COMPASS Support

Welcome to the COMPASS Pastoral support

As part of the COMPASS pastoral support we offer a wide range of interventions and workshops. Please feel free to contact Martine Johnsen within the COMPASS department to discuss any of these interventions.

Types of support offered by the Compass team.

LAAC Keyworkers are automatically assessed at COMPASS Wave 2 level of need and are assigned as a mentor to offer weekly support. Mrs Rafferty and Mrs Arkley are the mentors for all Looked After and Adopted Children.

EPIC Apes Group is a group intervention focusing on developing processing skills as well as improving confidence and self-esteem.

Solihull Approach Parenting Group with Paula Poxon and Deb Smith provides support to parents by improving their skills in understanding their child’s behaviour, and providing emotional regulation.

Biofeedback Intervention: Individual interventions that work on emotional regulation and relaxation with our Compass mentors.

EPIC Sunflowers: Group interventions on developing techniques for managing anxiety. An extension of EPIC Apes for older year groups.

Sunshine Circles: Group Interventions informed by Theraplay and follows the core approach of structure, engagement, nurture and play.

Social and Communication groups with Hope Restell, our Speech and Language Assistant.

Sensory Integration and Emotional Regulation with our Occupational Therapists or OTA.

EPIC Calms: Our psychology company offer a 3-6 week group intervention focusing on how to overcome exam stress.

Social Thinking and Independence through Communication: Prescribed S&LT programme offering KS5 students the opportunity to practice social communication within the community.

Touch-typing and Handwriting: Group interventions across all school years offering prescribed OT handwriting interventions and a touch-typing programme.

Peer Mentoring Programme: A S&LT prescribed programme for KS5 students offering a 12 week group intervention with the final part of the programme to peer mentor a KS3 student.

Phonological awareness programme: S&LT prescribed programme for all school years.

EPIC Sunbites Information Sheet

Therapy Information Sheet

Social Viewpoints Information Sheet

Our Compass Staff

Our Therapists

By working closely with Parents and Carers we can better support students and get them ready for learning. Browse this section to help you understand the support you can expect from your child's tutor and tutor team; From the Wave 2 and 3 COMPASS team including the Home/School Link Workers; from Senior Leaders; and from external agencies including the Local Authority.

Go to Support for Parents and Carers.

We offer a wide selection of COMPASS strategies to support your child's COMPASS needs at Waves 1, 2 and 3. Browse this section to find out how we support your child and help them develop the social, communication and self-management skills to go on to be happy, healthy and confident young adults who make a positive contribution to their families and to their communities.

Go to Support for Students.

For us at Maplewell Personal Development equals Preparation for Adulthood. Our Preparation for Adulthood framework is designed by us and is designed for our students. Browse this section if you want to know how we support your child, and how you could support your child in the four Preparation for Adulthood areas: Good Health; Employment; Independent Lives; and Friends, Relationships and Community Inclusion.

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According to our Positive Behaviour for Learning Policy, establishing positive behaviour is built upon five pillars: Positive Behaviour Support; Behaviour for Learning; Token Economy; Restorative Justice; and Student Voice.
Browse this area to find out how we use these five approaches to help your child to manage their own behaviour in preparation for the adult world of Further Education, Employment and Independence.

Go to Student Behaviour.