The Western Isles Menu of Interventions Roadshow Event took place in Stornoway on Friday 18 March 2016 at the Community Education Pointers Drop In 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
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ASD CHALLENGE |
INTERVENTIONS |
| 1. Understanding the Implications of an Autism Diagnosis - Post diagnostic discussion(s) and individualised counselling. The 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. | Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF) - provide support for carers - eg home visits. Needs referral from GP.
Autism Eilean Siar (AES) - support group that raises awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder throughout the Western Isles. Social Communications Team - offer information and advice to parents and children. One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
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| 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. | Autism Eilean Siar (AES) - working on visual aid for ferry and airport timetables.
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| 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. | Autism Eilean Siar (AES) - offer information and advice to parents and children
Assisted gym sessions at Grianan Day Centre, Stornoway. Also Hydrotherapy Pool Introduction to Learning - AES - organise closed sessions with Islands of Adventure, a sea-faring adventure in a high class speed boat to explore the Western Isles. Departs from Kirkbost Peir, Great Bernera. Western Isles Learning Shop - an adult learning centre run by the Community Education Service. It offers a comfortable environment for adults looking to brush up on their core skills as well as learning and developing new skills. Subjects covered include number work, reading, writing and spelling, form filling, communication skills, basic computing, internet and email. One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
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| 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. | The Stornoway PHAB club is held every Monday evening from 7.30pm. Phab inspires and supports children, young people and adults of all abilities to make more of life together.
Motiv8 is run by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar sports and health and offers a wide variety of sports and leisure activities for children and young people. Saltire Awards - national centre for volunteering. One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
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| 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. | Awareness of Autism Eilean Siar (AES) and Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF)
Grianan Day Care Centre - provides assisted swimming sessions, Hydrotherapy Pool. (Lifeguard on duty at all times). Third Sector Hebrides (formerly Voluntary Action Lewis) - promotes community learning, social inclusion, supports community development. Volunteer Centre Western Isles - A guide to volunteering opportunities and other Volunteer Centre services available in the Western Isles. Action For Children - Provide monthly Saturday social activities for children with additional support needs. One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
Scaladale Centre - a voluntary organisation for youth clubs - residential outdoor activity centre which runs a full range of outdoor activities. |
| 6. Social Isolation for Family - Family/Partner/Carer support, opportunity for respite. Access to autism friendly environments. | Awareness of Autism Eilean Siar (AES) and Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF)
Action for Children - provides respite care services. Offers individual, flexible care and support to meet the complex needs of children with disabilities and their families. Social activities in a safe and caring environment. A variety of activities with supportive staff, allowing parents/carers to receive short breaks. Western Isles Family Information Service - provides free, impartial advice for families. |
| 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. | Macaulay College - a community interest company which provides people with additional social and educational requirements with a programme of activities that encourages them to have meaningful and fulfilling working and social lives.
Hebrides Independent Living and Learning Support (HILLS) - provides support to young people and adults with significant barriers to employment, such as learning difficulties, mental health problems, long term health conditions, confidence issues and a lack of work experience. HILLS run a Grow 2 Work course, in partnership with Lews Castle College. Lews Castle College. Introduction to Higher Education - Transition Course. This is a two year course, where trainees are actively engaged in plant propagation and a wide range of horticulture tasks and activities. The second year of the course offers trainees a placement with an employer in which the trainee will have a work taster with a local company. The main aim of Grow 2 Work is to build confidence, work as part of a team and provide a suitable outcome at the end of the course, working and social lives. Grow To Learn and Hills projects managed through Community Learning and Development. Failte Cafe - Wednesdays 1pm - 3pm at Pointers - run by a group of volunteers with additional support needs in a supportive environment where they gain experience of working in a café setting. Uist Community Riding School - a registered charity which is run by a voluntary committee and relies heavily on voluntary work carried out by both adults and young people for whom the riding school forms an important part of their learning and social development. The OH-MEET Programme - This programme involves participation in a waged placement mainly with an employer in the community or a community-based placement such as Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar’s (CNES) Environmental Task Force Programme. |
| 8. Predicting and Managing Change - Timely individual direct work with individuals to teach methods where required. Family/carer/employer guidance/education in these methods. Visual supports; timetables, timers, text alerts, choice boards etc to be used as appropriate. | Child’s needs met through educational psychology, occupational therapy, schools, STU weekly sessions, team around each child, integrated agency approach, Child’s Plan, coordinated support plan, Soft Play (AES), transition plans in place in schools, speech and language therapy.For more information see Social Communications Team leaflet. |
| 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. | Outer Hebrides Autism Hub - Provides useful links to local mental health services.
Shawbost School - OT offer assisted sessions in the Shawbost swimming pool Tagsa Uibhist - voluntary organisation which provides services throughout the Islands of Uist for the benefit of the elderly and vulnerable populations in the local community. ARC - provides support, training and information to service providers assisting people with a learning disability in the UK. Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF) Crossreach - provides support for those with learning disabilities, mental health issues, substance misuse issues, homelessness. Crossroads - provides child and adult care, for those with learning disabilities, mental health issues, sensory impairment. Harris Sports Centre - assisted and closed swimming pool sessions available. Autism Eilean Siar (AES) - assessment and therapy unit, respite, children and family services |
| 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 | Psychiatric services - CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Learning disability nurses, social communication team.
