C.A.S.S.
Cassandra Ryner Trading As:
Cassandra's Autism Support Services
As a parent of a young person with Asperger’s, I lost count of how often I came across gaps in service provision for families whose lived experience includes Autism. We often felt on our own. After being asked to participate in Coventry and Warwickshire’s Joint Strategy Review for People with Autism (2020-2025), as a professional person, it seemed natural to endeavour to contribute to filling the gap. Using the 21 years of experience of my family’s needs, inspired by the awareness of the needs of other families, the idea is as simple as ABC..…..working together supports our community.
A - Advocacy Services
B - Befriending Services
C - Corporate Services
Support Services
Advocacy Services
Supporting you with communication and representing your family’s needs at times when you need it most.
Befriending Services
A professional and supportive friend or mentor who works at the pace you require, to assist children, young people and families in overcoming challenges.
Corporate Services
Solution focussed bespoke learning support services for organisations interacting with Autism.
One-off, short or long-term proposals will be considered.
Ethos
Cass Ryner is experienced in supporting individuals (and their families) from a person-centred perspective, utilising an emotional and mental health first aid style approach. She places importance on using creative and holistic approaches to identify strategies and devise materials to improve resilience and support emotional wellbeing. Cass has first-hand experience of casework and one to one support for individuals with Asperger’s, autism, attachment disorder, anxiety and depression. She will also consider working with non- autism related matters, just make contact and enquire.
BM’s Testimony (17 year old Service User)
"Working with Cass was good it helped me step back an think outside the box and also de stress myself. Also when I had bad anxiety to do with school Cass helped me a lot with that too, and Cass also helped me with my relationships with family members. I definitely Recommend Cass for someone to help you in tough situations."
Have questions? I'm ready for them.
Cassandra Ryner
BSc (Hons) Psych (Open), MBPsS
JB’s Testimony (Parent Service User Since 2017)
"I am a single parent with a autistic son who has severe social anxiety and Cass came to us In a time of great need. My son doesn’t engage with people very easily and Cass knew what to do and took it very slow and with lots of empathy and understanding. She has helped our family so much and has been there for me also either at the end of a phone, coming to meetings with me or coming to the house in times of need. She is kind, understanding and trustworthy."
Testimonials
C.A.S.S. has previously worked with:
Children & Young People, Families, Primary and Secondary schools,
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) Integrated Disability Service volunteer
team, SENDIAS, Warwickshire County Choristers and WCC Family and
Parenting Support Team (Children & Families Business Unit).
C.A.S.S. adopts an empowering, constructive, professional and enthusiastic outlook that
positively embraces a multidisciplinary creative approach to supporting children, young people
and their families. Services prioritise empathy, compassion, NVR techniques and professional
listening skills to address individuals, not diagnoses.
There are NO AGE RESTRICTIONS for these services
