Wellbeing

The Wellbeing of The Hope View School Community is paramount, we devote our time into raising the importance of Mental Health.

Mental wellbeing

Below are five things that can really help to boost our mental wellbeing, from the National Health Service:

Connect – connect with the people around you: your family, friends, colleagues and neighbours.
Be Active – you don’t have to go to the gym. Take a walk, go cycling or play a game of football. Find an activity that you enjoy and make it a part of your life.
Keep Learning – learning new skills can give you a sense of achievement and a new confidence.
Give to Others – even the smallest act can count, whether it’s a smile, a thank you or a kind word. Larger acts, such as volunteering at your local community centre.
Be Mindful – be more aware of the present moment, including your thoughts and feelings, your body and the world around you. Some people call this awareness “mindfulness”. It can positively change the way you feel about life and how you approach challenges.

Where to start

It’s not always easy to take care of our wellbeing or to know where to start.

You might find it helpful to:

Only try what feels comfortable.
Give yourself time to figure out what works for you. Different things work for different people.
Go at your own pace, everyone is different.
Take it step by step. If the first step feels too hard, try to break that up into even smaller steps.

Remember that good days for your wellbeing won’t always look the same. We don’t always have the same levels of energy or motivation. Be kind to yourself and do what feels right for you at that moment.

Our Speech and Language Therapy Service at Hope View School

Rebecca Levings (Independent Speech and Language Therapist, Speechjet) and Kate Champney (Speech and Language Therapy Assistant) make up the Speech and Language Therapy Team at Hope View. The team works closely with Teaching Staff, Drama Therapy and Occupational Therapy to support pupils communication development in school.

All pupil’s communication skills are checked when they join the school and/or when they turn 11 years old.

Pupils are assessed and an individual plan is created to support them if they are identified as having communication needs. For some children we might make suggestions for classroom support, others have one to one and some have group work. We work with pupils to support their:

-Speech clarity

-Understanding what people say

-Learning new words

-Developing grammar

-Learning how stories work and how to tell them.

-Developing their understanding of social situations they find tricky.

The Speech and Language Therapy team adopt a neuro-affirming approach to understand and support a person’s communication development. As such, we do not offer social skills groups or social skills training. We use therapy approaches for both gestalt language processors and analytic language processors. We are person-centred in our approach and form positive relationships with the pupils. We plan the style of therapy that suits the pupil knowing that children who feel safe in therapy will learn best.

Dramatherapy

Hope View School works with Rowan Tree Dramatherapy who are a team of experienced drama and movement therapists who provide effective therapies for children, young people, families and adults who are experiencing emotional and behavioural problems and mental health difficulties.

What is Dramatherapy?

Dramatherapy is one of the creative arts therapies: this means it uses elements of drama and creative techniques to achieve therapeutic outcomes. The aim is to offer a space for expression and reflection in a safe environment.

Rowan Tree support those with sensory and physical needs, young people with emotional, social and mental health needs, and children who have additional needs in their cognition and learning, communication and interaction. The Team work extensively with young people who are in Care, within our school work and as part of our service in the community.

All of Rowan Tree dramatherapists are qualified to MA level and registered with the HCPC and attend regular clinical supervision and cpd. Our therapists are all trauma informed and bring their range of different trainings and experience to the team. Rowan Tree’s qualified clinical supervisors provide supervision to staff members at Hope View School.

Rowantree Dramatherapy

Need to speak to someone at Hope View School about your wellbeing?

All staff at Hope View School will always listen to any concerns you have. Please call or email the school to get in contact.

Read the Worth-it Booklet here

Would like to talk with someone else?

MIND
Telephone: 0300 123 3393
info@mind.org.uk
www.mind.org.uk

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