Clinical Provision

We employ a large clinical team across all TCES schools and services, with Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists and Creative Arts Psychotherapists available for all pupils. Depending on the needs of the young person, our provision is based around a bespoke Universal, Targeted and Intensive clinical offer for each individual. The TCES clinical team works with Clinical Educationalist Psychologists, CAMHs services and specialist provisions such as Animal Therapies to provide the specialist clinical support needed for each young person.

 

 

 

TCES Therapy Tiers

All TCES pupils receive therapy based on individual needs identified through EHCPs, referrals, or self-referrals. Therapy may start with individual sessions, progress to group therapy, and eventually progress to support within TCES’ therapeutic environment.

Treatment plans are regularly reviewed in clinical and inclusion meetings, considering assessments, engagement, behaviour, and attendance data.

Pupils move between tiers as their needs are met or their circumstances change. Every TCES school and service has on-site Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Psychotherapists. The Therapy Lead ensures consistent provision across all areas.

 

Universal Therapy

The universal level of therapy is available to all pupils and is delivered through Integrated Systemic Milieu Therapy (ISMT). ISMT creates a wraparound, positive, supportive environment for individuals to grow and heal. It works across different aspects of a person’s life, such as their emotional, social, and educational experiences, to help them overcome any difficulties they may face. 

Within TCES, ISMT integrates therapeutic practice into every aspect of a pupil's school life by creating a safe and supportive atmosphere. Therapy is integrated into all daily routines, helping pupils in a holistic and comprehensive way.

This is achieved using the TCES principles of therapeutic education, regular staff training and supervision, lesson drop-ins and collaborative working between all teachers and therapists, whilst always considering our work within the wider system of parents/carers and the external ‘Multidisciplinary Team’, as well as the wider community.

What does the Universal Offer include?

• Access to the universal toolkit of resources created by the TCES therapy team.

• Integration resources for new starters.

• Emotional Literacy skills and activities.

• Relationship building with teachers.

• Sensory strategies within the home, community and school environment.

• Specific universal daily intervention guidelines. These are a set of recommendations developed by the therapy team to help staff support a pupil in a therapeutic manner.

• These guidelines outline strategies and interventions to be implemented on a daily basis to promote the pupils' emotional, social, and academic success.

• Ongoing assessments through weekly consultations with the teaching and learning team and other relevant professionals.