Children's Services Prospectus 20232024 - Flipbook - Page 24
Therapeutic Support
All young people living and learning at St Elizabeth's School and Children's Home
benefit from our therapy support throughout the week. Therapy is incorporated
throughout the curriculum and daily routines, supporting our holistic approach to
learning.
Therapeutic input runs concurrent with academic programmes and are
integrated into the day as part of individualised timetables and daily
routines.
Therapy sessions are provided in a format that is best suited to an
individual’s needs and preferences. This may be in 1:1 or group
sessions, or work indirectly by supporting teaching staff, care staff and
families to implement new initiatives. For sessions provided in our
therapy rooms, these have been carefully developed to ensure it is an
engaging and purposeful environment, created for each individual
attending.
We specialise in a range of therapeutic input including Alternative and
Augmentative Communication (AAC), Rebound Therapy, Sensory
Integration and Hydrotherapy, to name a few. This allows us to provide
expertise in the use of specialist equipment such as eye gaze systems,
communication apps, specialised sensory assessment and delivering
extensive physiotherapy driven hydrotherapy for those attending offsite
sessions.
As well as working closely with our onsite teams, we have close links
with our local orthotics department, our therapy colleagues at Princess
Alexandra Hospital, our local communication aid service and
wheelchair services.
Our group activities help to deliver therapies in fun and engaging ways
whilst combining motor co-ordination, mobility, cognition and total
communication approaches, helping to develop social interactions
alongside peers.
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Therapy team:
Speech and Language Therapists
Physiotherapists
Senior Occupational Therapist
Behaviour Support Practitioners
Therapy Assistants
Some of our exciting
therapy groups include:
Cheerleading Group - a dance group which
aims to develop gross motor skills,
coordination, body/spatial awareness and
shoulder/arm strength and stability.
Snack Chat Group – a food preparation
group, run jointly between Occupational
Therapy and Speech and Language
Therapy. The aim of this group is to promote
functional performance in food preparation
tasks, making choices, language
development and team working.
Star Club – an exercise session working on
core physical skills such as balance,
flexibility, fitness, strength and turn taking
skills.