Amesbury Primary buys into the services of the ‘Talkabout counselling service’ which offers pupils a special place to come and talk about anything that may be worrying them. To help build trust between the counsellor and pupil counselling sessions are confidential, unless there are legitimate grounds to share information. Charlie Wright who offers Counselling & Psychotherapy works alongside other qualified professionals to help children deal with the following kinds of issues:
In addition to the above the School employs two trained ELSAs
ELSAs are Emotional Literacy Support Assistants. They are teaching assistants who have received specific additional training from educational psychologists from whom they receive on going supervision following training. Their role is to support children and young people in school to understand and regulatetheir own emotions whilst also respecting the feelings of those around them