47% of our current young people have one or more of: ASD, ADHD, ODD, anxiety, other mental health, or neurodiverse diagnosis.

All new young people receive a school visit in which we speak to the young person, their families and supporting staff/agencies to establish their individual pastoral support plan. We are often later called upon by our children’s schools, and other agencies/services/professionals to attend follow up meetings and provide ongoing wrap-around support for families to integrate all the support they are accessing (or helping them to access it if it is not in place already). 

Whilst we do not offer 1:1 supervision, many young people who have 1:1 at school for academic support are able to access our service in small group settings. We will carry out assessments with school to see if our setting is the right fit for your young person.

We regularly consult with our schools and specialist agency partners across Bedfordshire for feedback and suggestions for our programmes to be able to address the needs of the children and young people they work with. We listen and respond by adapting our services and implementing new things. For example, we implemented onsite wellbeing rooms with a sensory pod and equipment providing a calm and safe space to be utilised when children and young people need it.

Our holistic approach sees our team regularly undertake training to support those with additional needs, as well as being qualified in Team Teach positive handling.