Karen Irvani Autism Support Consultancy (ASC)
- Karen Irvani is both an autism parent and professional. She holds a first-class Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Special Education (Autism) via University of Birmingham, in addition to her considerable parental ‘lived’ and professional experience. Karen also gave a TEDx talk in 2020 entitled “Have you found your tribe?” (available on YouTube).
- Having supported autism families at home, in education, at work and in the community since 2012, alongside her directorship of Bespoke Education & Support Services organisation Parents Talking Asperger’s (PTA) CIC, Karen also offers evening/Saturday morning 1:1 autism advice and support consultancy appointments from a dedicated Consultancy Suite at her home in Banbury.
Karen fought long and hard to secure a specialist school placement for her autistic son in 2013 and went on to secure many other places (and preceding Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) for other autistic children, both independently and in collaboration with legal advocates. Her drive has always been that children like hers should not struggle alone or be left abandoned in a largely challenging and unjust Special Educational Needs (SEN) system.
Significantly, the consultancy works with autistic people, as well as for them, because without autistic ‘voice’ Karen believes that her work has no authenticity, irrespective of her academic qualification and depth of parental ‘lived’ and professional experience.
Wider elements of Karen’s Consultancy comprise access to specialists including Autism Advisory Teacher, Clinical Psychology, Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy, and legal specialists for Special Educational Needs (SEN) when required.
Services include:
▪ 1:1 Family advice/support for everyday living ▪ 1:1 Family advice/support for education
▪ 2:1 Friendship nurturing ▪ Communication/liaison advice/support with SEN, education, and healthcare professionals
▪ Commissioned EHCP applications/process navigation/support
▪ 1:1 Workplace advice/signposting
▪ Art therapy: 1:1 / 2:1
▪ Music therapy: guitar, ukulele and singing
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Karen Irvani
- Contact Position
- Proprietor
- Telephone
- 07503 752880 07503 752880
- karen@asc-autism.co.uk
- Notes
For clarity, I am also Co-Director of PTA CIC, an autism Bespoke Education & Support Service not-for-profit.
Where to go
- Name
- ASC @ The Basement
- Address
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156, Bath Road
Banbury
Oxfordshire - Postcode
- OX16 0TT
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Availability
- Age Ranges
- All ages
- Other notes
My service is predominantly for autistic people who present with the type of autism previously classified as 'Asperger's Syndrome'. Briefly, this means that my clients are fully verbal but may need support for social emotional empowerment.
I support all ages from young children to adults.
Additional Information
- Providing services to
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4 - 11 years (primary school age)
11 - 16 years (secondary school age)
16 + years
Children
Young people
Disabled children/young people - Notes
My service is predominantly for autistic people who present with the type of autism previously classified as 'Asperger's Syndrome'. Briefly, this means that my clients are fully verbal but may need support for social emotional empowerment.
I support all ages from young children to adults.
- Supporting people with
- Autistic Spectrum Condition
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