The Ayrshire Menu of Interventions Roadshow Event took place in Kilmarnock on 3rd July 2014 at the Sir Alexander Flemming Centre. The information gathered from delegates on the day has been collated and can be found below.

For each of the 14 “challenges” we collected information about the following:

  • Specific relevant links
  • Specific relevant strategies
  • Specific relevant documents
  • Gaps, research and other relevant information not covered by another category
We are in the process of gathering relevant information to meet these 14 challenges. If you would like to contribute to the information collected below, please contact us by email.

Contact details for each of the resources mentioned are available at the bottom of this page.
ASD CHALLENGE

INTERVENTIONS

 

1. Understanding the implications of an autism diagnosis
Post diagnostic discussion(s) and individualised counsellingThe provision of good quality education and information packs for individuals, families/carers along with appropriate verbal discussion at time of need. Use of visual props if needed. Signposting to useful websites and forums.
National Autistic Society provides:

  • NAS East Ayrshire Branch offers support to families who have a child or family member with autism or Asperger syndrome. This group meets monthly in Kilmarnock
  • NAS North Ayrshire Branch offers support to families who have a child or member with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Care & Support North Ayrshire (CareNA) provides:

  • The CareNA web site connects people using services in North Ayrshire with service providers. The site gives information and contact details for providers that deliver services, activities and support across North Ayrshire.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is based around three locality teams, consisting of specialist clinicians who can offer assessment and a range of interventions. Interventions can vary from short term treatments for those with mild to moderate mental health problems; to more complex treatments for children and young people experiencing more severe and complex problems.
  • Rainbow House is an assessment, diagnosis and treatment centre for children and young people in Ayrshire and Arran with concerns regarding development. It is located at Ayrshire Central Hospital, and is the base for the Community Paediatric Service.
  • Pathway for diagnosis

One Stop Shop Kilmarnock provides:

  • Offers a wide range of  autism support, information and services.
2. Development of effective means of communication Individualised language therapy assessment. Updated as required. Alternative and augmentative communication systems introduced where required. Work to ensure language system (regardless of form) is used functionally and is therefore effective on an individual basis. Teaching/learning on internet etiquette and supervision.  NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)  is concerned with the management of disorders of speech, language, communication and swallowing in children and adults. Speech and Language Therapists work with children and adults, with their families, other professionals and agencies to reduce the impact that speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties have on daily life
3. Social communication Targeted social communication programmes delivered either individually or in a group setting as required and appropriate to the individual to include internet etiquette and promotion of online safety. Doonfoot Primary School provides:

  • An outreach programme from their Communication Support Base can offer support to pupils and staff from Nursery to Primary 7 in the areas of staff training, peer awareness raising, and more.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is based around three locality teams, consisting of specialist clinicians who can offer assessment and a range of interventions. Interventions can vary from short term treatments for those with mild to moderate mental health problems; to more complex treatments for children and young people experiencing more severe and complex problems.
  • Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)  is concerned with the management of disorders of speech, language, communication and swallowing in children and adults. Speech and Language Therapists work with children and adults, with their families, other professionals and agencies to reduce the impact that speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties have on daily life.

One Stop Shop Kilmarnock provides:

  • Offers a wide range of  autism support, information and services.

Storybooks with information about autism and diversity:

4. Developing and maintaining relationships
Work to assess the understanding of relationships and promotion of skills to develop relationships including sexuality issues and intimate relationships. Access to social groups, friendship circles etc
East Ayrshire Council provides:

  • Recreation Partnership Service engages children and young people aged 5-18 years with learning disabilities in health related activities. We aim to increase physical activity levels of children and promote healthy, active lifestyles, helping to  reduce health inequalities amongst East Ayrshire’s children and young people.
  • My East Ayrshire provides information on what’s on, and links to health and carer resources

NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Speech and Language Therapy (SLT)  is concerned with the management of disorders of speech, language, communication and swallowing in children and adults. They run social communication groups.
  • Community Learning Disability Teams assist people with learning disabilities in accessing the health care they need. They can provide a range of therapies and services.

One Stop Shop Kilmarnock provides:

  • Offers a wide range of  autism support, information and services.

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability provides:

  • SCLD is a consortium of partner organisations who work together to encourage best practice in the support of people with learning disabilities through training, information, research and public education. They work alongside people with learning disabilities and family carers in everything they do.
5. Social isolation for individual with autism Accessible social groups and opportunities, support in the community. Befrienders. Respect the need to be alone at times. Acceptance by families that friendships can take many forms East Ayrshire Council provides:

NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Rainbow House is an assessment, diagnosis and treatment centre for children and young people in Ayrshire and Arran with concerns regarding development. It is located at Ayrshire Central Hospital, and is the base for the Community Paediatric Service.

One Stop Shop Kilmarnock provides:

  • Offers a wide range of  autism support, information and services.

South Ayrshire Befriending Project (SABP) provides:

  • Supportive one-to-one befriending relationships for socially isolated and excluded young people aged between 8 and 18 years who live in South Ayrshire and delivers a relevant, professional and needs led service.

