Thrive provides a flexible approach to supporting emotional and social development in special schools and alternative provisions.
Our framework helps you meet the diverse needs of the children and young people you work with, creating learning environments where every pupil can thrive and reach their full potential.
Our approach recognises that each child has their own developmental journey so focuses on the individual needs of each learner. Using Thrive-Online, you can assess and support pupils’ social and emotional skills with tailored strategies that help to build secure relationships, promote emotional regulation, and ensure that every child feels understood and valued.
Explore our training designed to enhance social and emotional development, helping to remove barriers to learning.
Learn to support babies and young children in developing healthy, secure attachments while laying the groundwork for emotional resilience, effective stress regulation, and lifelong learning.
This foundational course focuses on supporting the social and emotional development of babies, toddlers, and young children, ensuring they feel safe, supported, and ready to thrive.
Designed for school leaders, this course equips you to implement a whole-setting approach to emotional health and wellbeing, ensuring every pupil gets the support they need.
Thrive’s whole school approach can be easily embedded into special schools, helping create emotionally supportive environments where pupils can thrive.
Catering to young people with autism, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and trauma, the school focuses on social and emotional wellbeing to prepare pupils for learning. With a dedicated team of Thrive Licensed Practitioners, the school runs universal and enhanced sessions tailored to individual needs, significantly improving pupil engagement and emotional regulation.
Supporting children who struggle in mainstream settings, the academy has achieved a significant reduction in exclusions and an increase in attendance by embedding the Thrive Approach. Through a trauma informed focus on building positive relationships and supporting emotional development, Elland Academy has helped its pupils become emotionally ready to re-engage with learning.
Tuition Extra support children and young people with additional learning needs and those who have faced significant challenges such as domestic violence, parental abandonment, or mental health issues within the family. Since embedding Thrive, they've helped pupils re-engage with education, and it has resulted in a remarkable increase in engagement levels from 11% to 95% in just four months.
Thrive provides a tailored induction for staff in specialist settings to help you understand your role in implementing a whole setting approach. This three-hour virtual session focuses on supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
We highly recommend our Thrive Licensed Practitioner and Leading Emotional Health courses for embedding a whole school approach effectively. We can guide you in selecting the best course for your setting.
In addition, we provide short courses such as our Positive Behaviour Management course. You can book these online or reach out to us for guidance on which options would be the best fit for your needs.
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For example, if you work in a specialist secondary setting supporting young people with special educational needs, we might recommend the Childhood Practitioner course. This ensures you’re equipped to meet their unique challenges effectively. On the other hand, if your approach is primarily age-appropriate, the Adolescent Practitioner course will serve you well.
If you’d like further guidance on selecting the best course for your setting, we’re here to help! Feel free to get in touch for more information.
By generating personalised action plans and measuring progress, specialist settings and alternative provisions can ensure that each pupil receives the specific support they need, whether in one-to-one sessions or group activities. This proactive monitoring helps identify potential issues early and fosters a supportive learning environment.
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Our approach focuses on developmental milestones rather than chronological age, allowing you to support each pupil according to their individual learning journey. This means you can provide targeted interventions that meet their specific emotional and social requirements.
With Thrive training and our tool Thrive-Online, you can better identify and address each child's unique emotional and developmental needs, fostering a nurturing and supportive environment.
Focusing on mental health and wellbeing allows staff to help children and young people recognise their physiological responses to triggers. This awareness equips them with helpful strategies to manage their reactions, reducing the likelihood of fight, flight, or freeze responses taking over.
For those in alternative provision for a fixed period, Thrive helps pupils develop emotional regulation and social skills essential for transitioning back to mainstream education.
By focusing on understanding the root causes of behaviour and nurturing relationships, Thrive ensures that pupils are not just managing their behaviour but also developing the skills they need to thrive in the future.