Type of service: Residential services

Website: http://www.sabp.nhs.uk

Ashmount is a seven-bedroom residential centre for males with learning disabilities and severe autism.
The centre provides specialist intensive support to individuals with severe challenging behaviour - whose needs cannot be met within mainstream services. The service provides:

• Purpose built environment incorporating a large, well maintained and enclosed garden
• Individual bedrooms
• Range of activities aimed at developing and maintaining activities of daily living and skills in a variety of settings, to promote independence
• Day activities provided at dedicated day services with individual packages of support including intensive interaction programmes
• Workshop for craft-based activities and sensory area for relaxation
• Opportunities to be involved in all aspects of running the home and garden

Derby House is an 8-bedded continuing care service for adults with a learning disability. Derby House has recently been designated as an autism specific unit.

Aimed at: Adult

Gender: All genders

Specialisms: Exclusively autism specific

Other specialisms: Challenging behaviour, Learning disability