- To further the advancement of education by providing a service that will enhance the child’s progress by targeting specific areas of difficulty in an attempt to improve the quality of life for the child and their families.
- To provide early intervention for children from the age of eighteen months that are displaying social communication challenges. ASD Rainbows will incorporate various strategies such as P.E.C.S (Picture Exchange Communication System) and Makaton to enable the child to reach their full potential. These strategies will target specific areas such as behaviour, speech and communication and rigidity of thought to enable the child to develop the skills needed to overcome these challenges.
- To offer children a safe stimulating play environment in a local setting specifically equipped with trained experienced staff that will help address any sensory/behaviour challenges that may be a barrier to individual children developing their play skills.
- To provide children with social experiences of a small group setting with opportunities to experience and develop their life skills through regular visits into the community.
- To meet children’s individual needs and form close working relationships with both the parents and child.
- To encourage independence skills/self-help skills that will enable them to function independently in day to day life.
- To liaise with multi agency professionals e.g. psychologists, health visitors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, social workers enabling us to implement any recommendations.
- To work with families providing them with support and practical advice/strategies to help them understand their child difficulties and enable them to respond to their child’s needs. Parents will be able to access regular workshops run by staff and consultants where their child’s progress and targets will be reviewed.
- To offer equality to all children and their parents regardless of their ability, ethnic origin, gender or cultural background, class or language.
- To comply with all appropriate health & safety requirements.
- To ensure all staff working directly with children hold current up to date enhanced DBS certificates.
- To ensure all data and confidentiality is maintained to the highest standard.
- To help each child to reach their full potential so that they reach their pot of gold!
About A.S.D Rainbows
A.S.D Rainbows is a charity that aims to support children with Autism and their families by providing early intervention for young children.
It has been identified that there is a lack of suitable provision for preschool children on the autistic spectrum and ASD Rainbows aims to fill the gap. This gap in service has also been identified as a major concern by various health professionals, social workers and parents.
The charity is a non-profit making venture and registered with the charities commission”. Its aim will be to provide “early intervention therapies” tailored to meet each individual child’s needs and help them to reach their potential.
A.S.D Rainbows will be managed daily by two highly experienced individuals with over thirty years’ experience of autism and other related conditions.
Funding for the service will be sought from a variety of charitable organisations, through regular fund raising events and donations and notional payments by families for classes attended.
A.S.D Rainbows will support families with children who are diagnosed or going through assessment for Autism or any other related disorders such as A.D.H.D. (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), Fragile X and Dyspraxia. The Charity will be based in Mountain Ash in South Wales and offer its services to families living in Rhondda Cynon Taff and Merthyr but also welcomes families living outside the area that wishes to access the services.
The service is delivered in two separate two and a half hour sessions with am/pm sessions (this will increase eventually) being aimed at children from two years to five years old, while the after school provision will cater for children up to the age of sixteen years who are currently in full time education. We will be registered with C.I.W (Care Inspectorate Wales) and work towards registration with Estyn to enable us to become a registered Education provider.
A.S.D Rainbows recognise the importance of the needs of the whole family and will in future seek to expand its service. These future services may include a drop in provision for parents or carer, parent training support groups, toy lending library, music therapy, hair dressing and holiday club service.