Interventions at Ysgol Bryn Collen

Interventions help classroom teachers identify the early signs of learning disabilities, but that is not their only or primary use. Today, instructional and behavioural interventions are used to identify and remove obstacles that hinder a pupil's academic progress.

Some examples of useful interventions include building relationships, adapting the environment, managing sensory stimulation, changing communication strategies, providing prompts and cues, using a teach, review, and reteach process, and developing social skills.

Dependent upon each individual child's needs and alongside interventions happening within the classroom through excellent differentiation, we are able to offer the following interventions at Ysgol Bryn Collen:

Unearthing - helps both young people and adults see an altogether different, more positive view of themselves, helping them to lead their life in a different way. By helping to understand those around us better and think creatively, it helps to see a way out of life's thorny problems

Wellcomm - is a complete speech and language toolkit for to be used with children from 6 months to 6 years. The WellComm system is: An approach that operates in partnership with parents. A means of tracking the progress of all children in the class, regardless of ability.

Read, Write, Inc 1:1 - is a structured programme – designed to ensure all children learn to read accurately and fluently. Comprehensive planning is provided for teachers so they can channel their energy and creativity into teaching fun and engaging lessons

ELSA - ELSAs are emotional literacy support assistants. They are teaching assistants who have had special training from educational psychologists to support the emotional development of children and young people in school. ELSAs have regular professional supervision from educational psychologists to help them in their work

Lego Therapy - LEGO®-Based Therapy is a social development program that uses LEGO® activities to support the development of a wide range of social skills within a group setting

Trauma Informed Schools - A trauma informed school is one that is able to support children and teenagers who suffer with trauma or mental health problems and whose troubled behaviour acts as a barrier to learning.