Autism scheme targets hard to reach groups
Tom Lloyd
Friday, January 25, 2008
A scheme that seeks to improve the education of children with special educational needs is expanding to work with harder to reach groups.
The Autism Education Trust will be able to target black and minority ethnic groups and non-verbal children after receiving extra government funding.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has given £35,000 to the trust, on top of a £125,000 grant that was made when it launched in November 2007.
Ian Wylie, chair of the trust's steering group, said: "This extra funding will enable us to engage specifically with groups of people who are, by definition, harder to reach."
The additional money will be spent in four areas: evaluating autism information on local authority web sites; developing a web site for the trust; work with children and young people from minority ethnic communities; and work with non-verbal children.
The Department for Children, Schools and Families has given £35,000 to the trust, on top of a £125,000 grant that was made when it launched in November 2007.
Ian Wylie, chair of the trust's steering group, said: "This extra funding will enable us to engage specifically with groups of people who are, by definition, harder to reach."
The additional money will be spent in four areas: evaluating autism information on local authority web sites; developing a web site for the trust; work with children and young people from minority ethnic communities; and work with non-verbal children.