SEN Specialist Support Services

The Specialist SEN Service (SSENS) is a team of Specialist Advisory Teachers, supporting children and young people as part of Wiltshire Council's 0 to 25 SEND Service. We specialise in practical and realistic teaching and learning strategies which are underpinned by current educational research. Each Specialist Advisory Teacher has extensive experience and has undertaken specialist training.
 
We help schools and settings understand and meet the needs of children and young people with identified or suspected special educational needs and/or disabilities. All of the SSENS Team are expert and enthusiastic about minimising the impact of additional learning needs in the classroom.

You can read more by visiting the services home page, they also have a resource area with learning guidance helpful to parents/ carers and professionals:

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The Behaviour Support Service comprises a team of specialist teachers and trained behaviour support assistants with extensive skills and experience of working with Wiltshire maintained schools, academies and independent schools to develop and maintain a positive behaviour support ethos and to promote pro social pupil behaviour and emotional wellbeing.

You can find more information and contact details on the teams Right Choice page, visit:

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Every Wiltshire maintained primary school and academy has a named behaviour support teacher. Contact the Behaviour Support Teacher allocated to your school to discuss any support for the school.

Support for learners with visual impairments to gain independence and mobility skills

Registered Qualified Habilitation Specialists (RQHS), train Children and Young People (C/YP) in any aspect or activity of day-to-day life that may be tricky due to Vision Impairment (VI), to help them to acquire new skills and to enable maximum levels of independence. Habilitation involvement is based on a continuum of proactive support rather than reactive intervention.

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Habilitation Support

The Hearing Support Team is part of the Sensory Impairment, Physical and Medical Service within the Special Educational Needs and Disability Service. We are a team of specialist staff, comprising qualified teachers of the deaf and teaching assistants working to promote the educational inclusion and achievement of children and young people with a diagnosed hearing loss.

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Hearing Support Team 

The Physical and Medical Support Team aim to improve provision, support and resources for Wiltshire Children and Young People who have a Physical Disability or Complex Medical need in settings. Support is available for the child and young person, their family and educational staff.

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Physical and Medical Support Team

The Vision Support Team are a team of specialist staff, comprising of Qualified Teachers for Vision Impairment (QTVIs) and Specialist Sensory Teaching Assistants (SITAs) and a Habilitation Specialist. We work to promote the educational inclusion and achievement of children and young people who have a diagnosed vision impairment.

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Vision Support Team

The Educational Psychology (EP) team consists of a diverse range of professionals who are fully qualified at Masters and Doctoral level and are all registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC).They work to a rigorous set of professional standards and their work is subject to review by their peers, an internal multi-disciplinary group of professionals, and through external audits (e.g. Ofsted).

Their service aims to:

• discuss the provision and the needs within your setting and help prioritise targeted support
• provide support at a systemic level and through individual casework
• we will work with you to come to a shared understanding of the issues causing difficult situations, and to plan manageable, realistic ways forward
• we will engage staff, parents, and young people to help them become part of the solution
• we will listen and understand your context
• we will always work within the HCPC guidelines and the British Psychological Society code of ethics, and we will always keep the needs of the young person at the centre of our work

To find out more about this service visit:

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