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 Woodlands Resource Base    

 

 

In addition to a range of interventions that are delivered by school staff we have a mainstream resource base. The Woodlands Resource Base is for children with an Education Health and Care Plan.

 

 

The Woodlands Badgers is accessible for students up to 50% of their day, who have an Education Health and Care Plan and have Resource Base provision detailed in their EHCP.  Students will engage in their learning in an autism-friendly classroom environment, focusing on all areas of their EHCP.  They will access core learning tailored to meet their needs, with a focus on building attention skills and the foundations of Maths and English. They will also access interventions including Attention Autism (bucket time), communication boards and PECS, TEACCH activities promoting independence, emotional regulation strategies, sensory circuits, Zones of Regulation, social context and friendship building skills.  The students are in mainstream for the remainder of their day accessing the mainstream curriculum, with a moderate level of adult support and adapted activities / work.

 

The criteria for the Woodlands resource base is:

 

 

Communication

  • Pupils will be able to verbally communicate, they may need some help of communication aids. They still need support and programmes devised by a Speech and Language Therapist (SALT).
  • Child has been seen by a speech therapist and has been provided with an action plan.

Social interaction and play

  • Motivation to relate to others but difficulties with social cues e.g., waiting for a turn, responding during a gap in conversation.
  • Can independently follow familiar structured games (e.g., hide-and-seek) for a short period.
  • Imitates role play of peers to support own play.

Flexibility

  • Able to tolerate small changes in routines with appropriate visual support.

Sensory Regulation

  • Be able to work in small groups (of no more than 10 pupils) and not reliant on 1:1 adult support.
  • Pupils will have the potential to cope in an environment that is fully integrated with the mainstream, with appropriate support.
  • To be able to spend at least 50% of their lesson time in a mainstream setting.

Health and Self-Care

  • Can satisfy some self-help needs independently and is able to make needs known in other areas.
  • Consistently responds to a visual support system.
  • Aware of needs and will make these needs known in an appropriate manner.

 

Places at our Woodlands Resource Base are allocated and funded by Slough Borough council. Pupils in our mainstream do not get a priority to the resource base, all applications must go through to the SEND team at Slough.