RISE NI (Regional Integrated Support for Education in N.Ireland)

RISE NI is a regional early intervention service which supports children in pre-school educational and  mainstream primary school settings by working closely with parents and education staff to help children develop the foundation skills for learning i.e. speech, language, communication, sensory-motor, visual perception, social, emotional and behaviour skills.

The SHSCT RISE NI team consists of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, clinical psychologist, behaviour therapists, dietitian and therapy assistants.

COVID-19 update

Rise NI have made a series of resources available here during this COVID-19 pandemic.

We appreciate that this is challenging time for all our young people, parents and carers. We hope that this content will provide useful information to support you during this period of social distancing.

RISE NI have developed a short leaflet of strategies to help support your child back to school.

RISE NI have created this short video clip to help parents support their child’s return to school,  to help cope with any worries or fears children may have going back into their classrooms.

For More information Contact RISE NI SHSCT 028 375 64293 rise.ni@southerntrust.hscni.net

Understanding Childhood Worry & Anxiety 

Please watch this short video clip to help parents to support their child with feelings of anxiety or worries.

To view the Regional RISE NI Resources CLICK HERE

• December Newsletter parents
• RISE NI Christmas Activity Pack

Resources for home schedule

• Visuals for schedule
• Visual daily schedule

COVID-19

• How and what to tell children re COIVD-19
• Social Story foundation KS1

Play ideas and resources for home

• Back to basics and Ready to Learn
• Ready to learn leaflet
• Create an obstacle course at home
• Guide for parents to help children read
• Language based games
• Pre-school play ideas
• P1 play ideas
• P2 play ideas
• P3 play ideas
• P4 play ideas
• Play Matters

Advice to help parents 

• Supports for families
• CYP resource
• Keeping your cool

Self-regulation ideas for children

• Calm down exercises
  

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Our Aim

‘To reduce underachievement and improve life chances of children and young people by enhancing their educational development and fostering their health, wellbeing and social inclusion through the integrated delivery of the support and services necessary to ensure that every child has the best start in life’ (Hain, 2006)

Who do we support?

RISE NI  is an early intervention, transdisciplinary service which supports children in the mainstream school setting by working closely with parents and education staff to help children develop the foundation skills for learning which include: speech, language and communication, sensory-motor, visual perception, social, emotional and behaviour skills.

What do we do?

• Consultation / liaison with Education staff
• Training / information to Education staff, parents and carers
• Targeted whole class / group programmes
• Multidisciplinary assessment
• Advice
• Short-term individual or group support
• Signposting and onward referral when appropriate

Accessing the service

RISE NI SHSCT accepts referrals from pre-school educational settings and mainstream primary schools in the Southern Trust area.

Resources

RISE NI Regional Training Directory 2019-2020 ​

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Contacts