This can include difficulties with:

• Vision
• Hearing
• Gross motor skills
• Fine motor skills
• Self-organisation for daily life
• Includes conditions such as cerebral palsy, dyspraxia, physical injury.

What can Birch Hill offer?

• An appropriate environment for aid users. We will be guided by the recommendations and support of the Sensory Consortiums Service who work closely with the school.
• Mindful, flexible seating arrangements.
• Enlarged print, fonts.
• Access to agencies for an assessment of significant needs: eg the Occupational Therapy Service.
• Dedicated, experienced and trained staff to deliver fine and gross motor skills programmes, sensory programmes.
• Support equipment such as pencil grips, ergonomic pens, sloping desk, equipment/exercises to develop hand strength and writing fluency.

Targeted group support may include:

• Fine and gross motor skills programmes ; Handwriting programmes such as Speed Up.
• Sensory diet activities 
• Access to Teaching Assistant support.

Targeted individual support may include:

• Personalised support plans/Health Care plans provided by support services and delivered by our staff.
• Teaching Assistant support for complex physical needs.
• Supporting Medical Care Plans.
• Delivering Occupational Therapy Plans.