We have a full time family worker (Maggie) who offers a
link between home and school. Maggie arranges regular coffee mornings and
afternoons which gives a chance for families to come in and get to know us
in a less formal setting. So watch out for letters going home in your
children's home/school book.Maggie has also arranged Makaton signing
and PECs courses for parents. If you have missed any of these or would like
to have refreshers in them, then contact Maggie and she will be happy to
organise something for you.
Recently we have had a number of
speakers, from the Disability Resource centre we had Mike Byron
informing us about Direct payments. We will be having more talks in the
summer term about different subjects.
Richmond Hill now has a focus group
of parents who meet with the parenting commissioning team and Autism
Beds. The group are looking at ways of informing the local community
about the difficulties parents face in dealing with their Autistic
children's behaviour.
On the parents request Maggie is
looking at setting up fitness classes on a weekly basis.
These are photos from our Makaton signing
session. Thanks to all the parents who allowed us
to use their photos!
