Therapeutic Care
At Riverbank School, we focus on providing our children with individualised Therapeutic Care. We achieve this by following our Model of Care, that was created for specific requirements in line with the children in our care.
Our Model of Care is embedded into our all of our employees, to ensure a Therapeutic Approach is at the core of our care and education.
Model of Care
Our Model of Care, focuses on DDP (Dyadic Developmental Practice), and Secure Base. DDP is a broad approach for parenting and caring for children that is vital in each role here at Timeout.
This is a model for professionals and parents to support children to move towards recovery from trauma and disrupted attachments. Our Model of Care includes a framework for practice across all levels of service delivery in social care, education, and within child and adolescent mental health services.
This is delivered within Timeout through the parenting, education, and care, alongside therapy sessions with our specialised clinical team.
What Therapy do we Offer?
Direct Therapies
Depression
Anxiety
Attachment difficulties
Interpersonal and relationship difficulties
Trauma/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Low self-esteem
Self-harm
Emotion regulation difficulties
Therapeutic Life Story Work
Psychological Therapies
Clinical Psychology
Art Psychotherapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Play Therapy
Clinical
Psychology
Clinical Psychology includes the use of multi-eclectic approaches in therapy. This includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Dyadic Development Psychotherapy. The psychology team will conduct a detailed assessment before deciding which therapeutic approach will be most suitable for treatment. The team will be led by clinical interviews with the young person, their family and social worker but also by objective psychometric measures prior to formulation of difficulties. Formulation is a key aspect of therapy and involves using theory to make sense of a child’s early adverse experiences on their psychopathology, relationships and their views about themselves.
Speech and Language Therapy
SALT provides assessment, therapy, support and care for children and young people with primary speech, language and communication difficulties. Difficulties surrounding SALT intervention are often common in children and young people with developmental delay, diagnoses such as ASD, social emotional and mental health needs and/or can be specific to a language difficulty (known as Developmental Language Disorder).
Art Psychotherapy
Art Psychotherapy is an evidence-based therapy suitable for children of all ages. The therapist supports the child to express themselves using the medium of art. Some individuals who have experienced early life trauma can struggle to put words to their experiences and therefore the use of art can support them to be able to explore and process these memories without the need for words. The use of art can therefore be particularly helpful for children who have experienced early life trauma especially if they were pre-verbal when this occurred.