College Prospectus 205/2026 - Flipbook - Page 17
Therapeutic Support
All young people learning at St Elizabeth9s 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 individual9s 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.
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 3 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.
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