The CTSA is made up of four main teams
Unité Enseignement
The Unité d’enseignement (UE) (Educational team) intervenes either in specialized “classes de cohabitation” within mainstream school buildings (primary and post-primary) or in stand-alone educational workshops (post-primary) that prepare young people with ASD for specialist supported employment post 18, or in mainstream schools, providing specialist support (Intervention Spécialisée Ambulatoire) for pupils who follow a regular education with or without adaptations.
The UE intervenes both in primary schools (early childhood education / ”Précoce” and cycles 1 to 4) and in secondary education (general (technical) and classical schemes). Together with each child and young person’s keyworker from the diagnostic’s team, CTSA’s educational staff provides specific advice to teachers, members of the support team for pupils with special needs (équipe de soutien pour élèves à besoins éducatifs spécifiques, ESEB) and to professionals working in maisons relais (childcare centres), etc.
Currently, the Educational team Unité d’enseignement counts a total of 70 full time equivalent employees: educators, social pedagogues, pedagogues and curative educators, based at our 20 different ASD specialist provision sites throughout the Grand Duchy, and 20 full time equivalent professionals provide specialist outreach support (“intervention spécialisée ambulatoire”) in mainstream schools and high schools.
Unité de rééducation et de thérapie
CTSA’s Unité de rééducation et de thérapie (UR) (multidisciplinary therapy team) is a team of occupational, psychomotor and music therapists. Therapists conduct assessments, therapy, and provides advice and guidance for staff supporting pupils and their families, both in outreach settings and within CTSA’s specialist ASD provision.
Unité administrative et technique
This team relates to the senior management and administrative professionals.
Unité de diagnostic, de conseil et de suivi
The Unité de diagnostic, de conseil et de suivi (UD) (diagnostic, advice and support team), a team of psychologists, pedagogues, social workers and a nurse, perform the following tasks:
- psychological support for pupils and students with an ASD, their parents and their siblings;
- diagnostic spécialisé (identification of strengths and difficulties) of their educational challenges related to ASD;
- specialist ASD advice to professionals and parental guidance;
autism awareness in schools and specialist training in-house and to the wider community; - close collaboration with the Commission nationale d’inclusion (CNI) (national commission for inclusion) and the commissions for inclusion within primary and secondary schools (Commission d’inclusion, CI);
- cooperation with external services (e.g. specialist doctors, leisure activities, transition into adult life, etc.).