Autism support services
EAGLE Project
Improving the lives of children recently diagnosed with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder)
The EAGLE (Embracing Autism through Guidance Love and Education) Project is a service working closely with statutory services and voluntary agencies, the project is tailored to meet the needs of individual children and their families.
ASD – Did you know?
ASD is a communication disorder which affects the way a child relates to and understands the world around them.
Because it is a Spectrum disorder it means that children can be affected to different degrees, some severely, others in more subtle ways.
All children with the condition will be affected in 3 main ways :
- Difficulty with social relationships
- Communication problems
- Restricted range of behaviours, activities and interests
Who can we help?
- Children with ASD
- Parents and carers of children with ASD
- Brothers and sisters of children with ASD
How can we help?
- We can respond immediately after diagnosis has been given.
- We can visit you and your family in your home.
- We can listen to you.
- We can try to help you understand your child’s difficulties.
- We can be flexible and will endeavour to provide the support you need when you need it.
- We will help you access support from existing agencies and organizations.
Services we provide:
The project manager – who makes contact with parents and responds to their individual issues.
The project worker – oversees individual projects within EAGLE and works directly with parents, siblings and children with ASD.
The children’s worker – one to one support for 3 hours per week to a child with ASD, accessing local community/leisure facilities and teaching necessary social/communication skills to enjoy these. This also enables parents to have quality time with each other and siblings.
EAGLE Summer Scheme – for children aged 6-9 years with ASD.
Visual Support – Strategies to help with daily living eg behaviour charts, timetables and schedules.
SIBSKLUB - for children who have a brother/sister with ASD.
Monthly Newsletter – for all families connected with EAGLE
Parent Support Group – monthly meetings give members the opportunity to meet people in a similar situation and also receive training.
Parent training in ASD – ie what is ASD; challenging behaviours; communications; the education system; difficulties in ASD and how to tell your child.
Swimming Club – weekly swimming lessons with a trained tutor. Open to children with ASD and their siblings.
EAGLE Youth Club – for children with ASD and their brothers/sisters
Other useful links
RASDN Six Steps of Autism Care
Project contacts
EAGLE Project Manager Heather Taylor has taught for ten years in England following teacher training at Stranmillis College. Her inspiration for the EAGLE project has come from living with her daughter Emily who has autism and her desire to support parents coming to terms with a diagnosis.
EAGLE works closely with the statutory services and voluntary agencies and the project is tailored to meet the needs of individual children and their families.
Heather Taylor - Project Manager
Email: htaylor@belfastcentralmission.org
Julie Brown - Project Worker
Grosvenor House
5 Glengall Street
Belfast BT12 5AD
Tel: 028 90 241917
Fax: 028 90 240577
Email: eagle@belfastcentralmission.org
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