Learning Support and Therapists
At Riverston School, we recognise and understand that every child has unique and sometimes very specific, learning needs which may become apparent at any point in that child’s educational ‘career’. Our goal is to identify and work with that child’s individual and specific learning needs and support their family in seeing their child reach their full potential and confidently develop and follow their ambitions.
Sometimes, this can be achieved simply through a more sensitive application of teaching strategies within the traditional school curriculum. For some children with greater or more complex needs, additional learning support will be required to ensure they can continue to participate fully in the life of the school, progress in their studies and continue to develop their knowledge, skills and abilities.
Riverston School provides outstanding expertise and support for these children and their families from our multi-disciplinary team offering in-depth assessment, diagnosis and therapy input as well as providing bespoke learning programmes.
The significant numbers of students who require Learning Support are well provided for at Riverston. The school employs an ever-expanding Learning Support team, which includes:
- Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
- Asst. SENCO
- Learning Support Assistants
- Key Workers
- Speech & Language Therapists
- Occupational Therapist
- Dyslexia support assistant
- School Counsellor
- Drama therapist
- Specialist Teacher for Dyslexia
- School Nurse
- Numeracy intervention.
And, on an ad hoc basis as required:
- Specialist Teacher for Hearing Impairment
- Specialist Teacher for Visual Impairment
- Physiotherapist
Staff work closely with Local Authorities to ensure appropriate and relevant sharing of information. This includes developing close working relationships with (but not exclusive to):
- Local Authority Social Care teams
- CAMHS – in various local authorities
- Social Workers
- Team Around the Child teams
- LAC personnel in Local Authority (Looked After Children)
- Local Police.