Education
Educational Support & Consultancy
- Early Years
- Schools & Further Education
- Training & Consultancy
Early Years
Respectrum provides individualised, play-based and neurodiversity-affirming support within Early Years settings. We work collaboratively with children, families and practitioners to understand each child’s strengths, communication preferences, sensory needs and individual ways of engaging with the world.
Support can include:
- Developing personalised programmes around communication, interaction and engagement
- Supporting play, connection and shared experiences through child-led and developmentally appropriate approaches
- Developing accessible communication approaches, including visual and alternative communication where appropriate
- Understanding and supporting sensory and regulation needs
- Adapting environments and routines to reduce barriers to participation
- Staff training, consultation and practical support
Schools & Further Education
- Assessment, observation, consultation and specialist report writing
- Identifying individual strengths, needs and barriers to learning, participation and engagement
- Understanding behaviour as communication and exploring the factors underlying distress, dysregulation or disengagement
- Individualised support for emotional wellbeing, anxiety and regulation
- Supporting communication, interaction and relationships in ways that respect individual communication styles
- Designing and implementing personalised visual and communication supports
- Sensory-informed approaches and environmental adaptations
- Support around transitions, attendance and changes in educational placement
- Occupational Therapy assessment and advice, including sensory processing and regulation needs
- Collaborative planning with children and young people, families, education settings and other professionals
- Staff training and consultation
Training & Consultancy
We provide practical, evidence-informed and neurodiversity-affirming training and consultancy for education settings, professionals, organisations and families.
Our training is designed to move beyond awareness alone, helping people understand neurodivergent experiences and translate that understanding into meaningful changes in everyday practice.
Training can be tailored to the needs of individual settings, teams or organisations, and bespoke training can also be developed around particular areas of need.
Image: Our Senior Specialist Advisor, Su Sengupta, delivering Early Years training for Norfolk County Council in Thetford.
Training Topics
- Understanding Autism & Neurodivergence
- Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice
- Moving Beyond Awareness: Putting Neuroinclusive Practice into Action
- Understanding Behaviour as Communication Distress, Dysregulation and Unmet Need
- Sensory Processing and Sensory-Informed Practice
- Creating Accessible and Neuroinclusive Environments
- Communication Differences and Accessible Communication
- Supporting Emotional Regulation
- Understanding Anxiety and Overwhelm
- Masking and the Hidden Experience of Neurodivergent Learners
- Supporting Transitions and Change
- Understanding Barriers to Attendance and Engagement
- Supporting Social Connection and Relationships
- Visual Communication and Environmental Supports
- Bullying, Belonging and Neurodivergent Young People
- Working Collaboratively with Parents and Carers
Bespoke training and consultancy can also be developed in response to the needs of individual settings, teams and the children and young people they support.