specialisterne in scotland

Specialisterne in ScotlandNo kilts no bagpipes

• Huge expectations• Information Days• 50 candidates interviewed• 12 enter training• 10 employed ( as of 2nd May 2011)

• Quality of candidates was very high

• 5 Masters Degrees

• 1 Phd

• 5 Honours degrees in IT

• Average unemployed 5 years

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• Problems with training material – bar set too low.

• IT Tutor did not have skills required

• Solution

• Master classes from SOPRA Group

• Trained to ISEB Foundation level software testing

• Average pass mark 95%

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• Specialist skills

• Web design

• 3d rendering

• Information architecture

• Content Management

• Customer Relationship Management

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• The Big Lie

• Autistic People are rigid thinkers and are not creative

• This is nonsense

• Our staff think outside the (neurotypical) box

• Some are very creative

• Managing obsessions is key for project mangers.

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• Our Team

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David Farrell-Shaw

Keith Melvin

(Head of Test)

Maria Hubbert (employment

consultant)

Laura Priestley

(Head of Development)

• Learning

• Social group for trainees/consultants/families http://www.specialisterne.net

• Adapt all IT training materials to be ASD friendly

• Business and IT skills of staff team have to be very high

• Autism practitioners must be qualified!

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• Specialisternescotland.co.uk – business website

• Specialisterne-academy.com – lesson plan site

• Vimeo video channel – videos of lessons

• Lynda.com – online training package

Specialisterne in Scotlandweb assets

• Zoho CRM• Drupal• Joomla• WordPress• Concrete 5• Site Test• HP Quality Centre• SQL• CSS3• HTML5• Java• Javascript• Perl• Python• Moodle• Adobe Balsalmic• Microsoft 365• .NET• C#• C++• Rubyonrails

Specialisterne in Scotland

3rd Floor North, 8 Nelson Mandela Place,

Glasgow G2 1BT

0141 352 7400

enquiries@specialisternescotland.co.uk

Specialisterne in Scotland

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