Overview of Interventions
There are a variety of treatments and interventions
that may be recommended by your diagnostician.
These include:
- Specialised Educational Interventions
- Parental involvement in the areas of Education and Training
- Social Skills Training
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Psychotherapy or Behavioural/Cognitive Therapy
- Sensory Integration or Occupational training. These treatments are performed by an Occupational Therapist
- Medications for co-existing conditions such as depression, anxiety, and ADHD.
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Services
This section explores a number of service providers that Aspire has had direct experience with. It is by no means an exhaustive list and we urge you to explore any and all options available. In order for us to help you gain the maximum potential for the person with the syndrome, please make sure that you get in contact with Aspire once you begin looking for or initiate contact with a service provider.
Educational
Assessment
An
Educational
Psychologist
forms
an
integral
part
of
Dr.
Rita
Honan’s
assessment
service.
For
further
details,
please
contact:
Dr Rita Honan & Associates, 7 Cope Street, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2, Ireland .
T: +353 (01) 896-3906
Stephanie
Fitzgerald
-
Educational
Psychologist
Saoirse
Support
Service
Location:
Mayo
and
Dublin
www.saoirsesupport.com
info@saoirsesupport.com
Social
Skill
Training
and
Development
Aspire has been running Educational Drama Classes for the last five years. These classes are are a joint collaboration between Aspire and Dr. Carmel O’Sullivan and her research team of the School of Education , Trinity College Dublin.
Dr. O’Sullivan and her team have been investigating the use of drama in formal and non-formal educational settings for several years.
Drama in Education offers a heuristic experience enabling personal, social and emotional growth, whilst providing the opportunity of enhanced understanding and decision making.
Imaginative and engaging characters are presented in various dilemmas to the participants at the drama classes held each week between September and June at Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street in Dublin 7. Classes are run from September to June each year and consist of five classes with a total of fifty participants. Students are typically aged between 6 to 21 years.
Drama
Application
Form
Please
Note:
Unfortunately,
these
classes
are
now
full
for
2009/10
but
if
you
are
interested
in
registering
yourself
or
your
child,
please
email
aspire
your
name,
email
address,
phone
number
and
date
of
birth
and
he
will
include
you
on
the
waiting
list.
Aspire
-
education@aspireireland.ie
Unilink is a confidential, practical support service for staff and students who may be experiencing mental health difficulties (they are also fully aware and supportive of people with AS). Unilink is based on campus and is run by the Discipline of Occupational Therapy in collaboration with the Disability Service.
Focus of the Service - Various mental health difficulties can affect your ability to engage in your day-to-day activities. The focus of the Unilink Service is to identify the difficulties that you are experiencing and to develop practical strategies to help manage them.
You can use the Unilink Service if you are a student in Trinity College and are registered with the TCD Disability Service.
Speech and
Language
Training
Ph: 021 4304822
Email: info@steppingaheadclinic.com
Direct
Services
Available
from
aspire:
Once
diagnosis
of Asperger
Syndrome
has been
confirmed,
we would
urge you to
become a
member of
aspire -
The
Asperger
Syndrome
Association
of Ireland.
Not only
will your
contribution
help
sustain our
service but
membership
will also
enable you
access to
the
services
that Aspire
provide.
These
services
include the
following:
- Aspire has been operating a Helpline since it was set up to provide information on Asperger Syndrome to families, siblings, employers and others interested in the
- Aspire organises Conferences, Seminars, Courses and Workshops on a regular basis. We also offer a reduction on conference fees to members.
- Aspire provides Respite Care grants for families affected by the condition, when funding is available.
- Aspire has assisted in the setting up and development of support groups across Ireland to better serve people and the families of those with this condition.
- Aspire regularly gives talks to schools, associated groups and parents meetings to spread awareness of the condition.
- Aspire encourages, supports and undertakes research into Asperger Syndrome.
- Aspire produces pamphlets, leaflets, a quarterly newsletter and runs a website which provides members with valuable data and support information on AS. We also send out regular email bulletins to our members regarding important events.
- Aspire runs a residential unit and has assisted in the management of a supported employment service.
- Aspire, in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin, has been running Educational Drama classes for children and adolescents (6 to 21 years) with AS to improve and develop their social skills.
- Aspire lobbies government departments and other organisations on behalf of our members and we fundraise in order to maintain and expand our services.
- Aspire employs a Family Support Officer whose main focus is to provide advice and support to families/adults/children affected by AS and also to work with support groups around the country.
