• Specialism:
  Specialist college for young people with moderate/severe learning disabilities
• Residential/Day:
  Coleg Elidyr is a residential college
• Course Start Dates:
  Coleg Elidyr runs on an academic year with a start date of 6.9.2011 or 5.9.2012
• Course Length per Year in weeks:
  Course length is 37 weeks per year(students), 41 weeks per year (trainees)
• Maximum Student Numbers:
  maximum of 43 students
• Age Range:
  18-30

General Description of College:
Coleg Elidyr is a Camphill Community set in 180 acres of farmland in the secluded Towy Valley. The on-site farm, garden, woodlands and shop provide real practical learning opportunities. Our curriculum is based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner and designed to enable the learner to move from doing to understanding and from experience to knowing.

The Curriculum:
The Three Year Education Programme – offers development of independence, self-confidence, self-advocacy, vocational and social skills. The development is possible because of an integrated, holistic approach to education in the broadest sense. In the community, students lead an active and social life, living together with peers, care and teaching staff, and young volunteers from all over the world. Each student has an individually tailored timetable with a variety of activities.

The Trainee Programme – is a programme of consolidation and training within a structured environment which:
* Gives the individual time to make learnt skills and habits part of his/her own personal lifestyle for the future
* Helps the individual to take charge of his/her own life
* Enables the individual to be an active partner in the society around him/her

Specialist Facilities:
On-site working farm, forestry, garden and shop. A range of craft workshops.

Statements:

1. a personal development programme
2. a social skills programme
3. opportunities to work towards qualifications within Foundation Learning
4. opportunities for learners to participate in community activities and to learn about citizenship
5. a programme to enable students to learn more about themselves and how to form relationships
6. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
7. a range of vocational courses with opportunities for accreditation.
8. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and/or communication skills
9. opportunities to improve communication skills such as the use of Makaton, Bliss, symbols or objects of reference
10. in-house speech and language therapy
11. a specialised land-based curriculum
12. a work placement scheme with local employers
13. opportunities to prepare for work after college
14. opportunities to improve Information and learning technology skills
15. opportunities to develop strategies to promote appropriate behaviour
16. a transition programme into independent living
17. opportunities to take part in a wide range of social, leisure and sporting activities
18. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
19. residential provision linked to the academic year
20. waking night residential staff