- School Support
- Home Support
DIMENSIONS provides specialist training, development and support for staff in mainstream schools so that they are better equipped to help children and young people with SEN.
The service is available to mainstream schools and settings with children whose needs can be described as complex and where a school or setting would benefit from specialist advice, usually in the short term, on how best to support them.
1. In-school Support
DIMENSIONS Center offers support ranging from providing behaviour advice to a teacher in school to working 1:1 with the referred child. The therapist may work with a small group of children within the school and also offer aspects of training to staff should time allow. If there is an aspect of support that the school would like implemented DIMENSIONS will happily discuss this with the school.
Referrals for this service can be made by a child’s school or by their parents with the permission of the school, and are made on the basis that the school has used its normal range of interventions but with little impact and that the child continues to move in the direction of a permanent exclusion.
Staff Training
The Center also provides training/development/support for staff in mainstream schools and settings, in the domains of social inclusion, attainment and independent daily living skills, allowing them to build upon their existing skills, knowledge and expertise so that they are better equipped to cater for those children and young people with SEN in their care.
The service is available to: … mainstream schools and settings with children and young people whose needs can be described as complex, in general pupils with moderate learning or behavioural difficulties, and where a school or setting would benefit from specialist advice, usually in the short term, on how best to support them.
2. Home Support
DIMENSIONS Center offers parents a wide range of care and support services for children and young people with learning difficulties, physical difficulties, challenging behaviours, sensory impairments and communication difficulties in the comfort and security of their home environment depending on their needs and requirements.
Professionally trained staff will support your child providing care and support in their daily lives. We will help your child with their daily routines: getting dressed and prepared for the day, accompanying and supporting in school, supporting them in play and also with homework. All children like to be included and do the same things; our support staff can also enhance your child’s social activities and help them build friendships.
Services on offer include:
- Home care – personal/social needs
- Support within the community
- Support attending school
- Respite care where appropriate
- Services are available daily, weekly, short term or long term as agreed with the Center with a variety of shift patterns if required.
- We deliver flexible, personalized support which reflects the child/young person’s wishes and choices enabling them to reach their full potential and achieve their aspirations.