As well as delivering the best possible education, we also have a clinical team who provide care and therapy to benefit the children and young people in our school.
Our Clinical Teams consist of skilled speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychotherapists. Support from the Bestwood Village School Clinical Team will be delivered at 3 levels:
- All individuals in our services receive support at the individual level as part of OFGs focus on creating holistic, therapeutic environments in which individuals can thrive and progress towards achieving their potential. Note: this includes access to our outlined strategy support, multi-modal communication approach and adapted environments.
- Groups of individuals in our services may require more focussed support for a period to meet need. Support at this level can be via direct or non-direct input. Support can be provided by a qualified/nonqualified member of the clinical team under supervision.
- Individuals in our services may require more tailored support for a period of time to meet their needs. Support at this level can be via direct or non-direct input. Support can be provided by a qualified/nonqualified member of the clinical team under supervision.
Our clinicians will always work closely with clinical colleagues in our local communities as required.
Within Options Autism we have developed a Neurodiversity ‘AAD’ Strategy which aims to strengthen and continually progress our approach to the provision of education services to Neurodivergent young people in an environment which is conducive to their strength and needs. Our AAD (Ask, Accept, Develop) strategy recognises that despite underlying shared traits, all our students are vastly different from one another, for example each Autistic student is unique.
Working alongside our ‘AAD Strategy is also our a Trauma Informed Practice (TIP) Strategy to educate and support individuals in understanding the impact of trauma on a child’s early experiences, the subsequent internal world they have developed, and how this relates to the survival skills or behaviours they have developed.