Therapy
Therapy
The in-house Therapy Team supports all students at Aurora Foxes. You will have access to Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy when you need it. Therapy targets are incorporated into all aspects of the residential programme.
The goal of therapy is to help young people overcome barriers to learning and independence. Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy empower students at Aurora Foxes and beyond. They help develop independence, self-confidence, self-advocacy, knowledge, and self-management. This helps prepare students for work and life.
Occupational Therapy
At Aurora Foxes, occupational therapists have various roles. They can help you engage in activities, increase your independence, concentration, mobility and more!
How Can Occupational Therapy (OT) Help?
Speech & Language Therapy (SaLT)
Speech and language therapy (SaLT) can help you to improve your communication problems to help you with your wellbeing and participation. Our goal at Aurora Foxes is to ensure that all students have equal opportunities in society by reducing barriers caused by speech, language, and communication difficulties.
Social Stories
At Aurora Foxes, 'Social Stories' are regularly used to support you through key events, current problems and by explaining changes. The Speech and Language Therapist will work with you and support staff to write the story so that the subject is understood and is meaningful to you personally.
A Social Story aims to:
· Describe a social situation in a way that helps people with developmental disorders (often Autism) to understand
· Helps students to make sense of social situations, routines, the meaning of language and the unwritten social rules
· Helps a student to understand what behaviour is expected and why it is important
