Support for Learning

What is support for Learning? 

At Prospect House we work with a range of professionals to develop our specialist offer. This includes Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, CAMHS, Horticulture Therapist and Music Therapists. The priority for the joint working is the development of the Wave 1 provision on offer to all pupils—this can be in the form of training, development of classroom learning environments, development of shared spaces such as playgrounds, Imagination Village and Fantasy Forest. Some pupils will access support at Wave 2 and a small number of pupils will access support at wave 3. Both wave 2 and wave 3 provision are time limited.  

Quality First Teaching—specialist teaching with a bespoke curriculum and assessment system. All pupils have access to the schools specialised wave 1 offer. Professionals such as Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists support this offer through training, teaching and learning/curriculum development. 

Vocabulary training whole school, Teaching Assistant Lego Therapy Training, Joint attention group and social thinking group training, Occupational Therapy development of Independent and Structured Class Sensory programmes, Behaviour Support – STAR documents/functions of behaviour, Zones of Regulation update, Outdoor learning environments, Occupational Therapy lead Sensory refresher, SLT lead – use of social stories and comic strip conversations,  Development of Fantasy Forest and Outdoor Learning environment – link TA, Music Therapy input into the Music Curriculum/work with Music Curriculum Lead and Live Music TA’s, Imagination Village OT/SLT activity sheets, Communication and Sensory Checklists.

Time limited small group interventions. Pupils in these sessions will be working towards set outcomes. Pupils will be identified from data analysis including pupil progress information. Examples include handwriting/Lego therapy/reading/social thinking groups.  

Joint Attention Group, Social Thinking Groups, Better Reading Partners, Horticulture Therapist Lead Sessions, Music Therapist Sessions, Outdoor Sensory Circuits, Occupational Therapy Classroom Environment Observations, Behaviour Drop In and Briefings

Highly personalised interventions and assessments, lead by a specialist. A small number of pupils  each year would access support at this level. 

Speech and Language Assessments/Programmes, Occupational Therapy Assessments/Programmes, Music Therapist, Educational Psychology Assessment/CAMHS