• Specialists in autism, severe learning difficulties and associated challenging behaviours
• Residential
• Courses start September
• 52 weeks per year
• Maximum 29 students
• Age 16 – 30

General Description of College:
Broughton House and College provides 52 week specialist residential education and care for 29 young people aged 16-30. The College exists to help young people with autism, who experience complex and severe learning difficulties and challenging behaviour. The College provides specialist education and 24 hour care and a range of clinical and therapeutic inputs.

The Curriculum:
We aim to clearly demonstrate the distance travelled for a student’s individual learning. We provide an environment and a range of opportunities within which students develop their self esteem, self-advocacy, self-direction, language development, economic activity, personal dignity, maturity and confidence. We follow the adult core curriculum framework for learning, focusing on communication, social interaction, daily living skills, and work and leisure time. We believe our students learn best in real settings; hence we view the community at large as a learning environment. Individual learning plans are at the core and these are delivered throughout the waking hours.

Specialist Facilities:
The college has an interactive sensory room, ICT suite, horticulture area and ILT teaching rooms. The college has access to a range of therapeutic and clinical services, with weekly multi-disciplinary meetings. Our high staff ratio ensures intensive individual student support.

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 working with learners with communication difficulties
5. expertise in working with learners with epilepsy and/or associated neurological conditions
6. opportunities to develop strategies to minimise incidence of inappropriate behaviour
7. in-house psychology services
8. in-house psychiatric services
9. in-house speech and language therapy
10. a social skills programme
11. a personal development programme
12. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
13. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
14. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and communication skills
15. opportunities to learn in small steps
16. opportunities to improve and develop communication skills through the use of Alternative and Augmentative Communication aids
17. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
18. residential provision extending beyond the academic year
19. registered care home status
20. waking night residential staff

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