Student Support

At Maplewell, we understand that for students to be able to learn, they must also be ready to learn.

To be ready to learn, students need to be:

healthy, both physically and emotionally;
attending school;
regulating their emotions and their behaviour;
able to accept criticism; and
prepared to work hard.

Pastoral Care at Maplewell is about providing appropriate support to all students so that they are ready to learn.

Read on to find out more about what we do to support students and make sure they are ready to learn.

Wave 1

Every student at Maplewell benefits from COMPASS Wave 1 support from their tutors and tutor team staff.

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Wave 2

Some students at Maplewell need a bit more COMPASS support. At Wave 2, students receive this extra help from one of our COMPASS team staff.

The COMPASS team are made up of Home/School Link workers and Student Support Workers.

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Wave 3

Students whose COMPASS needs cannot be met at Wave 1 or 2 will be referred to one of our COMPASS therapists.

At Wave 3, we are able to offer:

Art Therapy

Art Therapy can assist a young person’s social, emotional and educational development. It can help to identify new ways of managing feelings, thoughts and behaviours at home and at school.

Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art as its main mode of communication.

Students don't have to have a talent for art. They just need to be willing to use art & other suitable materials and work with the art therapist.

I have worked at Maplewell for number of years. I mainly work with pupils in 1:1 sessions, and have had a chance to work together with many amazing young people.

Please come and see me if you have any questions – I’m always happy to have a chat with you!

Mrs P. Gross

Art Therapist

Occupational Therapy

Speech and Language Therapy

Our Speech and Language Therapists (SaLTs) provide support for our children and young people who have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).

They work in a tiered approach, offering a universal provision which includes: ensuring that classroom environments are communication and emotion friendly, upskilling staff through training and modelling how to support the specific SLCN of the students and integrating speech, language and communication outcomes into the different curriculum areas.

They provide targeted support to specific class groups and devise programmes that are run by our Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SaLTa).

They also provide specialist services such as 1:1 direct assessment and therapy, where appropriate.

Our SaLTs form part of our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), inputting into meetings and case discussions.

They write reflective reports and child focused targets based on the individual’s needs that can be used for EHCP’s and reviews.

Our SaLTs can offer support and advice on developing the following skill areas:

Social problem solving
Auditory processing
Speech sounds/ clarity of speech
Executive functioning (working memory, attention, inhibition, organisation, planning and prioritisation, initiation, flexible thinking, self monitoring)
Understanding of language (receptive language)
Use of language (expressive Language)
Higher level language (skills that go beyond basic language abilities e.g. predicting, justifying, comparing, contrasting, inferring, sequencing, narrative, problem solving)
Building and extending vocabulary
Creative and imaginative thinking
Behaviour management / support
Anxiety management
Literacy / Phonological Awareness
Emotional Resiliency
Life-skills and self-advocacy
Social thinking/ social competencies
Making and maintaining friends
Self awareness/ Self esteem
Feelings and Emotions

MHS SaLT School Booklet

Counselling

Maplewell employs two 'Time for You' counsellors who are in school for a total of 10 hours per week.

‘Time for You’ offers individual counselling to children and young people in school and in our counselling centre.

We are a private and confidential service. This means that we will not share with anyone else what a child/young person tells us, unless they request us to or we believe that they or someone else is at risk of serious harm.

When counselling has started, the counsellor will not normally speak with you about the work. In some circumstances we may need to seek help from other agencies in order to keep a child/young person safe. In these circumstances, we would aim to discuss this with you and your child first.