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- A Very Special School
- Residential Care | Children and Young People
- Aquamovers
- Holiday Club
- Short Breaks for Children and Young People
- Patchwork Farm
- Hippotherapy and Therapeutic Riding
- Residential Care for Adults | Futures
- Leisure and Skills Centre | LSC
- The Hub
- Patchwork Farm
- Short Breaks for Young Adults
- Leadership Team
- Our NHS Partnership
- Governance
- Policies
- Safeguarding
- The Chailey Charter
- Our History
- Relationship and Sex Education Training
- Discover Magazine
- Annual Reports and Accounts
- Transition: Moving on
- Chailey Heritage Information & Parent/Carer Support
- Jewell Trust Family Liaison Worker
- Onsite Accommodation For Families
- Assistive Technology at the LSC
- Seymour Bonfire Celebrations
- Art with Eleanor 🎨
- Trustees’ Week 4-8 November
- Bluebell Railway Trip
- Jumbo Ensemble celebrations!
- Walker Friends
- Max's South Bath Sessions
- Buddy the therapy dog
- Jumbo Ensemble Thank you - Makaton video
- Jumbo Ensemble - Felicity
- Carers Week 2024
- National Volunteers' Week 2024
- Old Scholars’ Day 2024
- Transition to Adult Services Breakfast Morning
- Chailey Heritage Foundation leads at Linden Lodge School Transition Fair
- Easter Holiday Club 2024
- Chailey Heritage Foundation's Paula Marten on Transition to Adult Services
- Makaton Song - Proud
- Chailey Heritage at Transition to Adult Services Conference
- Partners in Care – how a career with Chailey Heritage changes young lives
- Lunchtime at Chailey Heritage Foundation
- Celebrating Strengths: Raising Awareness of Cerebral Palsy
- Hats galore for Woolly Hat Wednesday
- Exciting New Year’s INSET for Chailey staff – ‘Don’t Call Me Mum’.
- Chailey Heritage Individual Learner Driven (CHILD) Curriculum
- Developing Effective Communication
- Developing Independence Through Powered Mobility
- Becoming a Pupil
- One-Off Donation
- Regular Giving
- Gifts in Wills
- Gifts in Memory
- Gifts In Kind
- Shopping and recycling
- Sponsor an Animal
- Payroll Giving
- Home
- Services for Children
- A Very Special School
- Developing Effective Communication
Developing Effective Communication
All pupils at Chailey Heritage School have some level of communication difficulty. We always strive to meet every individual’s need and right to communicate and be listened to.
A key to successful communication is our ‘Total Communication’ and ‘Responsive Environment’ approach, in which we acknowledge, respect, and allow time and space for every form of communicative intent and processing need.
Working closely alongside Speech and Language Therapists, we develop a wide variety of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) approaches to meet personal needs. These range from subtle body language and sensory cues through to advanced communication technologies.
Specialist techniques and resources include:
- Bespoke sensory cues including objects of reference and touch cues
- Intensive interaction
- Chailey Communication System
- VOCAs (Voice Output Communication Aids)
- Eye-Gaze technology
- Staff are trained in Makaton and BSL when appropriate
Our Pupils' Stories
13-year-old Charlotte is a determined, kind, and thoughtful young person.
Seth Seth is 6 years old and has been at school at Chailey Heritage Foundation since ... James James has been developing his concentration skills by caring for the animals at ... Jacob Jacob is 18 years-old and has been attending Chailey Heritage Foundation si... Bertie Bertie is six years old and started school at Chailey Heritage Foundation in Nov... Harriet Harriet has been developing her communication skills during her visits to Patchw...
