Our physical and sensory support service (PSSS) are a specialist education team. They support learning for children and young people in Surrey with physical, hearing, vision or communication impairment.
We work with:
- Children and students throughout their education
- Parents, carers and family members
- Teachers and support staff
- Other professionals including those from health and social services
- Voluntary organisations
We become involved when:
- A child or student's significant physical, sensory or communication impairment has been identified
- Parents or professionals have made a referral to the service
We provide support in a variety of environments including:
- Local Authority schools
- Early Years settings and nurseries
- Primary and Secondary specialist resource provisions (where appropriate)
- The home (where appropriate)
We also provide support, which may be chargeable, to:
- Colleges of further education
- Universities
- Independent schools
Our support includes:
- Assessment of child or student's needs
- Advice, information and signposting to other services
- Classroom, curriculum and access support
- Monitoring
- Training for schools, families and professional teams
- Facilitating communication through interpreting
- Liaison between home and school
- Contribution to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
- Multi disciplinary working with other professionals
- Provision and support of specialist equipment to include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technology and Assistive Technology (AT)