Maple Ridge Outreach Service

Maple Ridge School has been accredited by the Hampshire Local Authority to provide an outreach service to mainstream schools in Basingstoke and Deane.

Our Aims:

• To provide our local mainstream schools with specialist support to enable them to best meet the needs of their children/young people with SEND.

• To support children/young people to thrive and fulfil their full potential within a mainstream setting.

• To provide high-quality training.

The Outreach Team offer a warm and friendly referral-based service and can provide the following areas of support:

• Liaison with SENCos, teachers and school staff to offer advice and strategies.

• A planned programme of support.

• Setting up the learning environment.

• Curriculum differentiation.

• Transition.

Outreach agreement:

1. A referral form must be filled out (see link below).
2. An initial consultation is required to ascertain the best way to support your needs. 
3. Verbal parental consent is required before we can visit a child in school.
4. Staff will need to be released from their timetable to receive feedback and support from the outreach team on the day of their visit.
5. Evidence must be shown that recommendations have been implemented between each visit.
6. School staff in receipt of outreach support are invited to attend a training session at Maple Ridge. This will include topics such as understanding visuals, TEACCH approach, engagement curriculum, sensory processing, emotional regulation and Attention Autism.
7. Hampshire County Council will also require you to fill out an evaluation sheet after receiving outreach support.

The outreach service does not interact with parents, it’s the school’s responsibility to store and share information provided by the outreach team with parents.

We are unable to work with a child currently receiving support from Portage, Helen Tongue PBS or wellbeing services where SEMH is the main area of need.

Resources Library

Our resource library is open fortnightly, to all staff engaging in our outreach service. There is an annual fee of £20.00 which will go towards maintenance of equipment. 

Staff are encouraged to borrow a wide variety of resources that include cause and effect toys, puzzles, games, workstation tasks and equipment for the use of interventions such as intensive interactions and identi-play. 

For further information, you can contact us via email.

The Outreach Team: outreach@mapleridge.hants.sch.uk