Preparation for Life - Pathways 1 & 2

Pathway 1 - Communication and engagement

For students with complex communication, sensory and cognitive needs. The focus is on expressing wants and needs, making choices, emotional regulation, daily routines and meaningful participation.

Pathway 2 - Autonomy and independence

Students build communication, confidence and independence through personal, social and practical skills. Real and relevant activities support fuller participation in daily and community life.

Both pathways have been developed to:

• Give our learners a voice - enabling them to express their wants and needs in order to take a more active role in their daily lives. This will be done by developing communication systems for learners who are non-verbal or have limited expressive communication skills. We aim to build their vocabulary and give them the ability and confidence to express themselves. 

• Support learners to regulate and develop an understanding of their emotional needs through Zones of regulation  
  
  
• Provide opportunities to develop and embed independent living skills.   
  
  
•  Improve essential personal, social and practical skills in a range of relevant contexts  
  
  
• Increase confidence and self-esteem 
  
  
• Develop self-determination and greater personal autonomy 
  
  
• Provide a flexible framework that is bespoke to each individual.  Promote ownership of learning goals in a concrete way at a level the students can understand.  
  
  
• Increase the use of real and relevant activities and settings for learning 
  
  
• Include and embed support for therapeutic needs (including sensory, physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy.) 

Where do our students progress to? 

There are several different progression routes that students can take within their pathway or into a different pathway.