• Specialists in autism, severe learning difficulties and associated challenging behaviour
• Residential; day places can be made available
• 44 or 52 weeks per year
• Maximum 12 residential students
• Age 19-28 years

General Description of College:
Eagle Life College is a specialist care home and college for Young Adults aged 19-28 years with Autistic Spectrum Disorders and moderate to severe learning difficulties. Our young people may have experienced barriers to their learning and social inclusion due to the complexity of their autism often resulting in challenging behaviour.

The Curriculum:
Throughout the waking day students learn by doing and so their experience of living and learning is seamless. Students undertake practical vocational skills and our learning facilitators work both within the college learning centre and in the residential care setting. The Eagle House core curriculum provides a unique learning and social programme that is communication based, visual and sensory based, practical and intrinsically motivating. Each student has an individualised learning plan that ensures they have a purposeful day focused on independence, success and achievement.

Specialist Facilities:
The College shares a 30 acre parkland site with adjoining Eagle House School. The multi-functional learning centre provides autism focused learning environment for both individual and group working. Facilities include classrooms, ICT areas, leisure and common rooms and excellent outdoor facilities. The residential care homes are homely and welcoming with spacious living and bedroom facilities, quiet rooms for relaxation and a large art/leisure studio.

Statements:

1. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
2. expertise in supporting learners with behavioural difficulties
3. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
4. expertise in meeting the needs of students with moderate learning difficulties
5. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
6. opportunities to develop strategies to minimise incidence of inappropriate behaviour
7. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
8. in-house speech and language therapy
9. in-house psychology services
10. in-house psychiatric services
11. an occupational therapy programme
12. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
13. opportunities to learn in small steps
14. opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
15. residential provision extending beyond the academic year
16. registered care home status
17. waking night residential staff
18. day provision
19. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
20. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills

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