Secondary Resources

Resources for professionals working with students in secondary school settings

Downloads 

• ASC-Advice-Teenage-Girls-and-Puberty-Sheet download_for_offline
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• Booklist and Websites for ASC download_for_offline
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• Effective-Teaching-Practices-for-Students-with-ASC download_for_offline
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• Empowering-Teenagers-with-ASC-to-understand-the-4-challenges download_for_offline
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• Key-Advice-for-Girls-with-ASC download_for_offline
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• know-your-normal-toolkit-ambitious-about-autism download_for_offline
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• resources-to-understand-race-and-racism download_for_offline
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• Top-Tips-for-ASC-Students download_for_offline
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• Top-Tips-for-transition-to-Secondary-School download_for_offline
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 Website Links

• The National Autistic Society - Advice for professionals 
• Autistica - The UK's leading autism research charity
• Time4Kids - Surrey's value-based approach to working with children and young people
• Eikon  - Producers of Smart Moves, booklets for students in year 6 and 7 to support transition to secondary school (free to Surrey schools) 

• Kooth  - Online mental health support (not autism-specific), including the following reources for professionals:  

  Free resources:  https://cloud.brandmaster.com/point/en/koothplc/component/default/83145

  Webinars: https://linktr.ee/KoothEngagementTeam

 Community  / Groups 

• APPEER - Delivering a positive peer approach for, and with, girls and women with an Autistic Spectrum condition and other neuro-diverse conditions (you don’t need a diagnosis). Social groups for 7-12’s and teenagers and webinar forums and support groups for parents.
•  The CYP Haven - A Redhill-based safe space where you can talk about worries and mental health in a confidential and friendly, supportive environment. – Open Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, see website for further details
• Lucy Rayner Foundation - Free counselling and support groups in Surrey
• Limpsfield Grange Girls Youth Group - for details contact  outreach@limpsfield-grange.surrey.sch.uk 
• Neurodevelopmental helpline There is an out-of-hours phone line which provides advice to parents and carers who are struggling with behaviours or difficulties which could be related to neurodevelopmental need, such as autism or ADHD. The skilled and friendly advisers will talk with carers and families around strategies to help them manage their immediate difficulties and think through coping strategies. It runs from 5pm until 11pm, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Please call 0300 222 5755