We teach identifying, naming, and managing our feelings through

our Unique Therapeutic Curriculum Approaches:

 

• Sensory education - Using the well-researched Interception and

Zones Of Regulation Programmes to learn about how our bodies

feel when we experience certain emotions.

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• Communication and Language - we teach the language of feelings, using pre-teaching and specific one to one wellbeing sessions to build a 'feelings vocabulary' so that children can express and label what they are feeling. "If you can name it, you can tame it!" (Dr Daniel Siegel, Psychologist.)

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• Nurture - we look at the roots (possible reasons) behind observed behaviour and use our Early Prognosis Tool (Therapeutic Thinking) to form a personalised, tailor-made response plan, to meet the individual, unique needs of the child. We build strategies into the children's De-escalation Plans, and Therapeutic Plans, so that when strong feelings begin to arise, they are able to follow their well-rehearsed plan, to get to a place of safety, quickly to self-regulate. Each child has nominated safe places, people, strategies and equipment to help them feel safe at these times. 

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• Focus - When strong feelings arise, it is recognised that logic and reason are not able to be accessed by the person experiencing them. We teach the children how to follow their de-escalation plans in these instances, requiring muscle memory not cognitive thought, so once regulated they can focus on learning again.

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• Coordination - We use well-researched, specialist Occupational Therapy strategies embedded into the timetable throughout every day, in addition to specific, individualised exercise plans, to make self-regulation as successful as possible.  

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You can read more about our 5 strand Therapeutic Approach in our SEND Policy and Accessibility Policy.