• Services for learners with ASC and complex learning difficulties
• Day
• Courses start September
• 38 weeks per year
• Maximum 15 students
• Age 16 - 25

General Description of College:
Oakley College is a specialist day college on the Oxford/Buckinghamshire border providing a person-centred curriculum for young learners (16-25) who have complex learning difficulties and ASD. The college caters for 15 learners and is run by MacIntyre in partnership with Abingdon and Witney General FE College.

The Curriculum:
The central focus for curriculum planning, development and delivery is based on communication. Learning activities, facilitated by skilled support practitioners, are practical and vocational and enable learners to develop independence, leisure and life skills and take part in work experience. Literacy, numeracy and ICT are embedded throughout the curriculum which is delivered in college and the local community. Learners benefit from working in small groups supported by a high staff ratio.

Specialist Facilities:
All activities are designed to support the individual needs of learners with ASD and we look for multiple opportunities to enhance learners’ communication and social skills, including access to specialist therapies. Facilities at the College include an ICT suite, home style kitchen, practical workshops and horticultural area. The College works in partnership with a range of local providers to enhance access to vocational and leisure facilities including a strong partnership with a local farm.

Statements:

1. day provision
2. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
3. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
4. expertise in supporting learners with behavioural difficulties
5. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
6. in-house speech and language therapy
7. opportunities to develop strategies to minimise incidence of inappropriate behaviour
8. opportunities to learn in small steps
9. specialist community access training to enable independent travel
10. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
11. a work placement scheme with local employers
12. opportunities to explore a range of living options after college
13. opportunities to attend local mainstream colleges with support
14. a programme to enable students to learn more about themselves and how to form relationships
15. opportunities to work towards awards in the Foundation Learning Tier
16. opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
17. opportunities to experiment with sound, touch, smell and sight in order to aid learning
18. a supported transition programme into independent or supported living
19. help with negotiating suitable long term provision
20. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills

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