Referrals and Assessments

Alderwasley Hall School and Callow Park College cater for students with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). The range of difficulties that the school is able to meet
includes:

• A specific language impairment (SLI)
  
• Selective mutism
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Aspergers
• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) (The Trust Centre)

All of our students' academic ability lies broadly within the average (or just below the
average) range for their age.

We are able to arrange free, no obligation observational assessments.

Admissions procedure:

• Call us to arrange to visit the school and let your local authority know that you would like you child to attend Alderwasley Hall School for an assessment.
• If your local authority supports your request for a placement they will send us your child's referral papers. If they do not support your request please contact the Assessment Team for advice.
• Once we have received your child's papers and met them personally we make a decision whether to invite your child for assessment. Assessments usually take between two and four days. Assessments for students with very complex needs can last up to 6 weeks to ensure appropriate study of needs.
• After the assessment has taken place we report our findings to the Local Authority and parents confirming if a placement at the school would be suitable or not.
• Melanie Lamb and Bernardo Vega are the Assessment Managers. Please contact them for further information or to book a visit to the school.

Use our online enquiry form to request information on making a referral or assessment.