Specialist Interventions
“Pupils say that when bullying happens, the school deals with it effectively. The school’s approach to positive behaviour is bringing about a reduction in suspensions and physical interventions.”
Cavendish Therapeutic Support - Midlands Region
Cavendish Education offers a multi disciplinary approach to therapeutic support with specialists from a variety of disciplines including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, creative therapy, educational psychology and clinical psychology. Our staff work directly with school staff, parents and students to provide a high quality therapeutic service grounded in research and evidence based practice.
Cavendish Therapeutic Service aims to focus the majority of support at a systemic level to develop the skills of school staff and embed principles of intervention across the school environment. This is done through bespoke training, organisational problem solving, in class support and modelling of practice.
Working systemically means that every child and young person attending the school can benefit from the therapeutic support on offer to improve outcomes for all. Children and young people will have access to the support that they need whilst remaining and thriving in their education. Our therapeutic team work with school staff to facilitate reflective practice and build on the skills needed to effectively work with our children and young people creating a safe, therapeutic culture throughout the setting.
Our team also provide targeted and specialist intervention where there is an identified need for this level of input. This will be decided in collaboration with school staff, parents and the child/young person.
We are fortunate to be able to offer in school support in a number of areas.
As part of our full time team we have:
4 Psychotherapists
3 Pastoral team members
Dyslexia specialist
Literacy intervention
Autism Coordinator
School Nurse
Educational Psychologist
Then we also have some bespoke specialists who work part time. Their roles are:
An Occupational therapist
Speech & Language therapist
“Leaders set high expectations for pupils’ attendance. Most pupils’ attendance
improves over time. The school is effective in supporting and challenging parents and carers whose children do not attend regularly.”
Below, we have put together a resource that may be useful for parents who have children which are diagnosed with dyslexia.