Primary to Secondary Transition for Pupils with ASDs

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Primary to Secondary Transition for Pupils with
ASDs

• Ceri Rees (Educational Psychologist)
• Barbara Anderson (Secondary Assistant Head and
  SENCO)
• Tracey Havard (Primary SENCO)

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Quiz Time

• Transition Challenge

False
True
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Change

• Change, change and more change,
• Of context, place and time.
• Why is it that Lifes transient stage
• Plays havoc with my mind?
• You said well go to McDonalds
• But this was just a thought.
• I was set for hours,
• But the plan then came to naught

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• My tears and confused frustration,
• At plans that do not appear,
• Are painful beyond recognition,
• And push me deeper into fear.
• How can life be so determined?
• How can change be so complete?
• With continuity there is no end,
• Security and trust are sweet.

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• So who said that change would not hurt me?
• Who said my being could not be safe?
• Change said you need continuity
• In order to find your place.
• For change makes all things different,
• They no longer are the same
• What was it that you really meant?
• All I feel is pain.
• (Wendy Lawson, 1998)

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Year 5- Spring Term

• Contact multi-agencies to arrange assessments.
• Arrange date with agencies for Y5 annual review
  or school meeting.

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Year 5 Summer Term

• Attain pupils views on their progress and any
  transition concerns.
• Share pupils views at beginning of Y5 review.
• Undertake Y5 review.
• Primary SENCO to provide leaflets for family on
  transition.

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Year 6 Autumn Term

• Arrange visit with pupil and parent to Secondary
  school at end of day.

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Year 6 Spring Term

• Arrange for visit to Secondary school with LSA
  part way through an ALN lesson and leave before
  end of lesson.
• Arrange another visit to experience lesson
  transition (from a safe view point).
• Secondary SENCO and Head of Y7 to meet Pupil at
  Primary school.

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Year 6 Summer Term

• Develop pupil passport with pupil.
• Invite relevant agencies and Secondary SENCO to
  Y6 review meeting.
• Pupil to complete what I need for Secondary
  school sheet.
• Undertake Y6 review.
• Forward Pupil Passport to Secondary school.
• Secondary school to provide timetable before
  summer holidays.
• Primary teacher to complete student summary form
  and send to Secondary SENCO.

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Year 7

• Close monitoring by form tutor/Year Head/LSA and
  SENCO.
• Buddy system.
• Time out card.
• Clear school rules.
• Consistent routines.
• Year Head to be available first half term to
  address parents concerns.

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Transition

• Transition is about moving, to where or what one
  asks?
• This is my very question, from present or the
  past.
• Time for me is all the same,
• I know not of its future
• I only know I trust in now..tomorrow can come,
• I only need to know how.
• (Wendy Lawson, 2003)

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Pupil Passports

• Activity time!!

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Question and Answer