Communication Offer

At Doubletrees school, most of our students will have significant struggles with speech and language difficulties or more complex special needs and may need support to initiate and take part in communication and interaction. We recognise that the development of communication skills is crucial to the development of our young people and the belief that ‘Every child deserve a voice’ is at the heart of everything we do. The communication offer aims to provide the young people at Doubletrees School with the skills, resources and opportunities to communicate to the fullest of their potential. Doubletrees School will offer inclusive environments that meets the communication needs of our learners within our specialist teaching provision. We will also work closely with external professionals and services to meet any additional complex communication needs that require a specialist input.

At Doubletrees our intent is to ensure all learners are given the opportunity to develop the communication skills to reach their full potential.

• We will provide our learners with an environment in which communication skills can thrive.
• We will provide teaching and learning strategies and resources that fulfil individual communication needs.
• We will ensure that staff are skilled and inclusive, able to communicate effectively with all learners and build on individual communication strengths.
• We will ensure a multi-disciplinary approach to meeting communication needs. This includes a tiered approach to provision based on individual needs, linking to the Specialist Intervention Therapy Team and external specialist providers.
• We will work will families to ensure that communication strategies can be embedded across home, school and community settings.
• We will ensure that communication needs are identified and reviewed regularly and planned for throughout a young person’s journey through Doubletrees School. We treat Communication as one of our core subject areas for all pathways.
• We will ensure that our young people have the communication skills to transition effectively into adulthood, whether work, education or community based.
• We will seek any opportunity to hear our learners’ voices, from an individual level through to a school level, for example through the school council. We wish to ensure that pupil voice is embedded in what we do.