Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

Therapies team train members of school staff across schools in Sutton,

Cognus Therapies trains 59 members of school staff across 28 schools in Sutton, by delivering 7 training sessions across the summer term 2023. Jo Wells (SaLT), Amber Burnett (OT) and Howard Hutchins (OT) successfully delivered the first SEND Champion Training to 59 member of school staff across the Sutton Local Authority. This training was hosted […]

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OT presents at the OT show, about the ‘Messy Chef’ programme

Shelly Fredericks, Occupational Therapist presents at the NEC, OT show, about the ‘Messy Chef’ programme, sharing her learning with parents and carers, and looks at possible future research. During her time working at Oak Field Primary School, Autism Base (April 2019 – present), Shelly Fredericks (Occupational Therapist, OT) noticed a trend of fussy eaters. This […]

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Help at Hand service by The Children’s Commissioner

Help at Hand is the Children’s Commissioner’s advice and assistance service for children in care, children who have a social worker or are working with social services, children living away from home and care leavers. Children, young people, or their advocates can get in touch with Help at Hand for free by phone, website or email. 

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Paving the Way Warriors Group Christmas Card

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Paving the Way Team Sensory Workshop

The Paving the Way team held a sensory workshop on 24th October in collaboration with Occupational Therapy. Together we hosted 17 families and created sensory bracelets, lava lamps, pom poms, windmills, fiddle sticks as well as playing games and exploring our small sensory world. The staff were really lovely. This is our first workshop and […]

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ePEP

We are pleased to announce that the updates to the Sutton Virtual School PEP document are now live.  We have designed the new PEP with input from designated teachers, social workers, foster carers, young people and our CLA nurse team.  Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the updates and watch the training video which takes […]

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Request Forms

Please click on the links below to download the forms. If you have any questions about completing the forms, please email ep.service@cognus.org.uk Educational Psychology Brochure 2024-2025 Order Form School request for Educational Psychology involvement 2023-2024  Young persons consent form (16 – 25)

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Speech and Language Therapy Assistant is sharing a weekly Makaton sign to all school staff.

Maria Fitzgerald (Speech and Language Therapy Assistant, SaLTA) is sharing a weekly Makaton sign to all school staff. The Head Teacher at Foresters Primary Opportunity Base is supporting a universal approach through supporting The Speech and Language Therapies team to up skill all staff by modelling a Makaton sign in every assembly, each week. Posters […]

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Therapies new Post 16 Assessment Clinic proves to be a huge success in its first year

  The Academic Year 2022-23 saw the introduction of Cognus Therapies Post 16 Assessment Clinic. Emma Perridge (Occupational Therapist, OT) and Ashlea Stephens (Speech and Language Therapist, SaLT) noticed that they were getting a number of referrals into the Therapies service for the same young people. To avoid duplication for the young people and their […]

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