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Woodside Primary School

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SEND

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Ivy Learning Trust SEND Offer

Signposting and Information for Parents and Carers

Speech, Language and Communication

For information, workshops, webinars and contacts, please follow this link.

https://www.hct.nhs.uk/children-and-young-people-speech-and-language-therapy-parents  

We have two ELKLAN Level 3 LSA's who support children throughout the school with their speech and communication needs. They are our Communication Champions.

 

 Woodside has achieved the Herts Shining Communication Award.

This is an award that recognises all the strategies, support and good practice in place throughout our school to support learners with their communication needs as well as raising the profile of speech, language and communication needs across the school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch!

 

The school was awarded for:

  • Inclusive Strategies: Implementing effective best practices to support learners with diverse communication needs.
  • Raising Profile: Successfully raising awareness of speech, language, and communication across the school environment.
  • Specialist Integration: Meeting the specific benchmarks of the local county framework with the support of Speech and Language Therapy (SaLT) leads

Certificate of Achievement. Following assessment, Woodside has retained the award for supporting communication needs for all of our children

  • Parent signposting for Speech and Language Contact the service To contact the children and young people's therapy (CYPT) service or to find out more about what we do: Call: 01923 470 680, choose option 3, then option 1 for children not known to the service or option 2 for children known to the service Email: hct.cyptherapies1@nhs.net Twitter /X: @Herts_CYPT Facebook: facebook.com/HertsCYPT Advice line: 01923 470 680, choose option 3, then option 1 and leave a message. Our advice line is a dedicated telephone number which parents, carers and professionals can call to speak to a therapist about a new referral or a child’s development. Please leave a message and a therapist will contact you. Calls are responded to by a therapist on weekdays.
  • Parent signposting for Speech and Language The NHS Speech and Language Service has a range of support training, webinars and suggestions in many areas of speech including; speech sounds, social communication and eating and drinking... just follow the link!
  • New to SEND If you are a parent new to SEND in Hertfordshire - you may find this link helpful!
  • HERTS Local Offer The Local Offer lets parents and young people know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them.
  • Just Talk in Herts Advice for Parents and Carers - Emotional wellbeing information and resources to help children and young people in Hertfordshire.
  • EHCP in Hertfordshire Below is a link to direct you to information around Educational Health Care Plans in Herts
  • SPACE Family Support This link will direct you to a great HERTS service - this offers family support, signposting, sharing libraries.. and more! We are an award winning Hertfordshire based charity supporting families of children and young people who are neurodivergent (Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, Tourette’s and other neurodiverse conditions.)
  • Hertfordshire Neurodiversity Hub The Neurodiversity Support Hub Advice Line - The neurodiversity support hub is an advice service offering support, signposting and guidance about a whole range of things relating to ADHD and Autism. The phones are answered by a team of parents and carers of neurodivergent children and young people and your child doesn't need a diagnosis for you to use this service. Parenting support, videos for children to access about their diagnosis, courses and apps to access - a useful support area for the whole family.
  • The Lumi Nova App for children and their families A free app to help with anxiety through early CBT- Tales of Courage, a digital therapy delivered through a fun and engaging mobile game to help 7-12 years olds learn how to manage and reduce symptoms of anxiety whilst building resilience and skills to support them longer term, gain confidence and thrive. Lumi Nova works best when children are supported by a parent or a trusted adult to complete challenges, especially the real life ones (this can be at home, school or nearby). It is suitable for: 7-12 year olds (who require initial support but are not in crisis) Children who have some fears and worries that they find challenging Instant access to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based support: CBT is proven to be the most effective treatment for anxiety Lumi Nova supports this by safely and gradually increasing exposure in relation to concerns and worries and helping to develop the skills to deal with those concerns and worries
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