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Developing Independence Skills

      Read about some fun wheelchair sessions run by Whizz-Kidz at Sherwood Park School arranged by Ruby James, Occupational Therapist and Emily Porter, Senior Occupational Therapy Assistant for Cognus Therapies. In September, Cognus Therapies at Sherwood Park School organised for Whizz-Kidz to deliver some wheelchair skills sessions to eight students.  The first session […]

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Festive Finalists within our Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community

The Traveller Movement (https://travellermovement.org.uk/) is a charity that supports the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community in England and Wales and helps challenge discrimination against GRT people. They recently ran a national art competition open to all GRT children to find a design for their official 2022 Christmas card. Cognus’ Traveller Education Service promoted the competition […]

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CFCS Education Navigator provides an update on Children Missing Education (CME)

A child ‘Missing Education’ is a child of compulsory school age who is NOT a registered pupil at a school and is NOT receiving suitable education otherwise than at a school (e.g., home educated or receiving paid for tuition). The CME inbox is always busy, servicing not only all communications from Sutton Schools relating to on and off rolling, but also […]

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Speech and Language Therapist supports a Post-16 learner, as they navigate parenthood for the first time

Grace Mullin, Speech and Language Therapist at Cognus Therapies, supports a Post-16 learner as they navigate parenthood for the first time As a speech and language therapist, it is our role to ensure that we are continually supporting and preparing our learners for adulthood. This means that our work goes far beyond the classroom and […]

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Cognus Therapies deliver “exceptional” training to Sutton Social Care Services

        Cognus Therapies had the pleasure of delivering a half day training to Sutton Social Care at the Civic Centre on the 29th June 2022 from two specialist therapists, working with alternative augmentative communication (AAC) at Sherwood Park School (Sherwood Hill Campus), Tessa O’Brien (Speech and Language Therapist) and Olivia Thompson (Occupational […]

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Cognus teams collaborate to ensure successful Music Service Tour

In late July, 6 Sutton Music Service staff accompanied 42 Sutton students on their Music Service Summer Tour to Northern Spain and Barcelona. Planning and leading a tour of that nature is a complex process, and one aspect of the planning is making sure that any medical needs or SEND that the students have are […]

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Cognus SALT named as one of the outstanding staff members in recent Sutton Youth Justice Ofsted report.

        Cognus Speech and Language Therapist, Lisa Ogden, is named as one of the outstanding staff members in the recent Sutton Youth Justice Ofsted report. The recent OFSTED inspection of the London Borough of Sutton’s Youth Justice Service (YJS) found the staff to be outstanding. ‘All of the staff we met are […]

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