Early Intervention Groups
Early Learning Sessions (BIRTH – 4)
These groups are open to all families with children aged from 0 - 4 years old.
The groups will be led by 21 Together’s Education team and are aimed at teaching keys skills such as; Makaton signing, interaction techniques, early physical skills and emotional support, as well as a chance to socialise with other parents/carers.
Some sessions will also be supported by external specialists, such as Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists. Dates for these visits will be advertised on our social media, as well as highlighted on the specific event on our website.
To encourage accessibility, these sessions will move around the county and will total 10 per year. There will be 2 in each regional hub area, however, you are more than welcome to join as many sessions as you wish.
Pre-School Group (AGE 2-4)
The Early Intervention Pre-School Groups run every Tuesday & Wednesday during term time only, in Maidstone & Thanet.
The programme is run by our Education Specialist with supervision from a Speech and Language Therapist, and throughout each term, an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, and Community Support Worker visit the sessions to provide support for the children and give guidance to parents.
Each group is led by 2 members of 21 Together staff and has a maximum of 4 children, to allow them to get the maximum learning experience per session.
The sessions use syndrome-specific approaches to learning, and these groups cover literacy, numeracy, self-help, and social-emotional skills. Resources are also provided to parents to continue learning opportunities at home.
Pre-school and nursery staff are also invited to join a session to observe and continue the techniques and learning in their settings. For those about to transition into school and our Infants group, we also invite in any school staff who would like to meet the child and see the strategies we use before they start Year R.
These sessions have team-working at their heart. The more people that understand the learning profile and strategies to support our children the more benefit is seen.
Register your interest for our brand new Pre-School sessions, taking place in Thanet, click below
Infants Group (AGE 4-7)
The Early Intervention Infants Groups run every other Saturday during term time only in Maidstone.
The programme is run by our Education Co-ordinator with supervision from a Speech and Language Therapist, and throughout each term, an Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, and Community Support Worker visit the sessions to provide support for the children and give guidance to parents.
Each group is led by at least 2 members of 21 Together staff and has a maximum of 4 children, to allow them to get the maximum learning experience per session.
The sessions use syndrome-specific approaches to learning, and these groups cover literacy, numeracy, self-help, and social-emotional skills. Resources are also provided to parents to continue learning opportunities at home.
Primary school SENCos, teachers and support staff are also invited to join a session to observe and continue the techniques and learning in their settings.
These sessions have team-working at their heart. The more people that understand the learning profile and strategies to support our children the more benefit is seen.
These groups can provide an excellent base to later move into our Communication Groups.
Is there any cost?
21 Together are passionate about providing these sessions. We very heavily subsidise the sessions. To make the groups viable in the long term, we do ask families for a minimum donation for each session, which is payable in advance for each block of sessions. As always, if you feel for whatever reason that this cost would mean a young person could not attend, we would urge you to contact us as we have financial support available to those that need it.
