ASDAN is a charity with awarding organisation status that provides courses to thousands of UK and international schools, colleges, youth centres and training providers.
ASDAN's curriculum programmes and qualifications offer flexible ways of accrediting skills for learning, skills for employment and skills for life.
Newcastle Senior School became a registered ASDAN centre in 2017 and began implementing ASDAN Preparing for Adulthood Programs. These programs are activity-based curriculum resources that provide a life skills context to promote the development of personal, social, independent, ICT and work-related skills.
They have been developed for learners with moderate, severe, complex, profound or multiple learning difficulties.
Students in years 9 and 10 follow the Transition Challenge program while students in years 11 and 12 are following the Towards Independence program.
ASDAN programs allow for students of all ability levels to demonstrate achievement. Student learning is documented through the development of a portfolio of evidence which is assessed by trained moderators, at school level as well as by ASDAN staff, for the award of an accredited certificate.
Students can take their portfolio with them as evidence of their achievements into post-school placements or supported employment.
For more information visit the ASDAN website.
