Outreach & Support Services
PBS Services is the positive behaviour support service provided by the Wooden Hill Federation and is available for schools across Central Bedfordshire.
Positive behaviour support takes a child-centred approach to helping pupils with behaviours of concern. It focuses on understanding the causes of these behaviours and involves working alongside families, schools and other professionals to address their root causes.
We offer Team Teach training to schools across Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough.
Team teach training is designed to “equip everyone with the tools they need to understand and support behaviour as a form of communication, at work or in daily life, in a positive and respectful manner.”1 We offer Team Teach training to schools and other organisations across Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough. Central Bedfordshire Schools can access this training at reduced cost as we are commissioned by Central Bedfordshire Council.
Our Outreach Service provides expert advice to colleagues in Central Bedfordshire Schools.
We provide support for pupils with challenges in cognition, learning, and autism, including those without a formal diagnosis at the time of referral. We accept referrals for pupils who are year 1 through to those in year 11, we also accept referrals for Reception pupils who have an EHCP. Our support includes observations, direct engagement with students, consultations with staff and families, and providing written recommendations.
The Lodge is a specialist provision for pupils who have complex needs and have had extended periods of absence as a result of their complex medical needs. This provision is commissioned on a case by case basis by Central Bedfordshire Council.
The Lodge is also the location of our specialist behaviour support service provision for pupils who present complex behaviours of concern in mainstream schools. Access to this provision is through PBS Services and commissioned either by the home school or Central Bedfordshire Council.
The Central Bedfordshire Local Offer sets out available provision and support available to pupils and families in Central Bedfordshire.
The Local Offer website contains information about education, health and care services, voluntary agencies, leisure activities and support groups.
The Bedford Borough Local Offer sets out available provision and support available to pupils and families in Bedford Borough.
The Bedford Borough Local Offer website “contains all sorts of fascinating and up-to-the-minute information about what is going on in your area and details on how to access Services, Organisations and Activities.
You will also find information about childcare settings, childminders and early help support for all families.”2