Social Skills Development

• Our teachers are trained in positive behaviour support (Positive Caring Relationships PCR), a non oppressive approach to behaviour improvement.

• NT&AS teachers create a safe learning space; we do not physically interact with or restrain children and young people.

• Teachers provide opportunities for collaborative learning and model good social skills.

• Teachers demonstrate excellence in supporting challenging behaviour through the teaching of co regulation and self regulation skills.

• NT&AS encourages a growth mindset approach that normalises mistakes and views them as an essential social development skill.

• NT&AS works in close partnership with CAMHS and other services.

• When requested, we provide an inclusion and transition support service for schools and colleges that works

• NT&AS has a dedicated PSHE coordinator - important elements of the curriculum are embedded in learning when required.

• Social and emotional aspects of learning are taught implicitly; children and young people are encouraged to communicate positively through listening to others and responding thoughtfully.

Delivery

• The flexibility of our NT&AS safer delivery model meets the needs of children and young people to interact socially. 

• Maintaining education through periods when young people are out of school helps support and safeguard the emotional and mental wellbeing of children and young people.

• The NT&AS model offers family and social support to promote education success.