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Shine21 Intervention Sessions

We are proud of the early intervention we offer our little stars. Supporting our stars development is at the heart of what we do. 

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Research and evidence shows that early intervention makes a huge difference to our children's development.

 

​The purpose of the sessions is to provide high quality developmental support within a safe, informative and stimulating environment which is welcoming and supportive to all.

 The sessions will offer:

  • High quality, well planned, stimulating, developmental activities tailored to your child’s needs and developmental stage.

  • Support for parental involvement in your child’s learning and development.

  • Small step, key focus areas to undertake 

  • Access to resources used in the sessions.

  • Empowerment, our sessions are there to provide you with the knowledge and tools to best support your child.

  • Ideas, activities and opportunities that can be replicated in the home environment.

  • A place to celebrate your child’s achievements.

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The children will be invited to attend a session which is tailored to their development stage. The group numbers are kept to a maximum of 4 children per session to ensure their individual needs are met.

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​All sessions at held at our Shine21 premises in Sutton on the Forest. 

Early Intervention Programme

Our early intervention programme follows the Down Syndrome learning profile and research and focuses on key development areas to give them key skills in preparation to starting school. This will include areas such as speech sounds, vocabulary, Makaton sign language, pre-reading skills, maths concepts, fine motor skills, social skills. The activities are broken down to a small steps approach to make it achievable for the children; we then build the activity up gradually to achieve further milestones and goals. This intervention is able from birth, giving parents key information and advice on how to best support their child.

School Intervention Programme

Our early intervention programme is designed for those children who are school age. We continue to develop the skills they have learnt during our early intervention programme and support with communication, extending vocabulary, sight word reading and Maths skills. Support staff from the schools are invited to atttend the sessions. 

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We work closely with the childs school to support with sight word reading, a specialist Maths programme and ensuring the curriculm is differentiated accordingly. 

Physiotherapy

During our Physiotherapy sessions we do not follow development milestones by age or timescale. We look at how the child is transitioning into positions and how they sit, crawl and work. For example when a child can sit unaided it is important to ensure they can go from lying to sitting and also sitting to lying to reduce frustration and ensure they are not stuck in a sitting position. 

 

All sessions are delivered by Charlotte from MotionRehab. ​​

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