Measuring Therapy Outcomes at Northern Counties School
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Mollie Saint-Henaghan is a speech and language therapist, and Zoe Cook is an occupational therapist at Northern Counties School. In this session, they explain how the therapy team developed a therapy outcomes measure to record the impact of interventions and how this has helped the pupils and the school. The success of this project was recognised when it received the NASS Award for Innovation.
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NASS Innovation Award:
The NASS Awards celebrate excellence in independent special schools. The Innovation Award recognises the use of new, adapted or innovative practice within a school to further improve the lives of children, young people, and/or their families, or the organisation as a whole.
Mollie and Zoe from the therapy team at Northern Counties School explain how the school has developed a groundbreaking tool to measure therapy outcomes for children with complex needs. Adapting the national Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs), they created the Paediatric Learning Disability and Complex Needs MDT scale, designed for learners with profound disabilities, sensory needs, and communication challenges. Created with NHS teams, special schools, local authorities, and charities, it tracks changes in wellbeing, independence, and learning. This innovative tool supports families, guides therapy, and informs commissioners. Now published in the TOMs manual, it is embedded school-wide and gaining national recognition through conferences, training programmes, and professional publications.
Who is the session aimed at?
Therapists working in education settings.
Key takeaways
– Greater understanding of the need to measure therapy outcomes –
– Insight into how therapy outcomes can be measured –
– Introduction to the new Paediatric Learning Disability and Complex Needs MDT scale –
– Confidence to ‘go for it’ if you have ideas about making improvements in your own setting –
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About the Presenters
Mollie Saint-Henaghan / Speech and Language Therapist
Mollie Sain Henaghan is a Speech and Language Therapist at Northern Counties School. She is Operational lead for the therapy team (12 therapists), is a Dysphagia trained SALT, and is also a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, clinically leading the PBS team in school.
Part of the Percy Hedley Foundation, Northern Counties School is an independent special school based in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. The school believes its purpose is to engage and empower pupils to optimise their future by unlocking potential and maximising their progress.
Zoe Cook / Occupational Therapist – Northern Counties School
Zoe Cook is an Occupational Therapist working at Northern Counties School. She is a middle leader within the therapy team with specialism in PBS, sensory integration and Trauma Informed Care.
Both therapists have a range of experience working into SEN settings and have a keen interest in working together to capture the impact that therapy intervention can have on learners at the school.
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About NASS
The National Association of Special Schools represents its membership of non-local authority maintained special schools in England and Wales, delivering support, recognition and national representation of their important work. The organisation works in close partnership with its members, other SEND organisations, central and local government, providing insight, information and opinion to help shape the future of special education. The NASS Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of member schools. They’re a powerful reminder of the life-changing impact of special schools and the innovative, inclusive ways they support children and young people.
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