We provide a wide range of specialist interventions and tailored approaches for our students. We ensure that all young people in our care have the chance to engage positively in daily life, college, and with staff, peers and the local community.

Students may access NHS services such as physiotherapy, mental health services etc. and additional private support may be sourced as required e.g. art therapy.

Supporting Positive Behaviour

Cambian Dilston College uses a Positive Behaviour Support approach. This means that we understand all behaviours have a meaning and we work to find out the meaning behind behaviours, so that we can support the student’s needs in better ways to improve their quality of life. We focus on proactive strategies to reduce the situations in which challenging behaviour is more likely to occur, and teach new skills and coping strategies. Students have a Behaviour Support Plan which identifies their individual behavioural needs and how staff can work with them.

Our Sensory Room

Sensory Rooms provide stimulation and support in developing sensory motor and cognitive skills, and can also help students improve their visual, auditory and tactile processing skills, fine and gross motor skills.

Our Sensory Room offers multiple technology led features for a fully immersive and personalised experience, that stimulates all the senses.  The room provides a safe, comfortable and relaxed place for students, with the ability to control the ambience to suit their mood at the time.

The room features:

• Music that can be customised via Bluetooth to play our students' favourite songs.
• An interactive cube on the floor that can be launched into the air - the colour it lands on changes the colour of the lights in the room.
• LED strip lights that project a variety of colours and brightness levels.
• Touch screen lighting panels whereby students can change the colours, the speed and the fading of light.
• A black soft touch panel that has twinkling lights, and a visually stimulating bubble tube corner with mirrors and fibre optic lights.
• An ultraviolet panel with both fidget and sensory toys.
• A rocker chair for sensory movement and bean bags to relax in.

The environment has been designed to provide a sense of calm and comfort to help our students learn to self-regulate their behaviours and improve their focus.  We are delighted to be able to offer this wonderful facility at Dilston College.