College Link students attend a local Further Education college and complete a full-time course there. They then attend Blossom House for therapeutic sessions, as per their EHCP requirements, as well as English and Maths if required.
We link in with three local colleges: NESCOT College, Merton College and Kingston College (Creative Industries Centre campus only). Each college has onsite College Link Mentors employed by Blossom House to support students in accessing their college courses. Our Speech and Language Therapy team also visit the colleges on a regular basis to support and observe the students there.
This is a three-year provision. All students on the College Link provision have Speech, Language and Communication Needs. Students must have a level of independence in order to access the provision, as travelling independently to/from college, and between college campus and Blossom House, may be required.
All College Link students receive weekly one-to-one and group Speech and Language Therapy sessions, as well as Occupational Therapy sessions. Therapy input is tailored to the needs of individual students, and can focus on areas such as functional skills, independence, planning of workload, self-care, stress management, accessing the community and executive functioning skills. All students participate in morning movement sessions to regulate them for their learning. Students can self-refer for one-to-one Arts Therapy from our onsite team of Arts Therapists.
