• Developing independence for young people with learning and/or social/emotional difficulties
• Residential and day places
• Courses start September
• 38 weeks per year; 52 week option available
• Maximum 42 students
• Age 16 - 25

General Description of College:
Oakwood Court College is an independent, residential provision for up to 35 students, aged 16-25, for 38 weeks, extending up to 52 weeks. We provide single bedrooms and shared communal facilities within two main residences, Oakwood Court and Fairfield House, plus supported living within six flats.

The Curriculum:
Central to our curriculum is the development of self-esteem, confidence and independency skills. Individual programmes are designed, in partnership with the student, encompassing the whole of the day, experiential to NVQ.
Programmes include:
Personal Skills: independency skills in the home and the community, personal care, life skills.
Basic Skills: embedded within the curriculum plus discrete sessions leading to accreditation; communication; information technology.
Work Skills: work preparation and work placements within the work place and the community.
Creative Arts, including Craft, Music and Drama; Physical Well-Being, including Swimming, Riding and Tae Kwan-do; plus the extended curriculum which includes the Duke of Edinburgh Award, encourage the development of individual interests and skills.

Specialist Facilities:
Personal Support is our specialism and reflects our ethos. Provision includes: Personal tutors, keyworkers, speech and language therapist, Living Your Life course, external counsellor, plus other professionals as required; together with sleeping-in / waking-night staff and 24 hour senior management on-call availability.

Statements:

1. opportunities to take Pre-Entry and Entry awards
2. a personal development programme
3. a programme to enable students to learn more about themselves and how to form relationships
4. opportunities for learners participate in community activities and to learn about citizenship
5. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
6. opportunities to prepare for work after college
7. a work placement scheme with local employers
8. a supported transition programme into independent or supported living
9. a supported transition programme into supported or open employment
10. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
11. expertise in working with learners with Asperger syndrome
12. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
13. expertise in meeting the needs of students with moderate learning difficulties
14. expertise in meeting the needs of students with profound and multiple learning difficulties
15. expertise in working with students who have specific learning difficulties
16. in-house speech and language therapy
17. specialist mobility training to enable independent travel
18. guidance and counselling services
19. waking night residential staff
20. residential provision extending beyond the academic year

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