Children's Services Prospectus 20252026 - 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
Occupational Therapists
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.
