A new CIC ( soon to be charity ) supporting CYP back into education in a child led nurturing way alongside offering help and support to parents & carers. We also offer support to schools, professionals & services offering neurodiverse "safe" spaces for sessions, meetings & advice.
Hi, I'm Tina, a former experienced teacher, and I have been working with PANS PANDAS UK, a charity focused on these post infectious neuro-inflammatory conditions for around three years. These conditions can cause children to quickly deteriorate from doing well in school to having complex needs. Awareness about these conditions is currently low, but it is improving thanks to recent advances in the medical field, a Parliamentary debate and media coverage. PANS/ PANDAS can present with some unusual characteristics, and this combined with a lack of awareness and training for schools has made things more difficult. The recent recognition of both PANS/PANDAS as distinct diseases by the NHS, now presents a great opportunity to raise further awareness across education.
www.lewis-support.co uk
Louise has 20 years of experience in education, specialising in supporting students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Holding a Postgraduate Certificate in Language, Literacies and Dyslexia, alongside Approved Teacher Status (ATS) from the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), and a PGCE from Exeter University,
Louise has delivered a diverse range of subjects from Pre-Key Stages to A-levels. Passionate about the transformative power of education, Louise finds joy in teaching and supporting young learners, ensuring that all young people, regardless of their abilities, can access education. With a keen interest in complex communication needs,
Louise has experience working with AAC users and is currently pursuing British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 certification.
The Speech & Language Link online tools and training enable schools to identify and support pupils with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). UK schools ran 245,000 of our SLCN assessments last year and implemented our interventions with 65,000 pupils, because fundamental life skills and chances are built on speech and language.
Literacy, social relationships, behaviour and mental health all have speech and language foundations, so our award-winning packages are created and supported by our specialist team of speech and language therapists. All our standardised assessments, evidence-based interventions and staff training are therapist designed, to ensure that no student falls under the radar.
We work with individual establishments, MATs, LAs, Integrated Care Partnerships, NHS services and other specialist teams to support the deployment of our tools and services into schools.