Bi-Borough Autism Advisory Team

We are a team of specialist advisory teachers and an advisory occupational therapist working within educational settings in Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea. This includes nursery, primary, secondary schools and colleges. We also provide input for private, voluntary and independent nurseries. 

The team supports autistic children and young people by providing advice and support for schools and parents, enabling them to meet the needs of autistic children and young people. We also support children and young people who are currently on the social communication pathway. 

What do our Autism Advisors do? 

We ensure that we follow neurodiversity-affirming approaches. This includes using identity-first language and recognising neurodiversity as a natural part of human variation.  

Our team supports educational settings to enhance their autism knowledge and provision enabling them to meet the needs of autistic children and young people, embedding this within an inclusive environment.  

Our team can offer bespoke work with autistic students (with or without an EHCP) following the referral criteria below. 

Our team draws heavily from the SCERTS approach and uses appreciative inquiry, coaching, and strength-based approaches to promote positive outcomes and meaningful engagement for autistic children and young people.  

Our team has adapted the Thrive Model - an integrated, person centred and needs based approach to delivering support for autistic children and young people, as well as schools and settings. The Thrive Model is a co-created a plan of support, based on developing strengths and supporting areas of need. 

Training 

The team offer a variety of autism focused training sessions for settings and parents/carers. This is updated on a termly basis.

Our training calendars are available on our Local Offer:

To book a training session, please use the relevant link:

• For Staff: Services to Schools Website  
• For Parents/Carers: Bi-borough Inclusion Service 

As a school-based service, we are unable to support/work with families in the home environment. However, we do offer training for parents/carers on a variety of topics. 

Referral Process

Following a consultation with staff and parents, a referral can be made to the Autism Advisory Team. This will be triaged and next steps communicated to the referrer by the link advisor. 

We accept referrals from settings and the SEN team.  

You can make referral queries by emailing the Bi-borough Autism Team: [email protected]