Dawn House School
Dawn House School is a specialist school run by the charity Speech and Language UK for children with severe or complex speech and language challenges. It is located in Rainworth, Nottinghamshire in the United Kingdom.
It is a mixed school accommodating both residential and day pupils from ages of 5–19 years old.
History
Dawn House was opened by the charity I CAN in 1974 to support children aged 5–11 years old with speech and language disorders. In 1988, the school opened a secondary department to accommodate for children between the ages of 11–16 years old. In 2006, Dawn House opened a further education department for sixth form students.Specialisms
Children with developmental speech and/or language disorder as their main barrier to learning can apply. Pupils are referred when they have severe and complex needs, which cannot be met in local mainstream schools, units for pupils with language impairments or other special schools.Dawn House is also able cater for a number of other difficulties that are typically associated with speech and language challenges. These include: learning difficulties, behavioural modulation, problems with attention and memory, motor dyspraxia, sensory difficulties, autistic spectrum difficulties, emotional problems, difficulties with friendships and social relationships, poor self-image and low self-esteem.