Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
SENDCO - Mrs Charlotte Owens
Our school's SENDCO is Mrs Charlotte Owens. Mrs Owens has completed the SENDCO award and works in the position 3 afternoons per week usually Tues/Wed/Thursday. Appointments can be made to meet with Mrs Owens via the school office. If you have concerns regarding your child and believe they could have specific SEND needs - please discuss this with the class teacher in the first instance who will be able to support and refer to the appropriate next step. Kingsmoor's staff have all been trained in Somerset's graduated response. Key staff are trained to specifically implement impactful interventions on a 1:1 basis. We aim to support all children's individual needs to the best of our ability and work with parents to gain a full understanding of your child. Please see below for all policies linked to SEND at Kingsmoor.
ELSA - (Emotional support assistants) |
Our school's ELSAs, Mrs Butcher and Miss Mitchell support the pupils with their emotions. Please talk to the class teacher if you feel your child would benefit from support in this area. Areas where support is given includes: resilience, self-esteem, regulation or emotions, bereavement, family circumstances changing to name a few. This is a short term intervention with a key adult. Additional therapy groups are also run by Miss Mitchell which include: Lego therapy, play therapy and friendship/social groups.
|