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Our Therapy Offer
Therapy is an essential part of our core offer at Bensham Manor School and is integrated throughout the school day.
Our therapists work with students individually, in small groups and within the classroom. Therapists jointly plan and deliver a number of lessons across the school week.
We place a very strong emphasis on social use of language (pragmatics) so that students develop their advocacy and negotiation skills as well as relationships. We deliver this through Social Communication Groups.
SPOT groups (Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy) are delivered to Year 7s and select classes, once a week.
Students have targeted and individualised therapy to support the development of skills.
Therapists set SMART targets and monitor and track student progress on a termly basis. Reports are sent home once per year. The therapy team is involved in reviewing students’ Education and Health Care Plans and delivering the provision outlined in Section F of pupils EHCPs.
Therapists also deliver training to staff, facilitate parent workshops and offer outreach training to other schools on a variety of topics.
Our Therapy Team
Tara Millan-Brophy - Head of Therapies, Speech and Language Therapist
Amy Pearce - Speech and Language Therapist
Leanne Dale - Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
Sehere Sadiq - Occupational Therapist
Frances Ogiemwense - School counsellor
Amy Clarke - ELSA / Drawing and Talking
Ian Ford - Music Therapist
An example of a SPOT session at Bensham Manor
Some of our Year 7 students have been learning important dressing skills as part of their therapy sessions. These short tutorial videos show how to tie shoelaces and how to tie a tie which are two skills that support growing independence. If you’d like to learn or follow along, feel free to watch the videos below!