Advisory Teaching Service - Specialist team for Cognition & Learning and Social, Emotional & Mental Health Needs

  • Local Offer

The team for children with Cognition and Learning (C&L) / Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH) is part of the Advisory Teaching Service. A team of Advisory Teachers provide specialist advice to support inclusion within Gloucestershire Schools. We are organised into 4 locality bases. Support is available for children and young people attending mainstream settings who are at the required stage of the graduated pathway for SEND (see criterion for requests for involvement)

What we do:

The team supports the inclusion of young people who have a range of significant and additional learning and/or SEMH needs in mainstream schools; including those experiencing:

  • persistent difficulties in acquiring literacy and numeracy skills
  • specific learning difficulties (including those with a formal diagnosis of Dyslexia)
  • moderate or complex learning difficulties (including Down’s Syndrome)
  • attention, focus, and concentration difficulties (including ADHD)
  • difficulties managing emotional regulation
  • a high level of difficulty accessing learning activities due to social and emotional needs

We are able to:

  • Provide advice and support for SENCOs and staff on setting suitable outcomes following a plan, do, review approach (Gloucestershire Graduated Pathway)
  • Support transitions based on individual needs between classes, key stages and settings: taking account of existing good practice and successful strategies
  • Support children and young people who are returning to mainstream settings from Alternative Provision schools
  • Work together with staff and provide advice regarding how to plan reasonable adjustments and appropriately adapted teaching
  • Signpost resources, organisations and services which can be used to develop individualized and bespoke approaches (we have an extensive range of advice sheets which cover a range of topics);
  • Attend team around the child/family meetings and contribute to EHCP Annual Reviews
  • Contribute to a multi-agency assessment of a child’s needs
  • Provide staff training (online or face to face) to cover a number of areas: this can be tailored to the needs of the setting. Bookable via GCCPlus)
  • Provide advice on a “no names” basis for settings and parents via our “Advice Helpline”  
  • Support the transition of pre-school children into mainstream schools. We welcome requests for involvement during term 4, for those children who meet criteria. ATS involvement will take place during term 5 and 6 and may continue in the primary setting, if appropriate. 

 

Who to contact

Contact Name
Rosalyn Rees
Contact Position
Lead Advisory Teacher
Telephone
01452 426014 (Forest ATS) 01452 426014 (Forest ATS) 01452 324376 (Cheltenham ATS) 01452 324376 (Cheltenham ATS) 01452 426955 (Gloucester ATS) 01452 426955 (Gloucester ATS) 01452 583728 (Stroud ATS) 01452 583728 (Stroud ATS)
E-mail
forest.ats@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Where to go

Name
Advisory Teaching Service
Address
Dockham Road
Cinderford
Postcode

GL14 2DBGet directions to GL14 2DB

Local Offer

Local Offer Age Bands
0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-11 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)
18-25 (Young Adults)
SEN Provision Type
Targeted

SEND Local Offer Form

Who is your service for?
Targeted
Local Offer Age Bands
0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-11 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)
18-25 (Young Adults)
How accessible is your service?

NA

Is the building fully wheelchair accessible?
No
Is there disabled changing and toilet facilities?
No
Describe any training or experience you/your staff, have had or are having in issues around SEND?

Specialist teachers in SEND

Experience of working with children and young people with the following disabilities/additional needs.
  • Alternative Communication
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Complex Medical/Physical Needs
  • Challenging Behaviours
Please add any further information you feel may be of use for the SEND local offer.

ATS accept referrals from schools (with the relevant supporting documentation) or directly from Health, along with signed parental consent. Please note that we cannot accept electronic signatures.

 

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