• Autism, SLD & Associated Behaviours
• Residential
• Admission throughout the year
• 52 weeks per year
• Maximum 30 students
• Age 16 - 25

General Description of College:
Oakhurst Lodge aims to help students achieve their full potential by challenging the limitations of their Autism and providing an environment where they feel safe, secure and less anxious. We offer a highly consistent environment and seek to understand each individual. We focus on communication skills and social skills with strong encouragement of self-management and independence skills and we expect young people to participate within their ability and tolerance levels.

The Curriculum:
The aim of the Curriculum is to enable the young people to come to terms with transition and change to an adult environment, and to build on the skills and interests of the individual in a domestic, structured setting and by encouraging a sense of local and global community. The key skills of Behaviour, Communication, Life and Living will underpin the whole of the waking day. Physical and Community Learning are also very important priorities for our students and will be incorporated into these key skills.

Specialist Facilities:
We offer an ASD therapeutic environment providing Psychology, Speech and Language therapies and Occupational therapy

Statements:

1. expertise in supporting learners with behavioural difficulties
2. expertise in supporting learners with emotional difficulties
3. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
4. in-house speech and language therapy
5. in-house physiotherapy
6. an occupational therapy programme
7. guidance and counselling services
8. specialist staff to meet personal care requirements
9. opportunities to follow a specific vocational course
10. a social skills programme
11. opportunities for learners participate in community activities and to learn about citizenship
12. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities

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