SEND Services: Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team including Behaviour Support

We provide a range of support, training and advice, to schools and other educational providers and settings. This ensures that children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties have opportunities to achieve their educational goals and acquire the skills they need to gain independence in learning and in life.

The Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team at SEND Services promote high expectations and quality outcomes for children and young people in all settings; contributing to delivering the priorities of the setting, development and improvement plans through the support of parents, pupils, schools and their staff.

Parental and Pupil Voice is of significant importance to us and this is reflected in our information gathering, advice, strategies given, and follow-up work. We adopt a multi-agency approach to ensure holistic, child-centred outcomes.  

The Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team at SEND Services provide settings with access to an excellent team of professionals with a wide range of expertise and experience in the field of SEMH and all areas of Special Educational Needs & Disability.

The Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team can support in the following areas:

• Understanding the functions of behaviour
• Reducing Anxiety
• Emotional Regulation
• Nurture
• ADHD
• Mindfulness
• Attachment and Trauma
• Emotion Coaching
• Positive Behaviour Support.

The Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team work with:

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools
• Special Schools
• Academies
• Alternative Provision
• Post 16
• Free Schools
• Other educational settings.

In the first instance, parents should discuss their child's SEN needs with the school with a view of gaining advice and guidance from the Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team at SEND Services.

See all the SEND Services Teams

We offer support to settings in Stoke and also other Local Authorities.

Visit The Stoke-on-Trent Graduated Approach Website 

Please see our Brochure (below right) for a range of the training and support we offer to settings. Should you have specific requirements do get in touch as we also offer bespoke packages.