Introduction
Drumbeat Outreach
Drumbeat Outreach is a team of teachers and specialist advisers offering support, advice and training to children, families and professionals in Lewisham. We work across all mainstream educational settings, including Early Years, Primary and Secondary schools, and Post Sixteen provisions. Schools and Colleges can buy in support from the Outreach Team through a Service Level Agreement (SLA).
The Team is made up of 13 members:
Sonia Gannon
Lead Outreach Teacher
Sonia Arscott
Outreach Teacher
Kremena Lee
Outreach Teacher
Charlie Rix-Pinel
Outreach Teacher
Corinne Coote
Outreach Advisor
Donna Hazeldene
Outreach Advisor
Elise Anderson
Outreach Advisor
Pete Black
Outreach Advisor
Rachel Brophy
Outreach Advisor
Karan Hazel
Early Years Outreach Lead
Tracey Chamberlain
Early Years Outreach Advisor
Jenny Yeeles
Early Years Outreach Advisor
Jodi Charman
Early Years Outreach Advisor
Within Drumbeat Outreach we run two licensed courses for the parents of children newly diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These courses run over a number of weeks and are facilitated by multi-disciplinary teams within Drumbeat and in collaboration with our partners in health.
Early Bird is a course devised by the National Autistic Society (NAS). It aims to help you understand your child's autism; enter into your child's world, make contact, and find ways to develop interaction and communication; and learn how to analyse and understand your child's behaviours and how to use structure, so you can pre-empt and cope with problem behaviours.
In Early Bird two places are allocated to each family with a child aged between 2 and 5 years. The programme lasts for three months and combines group training sessions with individual home visits, where video feedback is used to help parents apply what they've learnt. Parents will have a weekly commitment of a two-and-a-half hour training session or home visit and also ongoing work with their child at home.
The Spectrum Course is a parenting support programme for the parents and carers of children and young people aged over 5 years old with a diagnosis of autism or on the pathway for a diagnosis. Parents will have a weekly commitment of a two hour training session for eight sessions and courses are usually run in the evenings to accommodate working parents.
We also run parent workshops and drop in groups across the school year in schools, children’s centres and at Drumbeat. If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive information about courses and workshops please send your email address to the address below.
If you would like any further information about any of these courses please contact me at the email address or phone number below.
Early Bird is a course devised by the National Autistic Society (NAS). It aims to help you understand your child's autism; enter into your child's world, make contact, and find ways to develop interaction and communication; and learn how to analyse and understand your child's behaviours and how to use structure, so you can pre-empt and cope with problem behaviours.
In Early Bird two places are allocated to each family with a child aged between 2 and 5 years. The programme lasts for three months and combines group training sessions with individual home visits, where video feedback is used to help parents apply what they've learnt. Parents will have a weekly commitment of a two-and-a-half hour training session or home visit and also ongoing work with their child at home.
The Spectrum Course is a parenting support programme for the parents and carers of children and young people aged over 5 years old with a diagnosis of autism or on the pathway for a diagnosis. Parents will have a weekly commitment of a two hour training session for eight sessions and courses are usually run in the evenings to accommodate working parents.
We also run parent workshops and drop in groups across the school year in schools, children’s centres and at Drumbeat. If you would like to be on our mailing list to receive information about courses and workshops please send your email address to the address below.
If you would like any further information about any of these courses please contact me at the email address or phone number below.
Sonia Gannon
Lead teacher
Drumbeat Outreach
email: s.gannon@drumbeat.lewisham.sch.uk
Lead teacher
Drumbeat Outreach
email: s.gannon@drumbeat.lewisham.sch.uk
Outreach Team
Drumbeat Brockley
Revelon Road
Brockley
SE4 2PR
Drumbeat Brockley
Revelon Road
Brockley
SE4 2PR