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LSEC (Bromley Campus) Therapy Team

  • The LSEC (Bromley Campus) Therapy Team offers Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy services. The service aims to enable students to access the college curriculum and increase their participation to the best of their abilities.

    We support teaching staff to adapt their teaching, interaction and learning environment. We achieve this by supporting and providing therapeutic approaches that fit within the curriculum delivery.

    Support provided includes assessment of a student’s needs within the college context. These may differ from their needs in school, as the focus is on developing life skills. We also:

    • Provide training to staff
    • Support changes to the learning environment that support student needs
    • Offer class-based support

    Where possible, we liaise with therapy teams in the schools the students are transitioning from. This supports a better transition.

    Students who attend Nido Volans Centre come from different boroughs. If home support is needed, this will be provided by the health and social care teams in their borough.

    The LSEC (Bromley Campus) Therapy Team provides support at three levels:

    • Universal
    • Targeted
    • Specialised

    Universal therapy support aims to ensure the college environment supports all students’ sensory processing, mobility, independence, communication and interaction needs. We achieve this by offering general training to college staff, providing general resources and information and advising on equipment and policies. All students benefit from this work.

    Targeted therapy support addresses more specific needs. For instance, students who require specific communication, sensory or physical support. We achieve this by offering targeted training to relevant college staff and providing class resources and strategies. Specific groups of students benefit from this work.

    Specialised therapy support is for individual students with special needs as identified by their EHCP, course tutor or the student. The student requires individualised assessment and recommendations from either OT, SaLT or physiotherapy. We provide individualised care that college staff will implement.

  • Reception phone number: 0203 954 5034

How to access this service

To access this service, you must:

  • Be aged 16-25
  • Have specific needs as identified on your EHCP or by college staff
  • Attend the Nido Volans Centre and be on the Personal Progressive Pathway (PPP) or the Intro to Work, Vocational Tasters and Employment Prep courses
  • Agree to therapy support (if you have the capacity to consent)

Referrals

You can self-refer to this service if you have the capacity to do so and there is a clear need for therapy. Where a student cannot consent to therapy support, a decision will be made in their best interest.

Direct therapy support may not be provided if:

  • The student refuses or does not consent to therapy
  • The team, together with college staff, believes the student is coping well and good support is in place at the college

The LSEC (Bromley Campus) Therapy team can refer or sign-post students on to other services if community health and social care support is needed.

How to contact this service

Public phone number: 0203 954 5034

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