
More News…
• Helping to develop a mobile phone app. for adults
with HF ASD underway, I phone and android
platforms, Sequencing, diary and social skills
content
• Post Diagnostic Pack nearly ready
• GP Surgery Training 80 people
• Bought a range of Autism books, DVDs, Socialeyes
and Being Me resources, to share across Education
and Social Service Departments
• 14-25 Transition Project has been extended for
another 2 years. Next phase is to implement what
we have learnt.
New 3 Year Action Plan…
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4th October we held a multi
agency ASD planning event to
develop our new ASD Action
Plan 2011-14
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24 different agencies attended,
each providing partnership
commitment including parents
and carers
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We used your feed back from
last years information day this
feed into the new action plan
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We have listened to you
New web resource
Awareness Raising Booklets…
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Homelessness
Employment
Advocacy
Primary Healthcare
Education
Criminal Justice
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Families and Family Support
Dentists and Opticians
Residential and Day Care
Older People
Religious Faiths
Housing
Best bits over the last 2 years…
• Partnership working and sharing information
• Involving Individuals, their Families, and
Carers
• Seeing Autism awareness improve
dramatically
Thank you for listening
“I would like to live an ordinary life with a bit
of help from people who understand Me”