Our trauma-informed approach is based on building high-quality, authentic relationships with our young people.
We achieve this through providing small group settings, high staffing ratios and a relationship centred approach to our teaching and delivery. Our curriculum offer is designed to ensure all our young people make progress.
In support of this, all staff receive training in trauma, attachment, Autism, ADHD, Zones of Regulation, restorative practices and other specialist training dependent on cohort and individuals' needs.
We also emphasise the importance of therapeutic approaches and focus on the recognition and reward of positive choices rather than sanctioning negative ones. Many of our young people have previously had negative experiences of education. We remove this barrier.
Emotional Wellbeing
We understand the importance of positive mental wellbeing.
We have a comprehensive personal development programme in place for all students and their thoughts and wishes are very important to us. We advocate the voice of the child.
Additional needs like Autism, ADHD, and experiences of ACEs and trauma significantly impact a young person's development across social, emotional, cognitive and physical domains. The effects are often cumulative, meaning more experiences of adversity or co-occurring conditions can lead to greater challenges.
Additional intervention is offered at all stages through group and one-to-one therapeutic support, according to specific individual needs, and also through a close working partnership between home and school.
We have access to a range of Therapeutic Support including Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Draw and Talk and Art Therapy.
To take account of the differences and range of cognitive ability, preferred learning styles and learning needs, all staff will; adapt tasks, provide a range of resources, develop extension work, provide for a variety of learning styles and environments, set individual goals, provide different levels of support and offer a variety of ways for learners to demonstrate knowledge and understanding. We are committed to meeting the needs of each child as they are expressed in their Educational, Health and Care Plan.
bMindful Therapy
SALT, occupational therapy, and trauma-based therapy are integrated into our young people's education plans. We work with bMindful, who attend both sites every week to fully support our young people's needs.
Edison Pace School works with bMindful services to offer Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy, as well as parent and carer support for all our young people.
The team works closely with our SENDCo to ensure all our students are accessing the right support.
All therapists have specialist experience working with children with emotional, social and behavioural difficulties and children on the Autism spectrum as well as children with delayed language, speech sound disorder, dyspraxia and specific language impairment.
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