Our Sessions

Each week the following sessions are provided during term time:

Parent and Child Stay and Play Sessions – For children aged 0 – 2 ½ years old who attend with their parents.
Parents have the opportunity to play with their children, learn how best to support and stimulate their development supported and advised by experienced staff and medical therapists. Parents can also meet and build supportive relationships with other parents who may be experiencing the same kind of situation and anxieties. Parents find they can benefit from the mutual support and friendship they experience during these sessions.  Each child is allocated a Key-person who will spend time during each session to work on targeted play activities in order to support the child as well as provide information and support for parents to continue supporting their child at home. 
The session is held on a Monday morning (term time only), 9.30am – 11.00am


Pre-School Sessions - For children aged 2 yrs - 5 yrs who attend unaccompanied
These sessions provide children with the opportunity to play and learn within a fully accessible, stimulating environment, whilst benefiting from onsite therapy assessment and intervention, together with high levels of specialist teaching and adult support. Children are fully supported to access a wide range of activities and therapies which ensure children reach their full potential. Each small step a child achieves is fully celebrated and parents are strongly encouraged to share in their child’s learning journey.
 
For both our sessions we have access to health professionals such as Speech & Language therapists, physiotherapists etc. who will attend the Centre and observe a child within the setting in order to maximize learning potential or meet any physical need the child may have.
There are a total of six preschool sessions available Monday to Friday. Allocation is dependent upon availability and by mutual agreement between parents and the Centre Manager.
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Assessment Sessions – For children aged 2 - 4 years old who attend with their parents.
These sessions are typically held for a six-week period on a Thursday morning and is an opportunity where you can come along with your child to absorb any information that our experienced staff can offer. In these sessions a designated key worker will carry out assessments and strategies aimed at helping your child, we can provide advice and support in which you could implement at home should you wish to. At the end of the six sessions, we will issue a report with our recommendations, this could include attending the preschool sessions at the Opportunity Centre alongside their mainstream setting, advice on strategies that their mainstream setting which could be implemented without the need to attend our preschool, we could also look at offering outreach support to the mainstream setting if required. If your child is not currently attending a mainstream setting, we will be able to offer support and advice on next steps for your child’s learning and development.