Therapy and SEND Offer

What is our Therapy and SEND Offer?

SEMH is often used in education as a catchall and a deficit model. It refers to a broad array of needs based on the learner's difficulty to regulate their emotions or behaviour. Connex AP will provide a personalised approach to provision and looks at the origin and function of the learner's behaviour when constructing the appropriate educational and therapeutic model. Early assessment and identification of need is key. Our AP provides the flexibility of provision to support the diverse and often complex need of our SEMH population. As a result, the Connex AP is flexible in its approach and responds to a range of neurodiverse need including:

Connex AP offers timely support of the highest quality to learners whose SEMH needs present as a barrier to accessing and engaging with mainstream education and need a specialist educational and therapeutic environment. Our delivery model will ensure that learners are prepared for adulthood so they can live healthily, independently, and successfully transition into employment. 

Our vision will be underpinned by the application of a consistent model and approach. Building trust with learners is a core component of our model. Without trust, the learners won’t feel safe, which will in turn remove their opportunities to engage positively and build emotional resilience. This positive secure base will support them will to learn, know or remember, therefore limiting progress through the planned curriculum. Our core model of support ensures the learners will build trust, feel safe and subsequently learn.  

Learners with an SEMH profile often struggle to verbalise their emotions and history. As a result, their presentation may be challenging. Although the Connex cannot change the learner's experience, it can change the way they respond to it. Therefore, a key set of values that support their education and therapeutic experience will provide the vehicle to deliver positive outcomes for learners.