Greenfields School
What is Therapeutic Education?
Therapeutic education is a holistically designed approach to learning which considers the whole child or young person – including their physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. Our bespoke therapeutic educational approach plays an integral role in aiding the healing process of early-life trauma.
Therapeutic Education promotes improved confidence and self-esteem, self-management skills, emotional literacy for life and it contributes to improved quality of life while optimising future outcomes for looked-after children.
We follow the National Curriculum in our own Registered Special School at Greenfields School providing for Greenfields House, Gables House and Oakwood House in Kent.
Greenfields School Chair of Governors: Sarah Scarratt chairofgovernors@childhoodfirst.org.uk
Our Approach
We are a highly-skilled and experienced education team who are clinically trained in our model of Integrated Systemic Therapy. We have created a trauma-sensitive education model, where we provide safe, healthy, engaging, and challenging learning environments. This involves first learning about each pupils’ trauma and how it affects their behaviours and capacity to learn.
We have intentionally created a learning atmosphere that supports each student with compassion, teaches resilience and is aspirational. Our secure attachments and trusting, safe relationships enable each student to make progress – academically, socially and emotionally.
- We recognise and respond therapeutically to the signs of trauma in the classroom
- We provide consistency and structure
- We form positive, healthy relationships
- We reignite a love for learning
- We raise future aspirations and outcomes