Wrong Planet provides:

  • Wrong Planet is the web community designed for individuals (and parents / professionals) including those with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.
6. Social isolation for family
Family/ Partner/ Carer support, opportunity for respite. Access to autism friendly environments
National Autistic Society provides:

  • NAS East Ayrshire Branch offers support to families who have a child or family member with autism or Asperger syndrome. This group meets monthly in Kilmarnock
  • NAS North Ayrshire Branch offers support to families who have a child or member with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
  • The Family Programme provides information and advice to families of children and young people with autism up to the age of 18, in Scotland.  The programme is run by The National Autistic Society Scotland, and free to families. It is based at Daldorch House School in Ayrshire.

Ayrshire Athletics Arena provides:

  • All abilities sports activities

East Ayrshire Carers Centre provides:

  • Support advice, information, training, advocacy, social activities, drop in centres, benefit and money advice & respite breaks for carers of all ages in East Ayrshire. They also have young carers groups who use their facilities in Cumnock, Kilmarnock and Dalmellington weekly.

East Ayrshire Council provides:

Carers Trust/Princess Royal Trust provides:

  • North Ayrshire Carers Centre and South Ayrshire Carers Centre deliver a wide range of local support services to meet the needs of carers in its community. These range from support services catered to the carer, the needs of the person cared for and the services the council may provide.

Jungle Madness (Kilmarnock) provides:

  • Kids Activity and Soft Play Centre in Ayrshire; three storey soft play structure has an Astra Slide, Racing Slide, Spiral Slide, Sports Court and Coin Operated Go-Karts. They also have a toddlers section situated adjacent to the seating area of the Jungle Cafe.

Kids Play (Prestwick) provides:

  • Kidz Play is a family owned, seaside themed, indoor children’s play centre located by Prestwick beach front on the stunning Ayrshire coast. Includes a variety of soft play shapes and building blocks and a ball swamp for babies; physical area for children aged 1-4 years, including slides, climbing frames, sensory walls panels, ball air machine, ride on toys and playhouses; and an exciting and challenging new main play structure for children aged 4-11* years or 5ft 2″, including drop slide, astro slide, canon tower, and a sports pitch.

North Ayrshire Council provides:

South Ayrshire Autistic Society provides:

  • The group aims to support parents, carers and families of children and adults with autistic spectrum disorders, and address areas of concern by liasing and working in partnership with authorities to achieve quality services for children and adults with autistic spectrum disorders.

South Ayrshire Council provides:

  • A range of services and help for people with a learning disability. Short breaks/respite care for adults with learning disabilities encompasses planned short breaks away from home that involve social and leisure activities based on needs which will be identified in a personal plan.
7. Learning to learn skills
A functional assessment of the person’s cognitive abilities and learning style leading to a planned programme both directly with the individual and indirectly with the family, carers etc. Formal psychometric testing may be conducted if appropriate to inform intervention
8. Predicting and managing change
Timely individual direct work with individuals to teach methods where required. Family/carer /employer guidance/education in these methodsVisual supports; timetables, timers, text alerts, choice boards etc to be used as appropriate
9. Behaviour and emotional regulation protecting wellbeing Knowledge development in understanding behaviour in the context of ASD. Individual work with the individual on assessing behaviour, recognising triggers and developing and managing the implementation of strategies to help. Behaviour support plans, cognitive interventions, psychotherapy or counselling as required and indicated by life circumstances eg around transitions of all types including bereavement. Work with the individual’s family/carers, criminal justice, social work, Police as appropriate. Autism Alert card possession
10. Restricted and repetitive interests and behaviours
Assessment and positive day to day management on an individualised basis. Treatment by mental health clinician if required
11. Motivation issues Structured programmes as appropriate to the individual linking to the other core challenges as required. Career guidance, employer/HE/FE support. Ayrshire College provides:

  • In each campus across Ayrshire they have a designated team member who has a specific role to provide support advice and guidance to our students who are in care or through care services.  They also work in partnership with other support services in the college; they can help students access a tailored support service specific to their needs.

South Ayrshire Council provides:

  • Ambition programme, which offers a range of programmes to support young people and adults into employment
  • ASDAN classes in all day centres in South Ayrshire

West College Scotland (formerly James Watt) provides:

  • Extended learning support is a service provided by the college. It gives help for learners who may have a particular difficulty or additional support requirements and aims to ensure that they have the best chance of success on their course.
12. Sensory issues Assessment of sensory difficulties. Identification and implementation of strategies. Environmental adaptation on an individual basis with individual control working towards reducing the impact of sensory sensitivities Dreghorn Primary School provides:

  • A fully inclusive Education Support Resource for children experiencing social and communication disorders including 17 children on the autistism spectrum.

East Ayrshire Council provides:

  • Sensory Impairment Team offers a range of supports to people who have a hearing or visual impairment. They will accept referrals from individual, a family member, an optician or a health/social care professional.

Jordans Eyes (opticians in Ayr) offers:

  • Jordans undertakes specialist tests in visual processing, uses cross sensory interventions, undertakes research and development and much more.  Works with patients with special needs, including autism spectrum disorder and/or those with  non-verbal/non-cooperative/challenging behaviour.

NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is based around three locality teams, consisting of specialist clinicians who can offer assessment and a range of interventions. Interventions can vary from short term treatments for those with mild to moderate mental health problems; to more complex treatments for children and young people experiencing more severe and complex problems.
  • Community Learning Disability Teams assist people with learning disabilities in accessing the health care they need. They can provide a range of therapies and services.
  • Rainbow House is an assessment, diagnosis and treatment centre for children and young people in Ayrshire and Arran with concerns regarding development. It is located at Ayrshire Central Hospital, and is the base for the Community Paediatric Service.

North Ayrshire Council provides:

  • Sensory Impairment Team offers a range of supports to blind, visually impaired, deaf, hearing impaired or deaf blind. They work with individual, families and carers to help  maintain or regain independence and can assess for specially adapted equipment to help with daily living tasks.

The Corner Dental Practice (Kilmarnock) provides:

  • Dentist Jude Wilson has a knowledge of sensory issues

 

13. Daily living skills Assessment of core life skills as required across the lifespan and to take account of changing needs at various transitions. Specific individual programmes to teach and maintain these skills where needed. Involvement of families/carers in assessment and implementation of new learningEducation for families/employers/ care providers/housing dept re practical needs NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Occupational therapy helps people to lead ordinary lives by improving their ability to carry out a range of activities

South Ayrshire Council provides:

  • A range of services and help for people with a learning disability. Short breaks/respite care for adults with learning disabilities encompasses planned short breaks away from home that involve social and leisure activities based on needs which will be identified in a personal plan.
14. Co existing conditions- examples epilepsy, dyspraxia, dyslexia, disorders of attention, sensory impairment, anxiety, sleep disorder, addiction, anger management, depression, self harm, psychosis, personality disorder, OCD, disordered eating patterns etc. These require assessment and treatment/management by appropriate specialist clinician. Joint working is crucial across specialities with a clear case co-ordinating lead identified. NHS Ayrshire and Arran provides:

  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is based around three locality teams, consisting of specialist clinicians who can offer assessment and a range of interventions. Interventions can vary from short term treatments for those with mild to moderate mental health problems; to more complex treatments for children and young people experiencing more severe and complex problems.
  • Rainbow House is an assessment, diagnosis and treatment centre for children and young people in Ayrshire and Arran with concerns regarding development. It is located at Ayrshire Central Hospital, and is the base for the Community Paediatric Service.

CONTACT DETAILS FOR AYRSHIRE RESOURCES

Autism Network Scotland
Level 6, Curran Building
The University of Strathclyde
101 St James Road
Glasgow
G4 0NS
Telephone:0141 444 8146

Ayr College
Dam Park
Ayr
KA8 0EU
Telephone: 03003 030303

Ayrshire Athletics Arena
Queen’s Dr
Ayrshire
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
KA1 3XF
Telephone: 01563 555227

Care & Support North Ayrshire (CareNA)
contact via web form

Carers Trust/Princess Royal Trust
North Ayrshire

174 High Street
Irvine
KA12 8AN
Telephone: 01294 311333
South Ayrshire
43 Sandgate
Ayrshire
KA7 1DA
Telephone: 01292 263000

Doonfoot Primary School
Abbott’s Way
Ayr
KA7 4HJ
Telephone: 01292 612702

Dreghorn Primary School
Dundonald Rd
Dreghorn
Irvine
KA11 4AP

Telephone: 01294 211018

East Ayrshire Council
London Road
Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire
KA3 7BU
Telephone: 01563 576000

Jungle Madness (Kilmarnock)
Jungle Madness Limited
46 Beansburn
Kilmarnock
KA3 1RL
Telephone: 01563 534987

Kids Play (Prestwick)
The Esplanade
Prestwick
KA9 1QG
Telephone: 01292 475215

National Autistic Society
South and Central Scotland
Central Chambers, 1st Floor
109 Hope Street
Glasgow G2 6LL
Telephone: 01412 218090

NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Full contact listing here

North Ayrshire Council
Cunninghame House
Irvine
KA12 8EE
Telephone: 01294 310000

One Stop Shop Kilmarnock
Email: Fiona Bain, One Stop Shop Manager or telephone 07767 167 854
Email: Clare Kennedy, Information Officer or telephone 07500 974 323

Scottish Autism
Hilton House
Alloa Business Park
Whins Road
Alloa
FK10 3SA
Telephone: 01259 720044

Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
6th Floor, Merchant Exchange
20 Bell Street
Glasgow
G1 1LG
Telephone: 0141 559 5720

South Ayrshire Autistic Society
14 Armour Drive
Ayr
KA7 3JX
Telephone: 07539 020799

South Ayrshire Befriending Project (SABP)
4a Citadel Place
Ayr
KA7 1JN
Telephone: 01292 264000

South Ayrshire Council
67 Kyle Street
Ayr
KA7 1RS
Telephone: 01292 268119

The Corner Dental Practice
1 Portland Road
Kilmarnock
KA1 2BT
Telephone: 01563 523053

West College Scotland
Telephone: 01475 724433
contact via email

Wrong Planet
(online resource)