For Educational Settings
Our Specialist Teacher Service offers expert support across all areas of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Drawing on extensive experience in teaching, SEND leadership, specialist pedagogy, therapeutic approaches and assessments to improve outcomes for children and young people.
Professional Qualifications and Background
Our Specialist Teachers hold the relevant qualifications to provide professional advice and expertise across the four areas of SEND need.
Each of our Special Teachers hold qualifications, including Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination (NASENCO), Postgraduate Therapeutic or Specialist Training and Level B Testing Accreditation.
Individual experiences each exceed over 20 years in various roles within education and SEND, including former Teachers (in mainstream and specialist settings), SENCos, SEND Officers within Local Authorities and Specialist Practitioners, such as Play Therapists.
Support Options
Support can be provided through ANNUAL PACKAGES which provide ongoing access to our services throughout an academic year, or ONE‑OFF SUPPORT in response to immediate needs or through our DROP‑IN service.
Specialist Advice, Assessments and Reports
We can complete a range of assessments designed to identify a pupil’s strengths, needs and barriers to learning. These assessments help to build a detailed understanding of need across the four areas of SEND – Cognition and Learning, Communication and Interaction, Social, Emotional and Mental Health, and Physical and Sensory development, enabling tailored advice and targeted support.
Example Assessments:
- Wide Range Intelligence Test (WRIT).
- Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT).
- Adaptive Behaviour Assessment System (ABAS).
- Clinical Elevated Language Fundamentals (CELF).
- PIP Development Charts.
- Schedule of Growing Skills.
- Communication Checklists (CCC-2).
- Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2).
- Sensory Profiles.
- Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF).
Example Reports:
- Detailed advice to support Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA).
- Summary Reports outlining areas of SEND need, Assessment Results and Action Plans.
- Visit Records and Action Plans.
- Annual Review Reports.
- Advice to support Section F of Education, Health and Care Plans.
- Bespoke Reports, such as Relationship and Regulation Plans or Sensory Diets.
Training and Coaching
We can provide direct coaching and staff training on a wide range of SEND approaches, including:
- Instructional Psychology Principles for Reading, Precision Teaching and Jonathan Solity’s Optima Reading.
- The implementation of Integrated Resource or SEND Units in mainstream settings, and the use of specialist approaches to develop bespoke curriculums.
- Sensory Approaches, such as Sensory Stories, Sensory Massage, Music Interaction and TAC Pack.
- Communication Approaches, such as Attention Autism, The Curiosity Approach, Call and Response and Intensive Interaction.
- Relational and co‑regulation approaches, such as Emotion Coaching.
Consultancy Support
We offer consultancy support for both new and experienced Special Educational Needs and Disability Co-ordinators (SENDCos) at every stage of their journey. With a deep understanding of the complexities of SEND, our Specialist Teachers provide strategic, compassionate and practical support that makes a measurable difference.
Our Consultancy Services Includes:
- Strategic leadership support for whole‑school SEND processes and procedures. Completing SEND self-evaluations, devising and reviewing provision maps and the impact of interventions.
- Support to navigate Local Authority statutory processes, SEND law and their statutory duties.
- Guidance or direct support to complete requests for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA).
- Formal SEND‑focused supervision for SENCos, Senior Leaders and teaching staff, to strengthen practice and decision‑making.
- Staff training workshops covering the Graduated Approach, the areas of need, adaptive teaching and strategies for meeting the needs of all learners.
Supporting Mainstream Schools Set Up Integrated Inclusion Bases
As the needs of children in mainstream schools continue to evolve, many settings are supporting pupils with increasingly complex SEND profiles as part of everyday practice.
At Waite Psychology, we believe that every Integrated Inclusion Base should be as unique as the children it supports. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. We work alongside schools to develop bespoke, purposeful provision for learners who need a different pathway to access learning successfully.
Together, we help schools create curriculum pathways that prioritise the essential foundations for learning—developing communication, emotional regulation, independence, engagement, and the skills children need to learn how to learn.
The teaching approaches, environment, and provision are intentionally designed around each pupil’s SEND profile, creating opportunities for meaningful, sustainable progress, increased confidence, and improved regulation.
Whether you’re in the early stages of planning an Integrated Inclusion Base or looking to strengthen an existing provision, our experienced Specialist Teacher can provide tailored guidance, curriculum planning, coaching, and practical support every step of the way.
SENDCo Supervision and Mentoring
To provide high-quality, specialist support to SENDCos at all stages of their career from those new to the role to experienced practitioners.
The supervision and mentoring sessions can be used in a range of practical ways:
• Support with developing and embedding whole-school SEND systems.
• Guidance on leadership of send at a strategic level.
• Guidance on identifying, monitoring, and meeting pupil needs.
• Advice to SENDCo’s on how they can effectively support teaching staff to meet a diverse range of needs within the classroom.
• Support with completing Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs), navigating statutory frameworks and local authority procedures.
• Unpicking complex pupil needs to develop manageable, targeted, and impactful strategies.
• Coaching across all areas of SEND and child development, helping SENDCo’s build their confidence in responding to increasingly complex demands.
Drop in Service
Our flexible virtual Drop‑in Service gives Headteachers, SENDCos and teaching staff the opportunity to book a one‑hour Specialist Teacher consultation.
A drop in appointment can be used to:
- Offer guidance on any questions or challenges related to SEND processes and procedures.
- Provide targeted support for individual children or groups, helping to unpick complex presentations of need and plan next steps.
- Access consultancy advice, staff supervision or coaching.
- Receive training on key interventions and strategies tailored to your setting.
Drop-ins can be booked directly from our website, where weekly time slots are made available, ensuring timely access to our support and expertise.
