Aims and Objectives

Mission Statement

To create a safe and secure environment in which pupils of secondary age with Asperger’s Syndrome develop strategies to reach their full potential academically, socially and spiritually.

Farleigh College Aims

• To work with boys and girls who experience particular difficulties in communication, socialisation, social imagination and anxiety levels, which collectively are sometimes described as Asperger’s Syndrome.
• To work along side these young people in developing strategies to assist with these difficulties.
• To offer an environment where young people, often with a previous history of failure, are encouraged to develop their full academic and social potential.
• To provide sympathetic and emphatic adults who are able to offer a secure and stimulating environment where young people can minimise their limitation, enjoy their strengths and grow in confidence, understanding, knowledge and skill.
• To provide a twenty-four hour curriculum that will be stimulating and meet the individual needs of pupils with Asperger’s Syndrome.
• To develop confidence and independence through a structured programme of PSHE/Citizenship studies so that the young person may leave Farleigh College with the necessary skill and strategies to become a contributing member of society.
• To work closely with parents, thereby establishing a successful partnership between home and college.
• To recognise effort and positive gains, not merely measurable attainments.

Objectives to achieve these aims

• The curriculum is broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated, meeting the needs of the pupils on an individual basis.
• Asperger’s Syndrome pupils have a rolling programme of social skills to promote the use of speech and language skills in social contexts, to interact socially with others, to be more aware of themselves and to be able to meet the demands of everyday living.
• To provide a structure that recognises positive gains and effort.
• To provide a structured independence training programme.
• To provide extra-curricular activities.