As well as delivering the best possible education, we also have a clinical team who can provide care and therapy, where appropriate, to benefit the children and young people in our school.
We aim to provide our students with a safe, caring and nurturing community with clear, consistent boundaries and high expectations. Relationships are at the heart of our approach and are based on sensitive understanding of a young person’s experiences and the areas in which they require more support.
Behaviour is understood as a form of communication and all staff work together to enable the healthy physical, social, and emotional development of each student.
Our therapeutic model recognises that all the children and young people we support are individual and our provision is tailored to meet their needs and wishes from the point of admission and throughout their journey with us.
Therapeutic support within the school is led by the Clinical Lead, Dr Kate Boardman, and is delivered by a core multidisciplinary team of clinicians made up of Psychology, Psychotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy. The team are able to undertake a full range of specialist cognitive and mental wellbeing assessments which inform a child or young person’s individual clinical plan and if indicated, offer individual, group, direct and or indirect therapeutic interventions.
The school’s designated team reflects the needs of the children and young people that learn with us, enabling us to be responsive to any newly identified, time limited or changing needs of a child or young person throughout their placement with us.
Offering highly specialised screening, assessment, consultation, reflective practice supervision and bespoke training, the embedded Clinical Team work directly with the education team to develop a shared understanding of the child’s presenting needs and difficulties which may act as barriers to their personal and educational development as well as identify areas of strength which can support them to achieve, enjoy and fulfil their aims and wishes.
For more information, please contact our Clinical Lead, Dr Kate Boardman: kate.boardman@ofgl.co.uk