The Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy Services work with pupils on three levels:

 

Universal level of provision.

Specialist Level

These services are for students with needs requiring specialist support in an individual or group setting delivered directly by the Therapist, or any other bespoke therapy programme or 1:1 therapy session.

Specialist level of intervention is person-centred, it is based on the assessed need and is individualized to each young person. The purpose is to provide bespoke therapy in order to devise programmes and to re-engage students back to their learning environment.

Number of sessions will be in blocks e.g. 6-8 sessions and will be prescribed in line with clinical findings or EHCP section F quantification, and will be reviewed to identify the need for further sessions, or to transition student to a Targeted or Universal level of provision.

Occupational Therapy examples include:

Therapeutic Listening Program

1:1 Sensory Sessions

Individual therapy sessions

Seating and positioning

 

Provision of Equipment for Personal Care Tasks

Provision of specialist equipment for mealtimes

                       

Activity of Daily Living Assessments at the Residential Provision

Targeted Level

At a targeted level, services may be run in partnership with or wholly by the wider team with training and support from the Therapist. Pupils with similar needs are offered an ‘episode of care’ such as a 6-8 week block of group therapy, small group sessions/ to enhance their skills in a specific area.

Again, the number of sessions will be in blocks and will be prescribed in line with clinical findings or EHCP section F quantification, and will be reviewed to identify the need for further sessions, or to transition student to a Specialist or Universal level of provision.

Occupational Therapy examples include:

Zones of Regulation and provision of emotion cards

 

Alert Group for Self-Regulation and provision of engine passport

 

     

Sensory Exploration group

 

                                        

SticKids Programmes

 

Handwriting practice for small groups with identified needs

     

                                            

           

 

Gross motor skills groups

         

Fine motor skills groups

Food Play for Feeding skills

Life Skills Training

Kitchen Skills

Gardening Skills

 

 

These services are provided to all children & young people, their families and school staff. Services are designed to improve student’s access to the curriculum and their engagement and participation in daily activities. They may also link to the Quality First Teaching Strategy.

Occupational Therapy examples include:

Consistent use of visual timetables

Now and Next visuals

Environmental changes e.g. creating a visually quiet learning environment   

            

OT Toolbox programmes

                                                                  

Each class have a set of triangular pencils

                                                       

Each class have a set of left/right-handed scissors. 

 

• Good practice workshops will be delivered to all staff on the following topics: introduction to Occupational Therapy, Sensory Processing Skills, Introduction to Speech and Language Therapy.
• Parent workshops will be delivered to introduce common Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy strategies to parents.

• All our therapists are registered with the Health & Care Professions Council

  

  Our Therapists are Members of their Professional Associations and Special Interest Groups