We provide…
Go To people and national team
Accessto funded:
- evidence-based professional learning and development opportunities in:
- ASD
- coaching, facilitating, and mentoring
- facilitating action learning projects
- relevant, timely, and accurate information
- opportunities to share knowledge and skills with peers
- mentoring, supervision, and support.
All specialist educators
Opportunities to:
- access their "Go To" person
- obtain free copies of the ASD booklet for schools and "In my shoes" DVD
- take part in relevant, funded professional learning and development (including ASD websites) that equips them to help implement the New Zealand ASD Guideline
- participate in action learning process for sharing information about the effects of interventions in New Zealand contexts
- use funded professional learning and development resource kits, (workshops and resources), initially expect to co-facilitate with selected specialists.
Teachers (early childhood and school) of children and young people with ASD
Informationabout how toaccess:
- the key worker, or equivalent, for the young person
- funded copies of the Ministry of Education ASD booklet for schools and "In my shoes" DVD
- funded, relevant professional learning and development
- Tilting the Seesaw: A team approach to supporting a student with autism – strength-based, practical strategies to support the everyday inclusion of children with autism between the primary school and home settings. Runs professional learning and development modules.
- opportunities to contribute to action learning projects and find relevant information about effective interventions in New Zealand contexts.
All schools and early childhood education services
All school principals and leaders of early childhood education services, information:
- about ASD in a range of media (for example, Education Gazette, Principal Today) that focuses on the contributions that people with ASD make to society, and accounts of young people with ASD in New Zealand education contexts
- on how to access people with knowledge and experience of ASD.
Parents and whānau of children and young people with ASD
Opportunities to:
- access ASD-specific parent education programmes and parent support groups
- receive information such as the ASD booklets, "In my shoes" DVD
- contribute to a profile of their child's strengths and needs.