Local Area Coordination - Local area coordinator caters for children aged 14 years and over. (See details in No 13). One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
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| 11. Motivation Issues - Structured programmes as appropriate to the individual linking to the other core challenges as required. Career guidance, employer/HE/FE support. | Skills Development Scotland - provides career support and advice, creating pathways into work for people through certificate of work readiness and modern apprenticeships.
One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
Macaulay College - as before |
| 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 | Social Communications Team - The team is involved in assessment and clinical diagnosis of ASD, they can make recommendations for sensory challenges. |
| 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 learning. Education for families/employers/care providers/housing department re practical needs | Local Area Coordination (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) - Local Area Coordinator works with individuals and families in communities and helps to find and build on different kinds of support.
Macaulay College - as before. Lewis Street Project - provides supported accommodation for adults with a view to preparing them for greater independence within the community. Autism Eilean Siar (AES) - assessment and therapy unit, respite, children and family services. One Stop Shop (Inverness) provides:
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| 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. | Health visitors, Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapy, ATU (Assessment Therapy Unit) CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) Hebrides
Hebrides Alpha - provides therapeutic employment to individuals with addiction problems. Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF) Western Isles Association for Mental Health (WIAMH) - Western Isles Association for Mental Health - a small, locally based charity with a focus on how to maintain (and, where necessary, recover) a positive state of mental wellbeing, for individuals and the community as a whole. Harris Sports Centre - additional support provided. Third Sector Hebrides (formerly Voluntary Action Lewis) - promotes community learning, social inclusion, supports community development.
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CONTACT DETAILS FOR WESTERN ISLES RESOURCES
Action for Children
30 Bayhead Street
Stornoway
HS1 2DU
Telephone: 01851 705080
Email: [email protected]
Or Email: [email protected]
ARC (Association for Real Change)
Telephone: 0131 663 4444
Email: www.arcuk.org.uk
Ardseileach Centre
Telephone: 01851 822751
Autism Eileanan Siar (AES)
Telephone: 0744 442 5322
Email: [email protected]
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
Stornoway - Telephone: 01851 701868
Benbecula - Telephone: 01870 603307
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Sandwick Road
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
HS1 2BW
Tel: 01851 600 501
Fax: 01851 705349
Email: [email protected]
Crossreach
www.crossreach.org.uk
Crossroads
www.homecare.co.uk
Failte Café
Pointers
14-16 North Beach Street
Stornoway
Telephone: 01851 822715
Email: [email protected]
Grianan Day Care Centre
Westview Terrace
Stornoway
Telephone: 01851 703443/01851 822755
Harris Sports Centre
Telephone: 0845 6007090
Email: [email protected]
Hebrides Alpha Project
Telephone: 01851 705054
Email: www.hebridesalpha.co.uk
Hebrides Independent Living and Learning Support (HILLS)
Community Learning and Development Service
St Lennan’s Youth Service Centre
22-24 Point Street
Stornoway
HS1 2XF
Telephone: 01851 822714
Email: [email protected]
Lewis Street Project - Crossreach, Stornoway
Telephone: 01851 706888
Lews Castle College (UHI) - Grow to Work Programme
Telephone: 01851 770000
Email: www.lews.uhi.ac.uk
Local Area Coordination
Telephone: 01851 822755
Macaulay Farm
Telephone: 01851 701274
Email: www.macaulaycollege.com
One Stop Shop (Inverness)
28 Ardconnel Terrace
Inverness
IV2 3AE
Telephone: 01463 717649
Email: [email protected]
PHAB UK
Joan Wallace
The Anchorage
Crossbost
Tel No: 01851 860730
Website: www.phab.org.uk
Saltire Awards
95 Cromwell Street
STORNOWAY
HS1 2DG
Telephone: 01859 502636
Email: [email protected]
Scaladale Centre, Harris
Telephone: 01859 502502
Email: www.scaladale.co.uk
Shawbost School
Telephone: 01851 710212
Email: www.cne-siar.gov.uk
Skills Development Scotland
Stornoway Careers Centre
30 Francis Street
Stornoway
HS1 2ND
Telephone: 01851 708900
Tagsaidh Uidhist
East Camp Community Enterprise Park
Balivanich
Benbecula
HS7 5LA
Telephone: 01870 602111 (care) / 01870 603881 (community services)
Email: [email protected]
Third Sector Hebrides
Telephone: 01851 702632
Email: www.thirdsectorhebrides.org.uk or [email protected]
East Camp
Balivanich
Benbecula
HS7 5LA
Telephone: 01870 602808
Email: [email protected]
Western Isles Association for Mental Health (WIAMH)
www.wiamh.org
Western Isles Community Care Forum (WICCF)
Telephone: 01851 701545
Email: [email protected]
Western Isles Family Information Service/Sandwickhill Learning Centre
East Street
Sandwickhill,
Isle of Lewis
HS2 0AG
Telephone: 01851 703300/01851 822655
Email: [email protected]
Western Isles Learning Shop
Town Hall
South Beach Street
Stornoway
Isle of Lewis
HS1 2BE
Telephone: 01851 822718
Email: [email protected]