Support Strategies
This service aims to provide bespoke support to young people, parents, carers, wider family, schools and organisations to develop personalised strategies to help manage challenging situations and activities using:
- schedules
- grading
- comic strip conversations
- social stories
- emotional regulation strategies, and
- sensory approaches.
The first part of this process is to meet with parents, carers, staff and young people – independently, depending on the circumstances – to explore aspects of situations or activities. The aim is to gather views and opinions on what works well, and where there is a need to develop alternative ways to achieve the best outcome possible.
The second part of the process is to work together to create a strategy or strategies to help overcome challenges.
The steps involved in this type of activity include:
- a face to face or video meeting with parents, carers, and/or staff to gather specific background information
- face to face meetings with young people to get their views
- working with the young person to select a strategy or strategies that they can use
- developing the strategy
- reviewing and modifying the strategy or strategies with everyone involved in using them
Each session will normally last for an hour. Some steps in this process may take more than one session depending on the needs of the young person.
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