Therapy Provision

The therapy team is an integral part of the holistic and collaborative approach at The Levels School. We have four Speech & Language and three Occupational Therapists on site, who, between them, have a vast wealth of experience, knowledge, and expertise.

All staff at The Levels School work closely together to support and nurture our students in order to help them develop the courage, compassion and creativity that is the core of the TLS ethos. Having therapists on site at all times during the school week allows us to discuss ideas, thoughts, or concerns across all specialist areas so that advice, knowledge and experience benefits everyone, and supports the social and academic achievements of our students.

Direct Occupational and Speech & Language Therapy is charged separately to school fees. However, the therapy team at The Levels School are an integral part of the curriculum, so some services are included within the school fees.

Included within school fees at no extra cost:

Every child will be given an occupational therapy and speech & language therapy assessment upon arrival to the school to determine their individual needs
Specialist social skills intervention will be provided for all students
All students who require it will be given intervention for fine motor skills
Prep students will have a Talking, Listening and Communicating lesson built into their weekly timetable

Included within our school fees

Every child will be given an occupational therapy and speech & language therapy assessment upon arrival to the school to determine their individual needs.

Specialist social skills intervention will be provided for all students.

All students who require it will be given intervention for fine motor skills.

KS2 students will have social skills lesson built into their weekly timetable.

Our assessment procedure

Step One

No pupil will be assessed until written consent is in place. Once consent to assess is gained, the students will be given comprehensive assessments within the first term of starting at The Levels School in both Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy.

Step Two

Following the assessment procedure, reports will be written to indicate whether the student needs:

Immediate intervention;
Later review and possible follow up; or,
No further action

Step Three

Consent forms with terms and conditions will be sent to parents and the Local Authority where appropriate to seek consent to therapy and agreement to the charges. Therapy cannot commence until consent and terms and conditions forms are signed and returned.

Step Four

Once agreed, therapy will be timetabled according to need, and the timetabling is discussed with both students and staff in order to try and enhance learning.

Our therapists will ensure that sessions are timetabled so that all those involved are aware of when therapy sessions are. All therapists provide exam support where need is identified by assisting with preparation for exams, study skills, revision techniques, and anxiety techniques.

There is an additional termly cost for therapy.

Students, parents and staff can ask the therapy department to reassess a student at any time, whether or not that student is already receiving therapy.

Therapy life

Many students visit the Therapy Team weekly and this is part of normal everyday TLS life. Termly targets are set jointly by each therapist with the individual student to ensure a good focus for the work which needs to be done. Targets are added to the the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP) at the start of term so that all staff, together with the students, have the necessary information to help each student achieve their maximum potential across all aspects of their school day.

Occupational therapy

Our Occupational Therapists will support students with physical and sensory skills. These may include fine motor skills, gross motor skills, motor planning and organisational skills, visual perceptual skills, the impact of any sensory processing issues on their everyday life and learning and independence skills.

Speech and language therapy

Our Speech & Language Therapists support students with communication and interaction skills. This may include expressive and receptive language, understanding the sounds of spoken and written language (phonological processing), auditory and working memory, attention and listening skills, auditory processing, verbal and non-verbal communication and social skills. Cross-curricular support is provided in any area, but particularly in English and science due to their heavy reliance on language and new vocabulary.

Therapy within the curriculum

Social skills

All students across the school have access to a social skills group run by specialist Speech and Language Therapists and specialist Occupational Therapists. Read more

Fine motor skills

The aim of the Fine Motor Skills Group will be to develop and improve fine motor control in order to help students improve their daily function both within school and at home. Read more

Professional Bodies

By law, all of our therapists must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) which regulates health and care professions in the UK. Individually, each profession has its own professional body. Details of these are below.

The appearance of the RCSLT and RCOT member logo on this page is for promotional purposes only and does not constitute RCSLT/RCOT endorsement of the product of services being offered.

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