Young Peoples Services

Our range of services enable young people with learning disabilities and autistic young people cope with trauma and develop healthy relationships.

Please note that the Young People’s Service has limited free at the point of access spaces available. If you are seeking support from the service, it may be helpful to read this information about potential funding.

Young people with learning disabilities and autistic young people can face many challenges including exclusion, bullying, exploitation, abuse and being misunderstood.

Services include:

Individual and group therapy.
Therapeutic support to parents and carers.
Sex and relationships programmes for individuals and groups.
Reflective practice for staff.
Consultancy.
Training.

And include a wide range of subjects:

Body boundaries.
Sexual development.
Healthy relationships.
Consent.
Child sexual exploitation.
Sharing sexual images.
Teenage relationships abuse.
Public and private places and spaces.
Transition.

Outcomes for young people include:

Better relationships, increased resilience, improved emotional wellbeing and improved ability in coping with life experiences.

Read Milly’s Story

“Respond has helped me understand why I feel like I do, and that it isn’t my fault. I am going back to school now and hope to go to college. I don’t want to hideaway now.” Milly

Download the full story in PDF format here

Through weekly contact with our [Respond] therapist, students who are both verbal and non-verbal are equipped with strategies that they can own and that enable them not to just ‘get by’ but to actually thrive!

Sean McDonald

Deputy Head at Richard Cloudesley School, Islington.

Our KS3 classes recently enrolled in a 12-week Harm Prevention Programme. Without exception, feedback is positive – staff have specifically mentioned raised confidence, improved self-esteem and better negotiation skills amongst the students. The sessions are lively, creative and dynamic and I have overheard students saying how much they are looking forward to the next session. Behaviour incidents have reduced for those students engaged in the programme and the staff who support the sessions seem more confident and reassuring when engaged with the students.

Deputy Headteacher

Riverside School, Haringey.

Our Young People’s Service has limited spaces that are free at the point of entry, find out more about funding options on our Accessing Psychotherapy page.

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