• Welcome to LSC PINS

    This site aims to support a shared understanding of neurodivergent children and young people and to leave a sustainable impact and establish closer collaboration between education and health organisations, including by:

    • working collaboratively across professional boundaries
    • offering training for non-health staff
    • creating environments that facilitate the best outcomes for children and young people

    It will support a shift away from the need for diagnosis and more intensive levels of support for individual pupils to focus instead on:

    • strengthening knowledge and skills
    • improving environments to better meet the needs of all children, but with a particular focus on neurodivergence

    This will demonstrate how a supportive learning environment and well-equipped school can improve positive outcomes for neurodivergent children, helping them achieve and thrive.  

Available courses

An Introduction to Neurodivergence

This group of videos and information are for anyone working in a school environment, whether they are teachers, learning support assistants, school meals supervisors, school business managers, site staff or office staff. 

The aim is to:

  • To extend your understanding of how neurodivergence affects children in school
  • To increase your expertise in recognising a child’s individual strengths and differences
  • To develop your skills in identifying barriers to learning for neurodivergent children
  • To develop your understanding of what reasonable adjustments need to be made to support a neurodivergent child in your setting

An introduction to Communication Friendly Classrooms

This section is for anyone working in a school environment, whether they be teachers, learning support assistants, school meals supervisors, school business managers, site staff or office staff. 

This section aims to:

  • To extend your understanding of effective communication
  • To increase your expertise in recognising effective surroundings
  • To develop your skills in using visual support
  • To develop your understanding of what reasonable adjustments need to be made to support a neurodivergent child in your setting

 

Sensory Awareness and Supporting Strategies

Sensory processing refers to the way we interpret information received from the environment and from within our bodies. This information gives us a sense of who we are, where we are and what is happening around us.

Our senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell, proprioception (body awareness) and vestibular (balance and movement).

When our senses are integrating correctly we are able to respond appropriately to any sensation, for example, we are able to take off an itchy jumper or take a deep breath to smell the flowers.

 

Additional Resources

Please find in this section a range of information which we hope will support your journey and understanding.

Reasonable Adjustments

Understanding the functions of behaviour

This brief section begins to raise your awareness that behaviour is a form of communication, and it is our role to understand what is being communicated.

Communication and Autism

This section will support your understanding of the social communication and interaction needs of an autistic child. There are two short video clips for you to explore your understanding.

Girls and Autism

This section gives you an opportunity to explore your understanding of the presentation of autistic girls. There are 2 short video clips and additional resources.

Anxiety and Autism Parts 1 and 2

An opportunity to develop a shared understanding of the impact of anxiety on an autistic child.

Social Stories

In this section you can explore two brief videos which look at “What are Social Stories?” and “How to write a Social Story”.