CLASS
About
The Communication, Learning and Autism Support Service (CLASS) offers support, advice and training to mainstream schools and academies. We work with other services to support children and young people (CYP) to access full-time education.
Our staff hold additional qualifications in speech, language and communication needs (SLCN, including autism), specific learning difficulties and ADHD.
CLASS can provide:
- An experienced team of Advisers and Practitioners
- High quality support, advice and training to all education settings (5-19)
- A Link Adviser for every primary and secondary school in East Sussex
- A service to parent/carers of autistic children and young people through CLASS+.
- A service to autistic children and young people through Spectrum.
Core Activities CLASS Offers
- Adviser and Practitioner consultations leading to action planning and strategies support inclusion and progress.
- Working with school staff to develop their practice, including offering training and access to bespoke workshops.
- Working with children and young people, and/or modelling to a staff member.
- Practitioner led consultations/modelling to support transition for all children entering their reception year.
The role of the CLASS Link Adviser is to:
- act as a key point of contact within CLASS for the school
- support early identification and intervention based on needs
- help SENCOs to build capacity in the school, identifying training needs and areas for development
- support whole school understanding of SLCN, autism, specific learning difficulties & ADHD
- signpost to appropriate training, best practice and other resources.
Training
CLASS offer a comprehensive package of training covering autism, SLCN, specific learning difficulties and ADHD. This training is free to all East Sussex school staff.
CLASS is an approved Autism Education Trust (AET) training hub and offer a range of autism-specific training packages across the school year.
Full details of all our central training courses are in our training brochure. [410.4 KB] [docx]
We can also offer some training in schools, please speak to your CLASS Link Adviser.
How to access CLASS support for children and young people
Please speak to your CLASS Link Adviser about support for individual children and young people. CLASS offer support at each stage of the Graduated Approach .
If, in discussion with your Link Adviser, it is felt a child or young person needs an enhanced level of support from CLASS, they will advise you to make a referral via the Education Front Door.
