At St Laurence, we are committed to ensuring that staff have the knowledge and skills needed to support pupils with a wide range of additional needs. Training is reviewed regularly and is informed by the needs of the children within our school.
Staff have received training and professional development in areas including:
Autism and social communication needs
ADHD
Attachment difficulties and trauma-informed practice
Speech, language and communication needs
Visual supports, including task boards, now and next boards and visual timetables
Zones of Regulation
PACE and restorative approaches
Social Stories and comic strip conversations
Lego-based interventions
Word Aware and vocabulary development
Working memory and scaffolding
Sensory processing and sensory circuits
Fine and gross motor development
Makaton and alternative methods of communication
Supporting anxiety, emotional wellbeing and emotionally based school avoidance
Thrive approaches
Nurture provision
The use of assistive technology, including Immersive Reader
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Some members of staff have additional specialist training to deliver targeted support, including Thrive, ELSA, sensory circuits and Fizzy programmes. Staff also work closely with external professionals, including speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, educational psychologists and specialist teaching services, to ensure that advice is understood and implemented effectively.
In addition to their professional training, many members of staff have personal experience of supporting family members or others in their own lives with a range of SEND. This lived experience helps to strengthen their understanding, empathy and commitment to providing thoughtful and inclusive support for pupils and families.
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