Welcome to the Autism Partnership Board Thursday 10 October 2013
Welcome from the Chair Janet Johnson Apologies from: Tiffany Williams, Lucy Butler, Valerie Murphy, Kathy Erangey, Andrew Bates, John Walton, Sarah Hewitt
Housekeeping • Fire – no fire alarm test is expected so if the alarm goes it is for real • You MUST evacuate the building. The Fire Assembly Point is on the pedestrian area to the front of the building. • First Aid can be found at the Front Reception Desk. • No Smoking anywhere in the building. If you wish to smoke, please use the area underneath the amphitheatre in the central courtyard, and please use the ashtrays provided. • Toilets are at the end of the Clubroom and to the right of this room near the lift • Eating is not permitted in this room
Meeting rules….. • Please turn off your mobile phones . Or put them on silent if someone needs to call you during the meeting • One person to speak at a time • Be clear and concise • Please give time for other people to speak - they might take longer than you to have their say • Please listen to everyone. You may not agree with them, but please respect what they say • Please keep to the point , the Chair will help you to do this • It’s fine to walk off if you need a break • There will be breaks in the agenda to give everyone a rest
Have your say in the meeting… • Put your hand up when you want to speak and if it’s a question say “I have a question” • The Chair will come to you as soon as they can • The Chair will check for: o Complicated language o Ask people to speak slowly and concisely o Put in pause points after information has been given and before questions
Corrections to October meeting notes Chair • Sarah Hewitt is listed as a Provider when she should be listed under Parents and People with Autism • Kathy Erangey should be listed under Parents and People with Autism and as a Provider
Actions from the October meeting Chair • Change the paper on how the Autism Partnership Board works to include what people have said above and send out to members - done • Send round to Board members a list of who is on which working group and ask for new members for other groups - done • The Board agreed that it wanted to ask for an autism target to be included in the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy priorities for 2013/14. Target agreed as: provide autism awareness training for an additional 500 front line health and social care workers in Oxfordshire
Today’s meeting is about Children and Young People…… Chair • Hearing about what services there are for children and young people • Talking about and agreeing what we need to do to make the actions for children and young people in the Big Plan for Autism happen
Big Plan for Autism Support for children and families We want to… • Make sure all children and young people with autism, and those who help and support them, can get expert advice and support In 2013- 2014 we will… • set up more support for pre-school children and their parents after checking the Early Years Autism Project is working well • give more children support that meets their individual needs • support young people as they become adults • improve choices in college and work • provide services in Oxfordshire for children and young people with autism to stop them having to live out of the area
Action Plan - 2 - Support for children and families Aim Action Benefit/Success Measure Timescale Better support for Check the Early Years Autism Parents feel supported Parents’ feedback Report on the Children and Young Project is working well Early Years People and families, Staff providing support to Children Staff feedback Autism Project finished by including parents with and Young People feel more confident autism How Children and Young March 2014 Children achieve goals and have the People in the project are same opportunities as everyone else doing? Parents’ feedback Children and Young People with Parents and Children say their lives Agree an action autism are included in the County have improved and they have a better plan by? Check the plans for Children Council’s ‘SEND’ programme (big experience of the change and support and Young People are being changes from the government to available for when they become an met make things better) adult Improve choices in Make this happen through the More Young People in work, Numbers of Young People in Agree actions to college and work autism employment support completing education and training work be achieved by project and supported to live independently March 2014 Numbers of Young People staying in work, education and /or training Numbers of Young People in education and training
Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Clare Robertson (Consultant Community Paediatrician) Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) – Kiri Summers – (Clinical Team Manager)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) – Kiri Summers – (Clinical Team Manager) How we could make a difference…. • Having a commissioned service for assessment and diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder of children and adolescents that easily moves into the adult diagnostic pathway • Have appropriate capacity in Oxfordshire for post diagnosis support, education and skills training for parents and young people, in venues accessible for young people and acceptable to them
Early Years Autism Support October 2013 Ryan Bradley and Sue Edwards
Early Years Autism Support: EYAS • The Big Idea? • Why is it a good idea? • Who is involved? • How will we do it? • When will we do it? • Which children will we work with? • Who will pay for this? • How will we know it’s worth doing?
The Big Idea EYAS will provide the right support at the right time to children with autism and their families.
Why is it a Good Idea?
Who is involved? Early Years Settings Communication and Educational Psychology Interaction Service Children and families Early Years SEN Team Occupational Therapy Speech and Language Therapy
How will we do it? Identify child’s Assessment abilities Child diagnosed with autism aged 4 years Work with Meet the family child, family or under and child and Early Years Settings Review the child’s progress
When will we do it? March 2014 – October 2015
Which children will we work with? We will work with 9 children and families selected by random.
Who will pay for this?
How will we know it is worth doing? We will measure the impact of EYAS on Children Families Early Years Settings EYAS staff and how much it costs.
Progress on the Big Plan for Autism for Children and Young People – Sarah Ainsworth
Progress 629 Autistic Spectrum Condition children supported by Oxfordshire County Council commissioned short breaks services in 2012/13( 354 in 2011/12). Children from special schools, autism bases and mainstream schools are all accessing short breaks. Impact of short breaks: making new friends, growing independence, engaging in more positive behaviours, learning new skills, improving self-esteem and confidence
Progress • Care pathway for Autistic Spectrum Condition young people in transition to Adult Services waiting sign off by Director of Adult Social Care • Mencap Traineeship programme available for young people from 16 to support into employment • Mencap Employ Me service available for young people from 16 – funding from Personal Budgets/direct payments/Disabled Living Allowance/Personal Independence Payments • Autism Residential School (Learning Disability Autistic Spectrum Condition young people from 10 – 19 year) on course to open in September 2014 • Winterbourne View action plan – children and adults
Gaps/Where We Are Stuck • 70% of Autistic Spectrum Condition children will have mental health problems. We need more preventative mental health services to keep ASC children and young people from becoming ill and treat mental health difficulties in the community. • 1 in 3 ASC people have experienced severe mental health difficulties because of a lack of support. We need step down services for children and young people who have needed Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service inpatient services so they can be cared for safely locally – with their families wherever possible.
www.childrenintouch.org.uk
Children in Touch – registered charity • 2002: Autism Family Support • Over 1250 families • Oxfordshire • 18 new referrals per month • 3 fulltime posts ( Project Manager, Family Support Worker & Community Outreach Worker) plus sessional youth group, and holiday scheme staff
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