What specialist services are accessed at St Joseph's? 

We work closely with a range of external agencies including:

• Speech and Language Therapy Service (SALT);
• Behaviour Support Service (BSS);
• Special Education Needs Specialist Services (SENSS);
• Educational Psychology Service;
• Community Paediatricians;
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHs);
• Occupational and Physiotherapy team;
• School Nurse;
• Christchurch Family Partnership Zone;
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS).

In school:

• Class based Teaching Assistants support children on a daily basis.
• TAs provide additional support and interventions throughout the school such as speech and language therapy, motor skills therapy and for literacy and numeracy skills.
• A TA (supported by SENSS also supports children on an individual basis.