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Raising staff awareness and conducting a school
audit in a large secondary school The Pros and
Cons.

• Deborah Millington and
• Stuart Gopsill
• Connahs Quay High School, Flintshire

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Raising Staff Awareness

• Initial ASD training
• Resources - posters, literature, media
• Whole staff inset
• List of characteristics
• LINK teacher
• Future staff meeting agenda item

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Activity 1

• Scenarios
• There are a list a potential problems you may
  encounter in the envelope
• Discuss amongst you how you could overcome these

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Conducting a school audit

• Characteristics
• Link teacher meeting - names
• Identification of students

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Activity 2

• Pen portraits
• Look at the pen portraits of fictitious pupils
• Decide which of them would require intervention
  as a pupil with ASD

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Pros and Cons

• Pros
• Identification of students
• Improved relationships staff, pupils and
  parents
• Improved learning environment
• Corporate responsibility
• Raised awareness
• Happier child
• Staff expertise

• Cons
• Time consuming
• Communication
• Variable staff commitment
• Lack of staff expertise
• Unchartered water

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Next Steps

• Gather evidence
• Consultation with external agency and parent /
  carer
• Referral
• Action Plan