Social awareness and understanding - getting help (SEMH KS1)

Identify and complete appropriate assessments to establish a greater understanding of the child’s needs and inform group interventions, for example:

• Social Skills Improvement System (SSiS).

Promote interaction with a child’s peer group through small group interventions:

• Socially Speaking;
• Lego Therapy;
• Playground Pals;
• Talkabout activities;
• Nurture group;
• Peer mediation;
• Are you a Social Detective?
• SuperFlex;
• Social stories;
• Restorative conversations;
• Friendly Fred activity;
• Stories;
• Talking mat.

Time in not Time out.

Peer mediation. This is usually delivered by Y5/6 children following a training course on restorative approaches. Younger children would be able to access peer support from these children.