Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre
Anglicare SA’s Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre (ASELCC) delivers specialised education and care for children aged up to 6 years with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in a day care setting.
The ASELCC is the only one in South Australia.
The centre is co-located with Anglicare SA’s Daphne St Childcare Centre in Prospect.
Autism Specific Early Learning & Care Centre
26 Daphne Street,
Prospect, South Australia 5082
tel (08) 8269 8688
email daphneadmin@anglicare-sa.org.au
Download a brochure on the ASELCC's services here. (1.16MB)
The Daphne Street Child Care and Specialist Early Learning Centre provides child care services alongside early intervention programs and specific support that targets the learning and development needs of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their families. This program, the first of six to be opened nationally, supports participation in childcare and early childhood education and transition to further educational or therapeutic settings.
Our service offers a play-based Autism-specific curriculum for children with specialist support in:
- Speech Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Behaviour Therapy
- Early Childhood Education
- Psychological Research
- Social Work
- Disability Support
- Qualified Childcare
Based on the Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transactional Support (SCERTS) Model, our program focuses on the core challenges experienced by children with ASD including:
- Social Skills
- Communication
- Joint Attention
- Emotional Regulation
- Sensory integration
- Independence & Life Skills (inc. Eating, Sleeping & Toileting)
Each child has an Individual Education Plan with goals developed by specialist case managers, in consultation with parents.
Children with autism spectrum disorders receive individual programming based on the South Australian early childhood education curriculum framework, and intensive one-on-one and group therapy.
The program is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team comprising six specialist staff and five trained childcare or disability workers.
The centre provides individual therapy spaces, a sensory room and small group areas as well as integration to provide children with autism spectrum disorders the opportunity to receive services alongside mainstream children for at least part of their program. Anglicare SA is in a consortium with Autism SA, whch provides training, and Flinders University, which provides student placements and contribute to research and evaluation.
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