Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)

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 2023-2024 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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Have your say on home to school assisted travel

Have your say on home to school assisted travel Sutton Council wants to hear from children and young people and their parents and carers who use its home to school travel service. In partnership with Cognus, the Council is reviewing its Home to School Assisted Travel Policy and has different options they want to hear […]

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Cognus Educational Psychology Service host EBSA networking conference

Cognus Educational Psychology Service hosted an EBSA networking conference on Monday 18th September 2023 with staff from around 30 schools attending. With other professionals also in attendance there was space and opportunity for rich exchanges ! Alongside practical tasks to reflect on the approach settings are using to reduce and support EBSA pupils we had […]

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Smart Targets

Every PEP must contain three SMART targets that are reviewed at the next PEP.  There should always be a SMART target for English / literacy, maths and then another area eg attendance, homework, another subject.  Where a child is in KS1 or KS2 there must be a writing SMART target as we know that statistically […]

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Therapies Contact Point

If you have concerns about your child or young person’s needs, talk to your school or settings special educational needs and disabilities coordinator.  You can ask them about involving a Speech and Language and/or Occupational Therapist.  If this is difficult for any reason email us at cognus.therapies@cognus.org.uk or call us on 020 8323 0458 You may also […]

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