Psychology And Learning Service - Secondary

Key Benefits

• Early intervention packages for children with complex needs, literacy difficulties including dyslexia, numeracy based difficulties and speech, language and communication needs.
• Assessment of learning, behavioural and emotional needs and an effective response to problems related to health, cultural, family and  socio economic factors, special educational needs or disabilities.
• Support to choose, design, deliver and evaluate evidence based approaches to issues such as students’ attitudes and aspirations, building trusting and more respectful relationships among staff, students and families.
• Bespoke training packages that provide staff with the skills to successfully rise to the challenge of meeting the needs of a wide range of diverse learners.
• Access to the Resource Loan Service, including the loan of books and games.
• An emergency response in the cases of critical incidents and bereavement.
• Support to meet your statutory responsibilities in relation to vulnerable pupil groups.
• Specialist assessment, training and consultancy services for students who need autism technology.
• Training and specialist expertise in relation to pupls with autism spectrum disorders.

Service Details

Our integrated team of highly skilled professionals has expertise in:

• educational psychology
• literacy difficulties, including dyslexia
• numeracy difficulties
• speech language and communication, including autism spectrum disorders.

We can develop bespoke packages of support at competitive prices. We hold planning meetings with headteachers, senior leadership teams and SEN coordinators (SENCOs) to identify your academy's needs for the year and plan appropriate preventative and targeted support.

Our service can support your academy in the following areas:

Improve academic engagement and achievement

We promote high expectations and academic rigour for allstudents, especially those whose needs, dispositions, aptitudes or circumstances require particularly perceptive and expert teaching and/or additional support.

We work with schools and families to:

• identify and overcome barriers to learning, such as disabilities and special educational needs (SEN), mental health problems and social, cultural, language or family issues
• put in place appropriate academic support, such as dyslexia assessment, teaching and access arrangements, and monitor its effectiveness
• develop student organisational skills and promote the use of learning strategies
• implement social, emotional and behavioural strategies such as those designed to improve attention, strengthen motivation, promote student problem solving and manage anxiety
• provide specialist assessment, training and consultancy services for academies with students who need assistive technology and/or appropriate software to support their written or spoken language.

Facilitate effective and reflective teaching suited to pupils’ learning, emotional and behavioural needs

We work with teachers on how to:

• ensure teaching meets the needs of individual students
• manage the classroom behaviour of vulnerable students
• monitor student progress
• evaluate classroom data
• adjust intervention and instructional strategies to make content accessible to every student

Teachers who are supported in working with struggling students improve their classroom management and teaching skills and are able to focus better on effective instruction for all students.

Support positive behaviour and socially successful students

Promoting positive behaviour and social interaction directly supports students’ academic achievement and contributes to a healthy learning environment.

We work with teachers and administrators on:

• students' communication and social skills, problem solving, anger management, conflict resolution, self-regulation, self-determination, resilience and optimism
• classroom management strategies
• programmes promoting positive peer relationships and social problem solving
• school-wide positive behaviour interventions and support
• programmes to promote student emotional well-being and reduce risk training

Additionally, we can provide mental health services including theapeutic input for individual students and groups.

Support vulnerable learners

Successfully meeting the needs of a wide range of diverse learners can be a challenge for schools. We have expertise in working with students with SEN, disabilities or health problems, with those who face cultural or linguistic barriers, or whose family or socio-economic situation affects their learning.

We work with teachers and other staff to:

• assess learning and behavioural needs and distinguish between issues related to family, culture or language and a learning style or disability
• plan appropriate individualised educational programmes for students with disabilities or SEN
• modify and adapt the curriculum and teaching
• adjust classroom facilities and routines to promote greater student engagement
• promote positive relationships among all students
• monitor and effectively communicate with parents about student progress
• co-ordinate links to community and multi-agency services.