Additional Educational Needs Provision

Our Play Therapists support youngsters with a varity of additional educational needs, as well as those who have sustained adverse childhood experiences. Therapeutic play workers help children and young people to gain an insight and understanding of their experiences, increasing emotional resilience by developing coping strategies and decreasing internalised conflicts. They work closely with parents and carers throughout the play therapy session and can undertake parent-child relationship interventions.

Our psychotherapists and counsellors cover many specialisms from anxiety, self-perception, self-harm, psychosis and more. They are able to work on an individual basis to provide psychological interventions that enable positive change. These changes aim to help an individual overcome barriers to their mental well-being in order to support personal growth and to move forwards in life successfully.

We can deliver Irlen Syndrome screening. In addition, we are able to provide a full Dyslexia diagnosis service. Our specialists can identify and provide support to address challenges for students struggling to acquire, recall and retain information of written and spoken language. They can work on a 1-to-1 basis developing academic competencies such as organisation, exam preparation, research techniques and memory skills.

Our Animal Therapy Practitioners operate from our holistic Maypole Farm site, offering students the opportunity to learn about themselves, about emotional regulation and building trusted attachments with non-judgemental animals. The connections made with our horses, dogs, rabbits, goats and more continue to benefit our young people supporting their wellbeing and mental health, their social confidence and their ability to engage successfully with education.

Occupational Therapists (OT) help students with fine and gross motor skills, and motor planning difficulties. Our OTs can help students to more effectively tackle physical tasks which can improve self-esteem and build confidence. The therapy is tailored to the individual’s specific needs and is incorporated into the student’s broader curriculum.

The Speech and Language Therapists (SALT) at Tuition Extra provide life-changing treatment, support and care for children and young people who have difficulties with communication. Working with students who, for physical or psychological reasons, have problems speaking, communicating or understanding language and communication, our SALTs professionally motivate, reassure and empower students to overcome barriers to education as well as social contexts and relationships.

Our Sensory Processing Specialists identify, develop and implement a range of strategies that are designed to meet a young person’s sensory and learning needs. They can support and embed sensory-based approaches across an individual student’s bespoke education and therapeutic provision.

Our team has a wealth of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) experience with experts trained to work effectively with all aspects of ASC. We are able to support the most complex of needs, working sensitively on a case by case basis, at a pace and level that is appropriate to a young person’s individual requirement. Our programmes are bespoke, holistic and effective in supporting students to make sense of the world around them and their identity within it.