In our AP we implement explicit transition strategies between activities and at the end of the day with young people who find moving between or starting activities difficult. We have found that this really helps learners with demand-avoidant profiles. We also carefully plan transitions into Endeavour and back into mainstream education, as well as offering bespoke pathways for young people who are not ready to join a full group. A key element of this is an awareness of young people’s attachment to individual adults as a function of their feelings of safety, and in such cases we carefully manage the broadening of a young person’s ‘team’.
