Coming Back: An EBSA Reintegration Toolkit (Attendance) — CBT-Informed, SEND Code of Practice Mapped

NEW FOR SEPT 2026: INTRODUCTORY DISCOUNTED PRICE!

A genuinely comprehensive, premium EBSA reintegration toolkit — built for the one-to-one conversations that happen between a mentor and a pupil during a phased return to school, not another generic worksheet pack.

Six flexible, standalone sessions — use whichever fits where a specific pupil actually is, in any order, never all six by default. Each session is built around Nia and Tommy, two genuinely original characters brought to life through custom illustration, shown honestly in the middle of their own return facing very real barriers and struggles.

Every session uses the Step Map, a signature graded-exposure tool pupils build themselves, one small step at a time — directly grounded in Kearney and Silverman’s four-functions model of school avoidance, used in the majority of UK local authority EBSA guidance.

Genuinely CBT-informed: graded exposure and cognitive restructuring are built into the activities themselves, not bolted on as buzzwords. The accompanying Teacher & SENCO Guide maps the toolkit’s own structure directly onto the SEND Code of Practice’s Graduated Approach (Assess, Plan, Do, Review) — real, usable evidence for an EHCP review, a SENCO report, or an Ofsted conversation.

Includes a fully working Excel Session Data Tracker — genuinely simple for a non-expert to use, with dropdown data entry, an auto-calculating anxiety-change column colour-coded at a glance, and a live chart tracking progress over time. Nothing else at this level exists bundled with a reintegration resource on Tes.

Every scenario, every piece of language, and every safeguarding note has been checked against current Inclusive Attendance guidance and real EBSA practitioner language — including what NOT to say to a returning pupil, a detail most resources miss entirely.

What’s included: an Overview guide, six illustrated Scenario Cards, six fully scaffolded pupil worksheets, a complete Teacher & SENCO Guide with the full evidence base, and the Excel Session Tracker.
Built for KS3/4 SEMH and nurture provision, genuinely really user-friendly for a learning mentor, SENCO, or pastoral lead with no additional training required.

**What’s included
• 1 Overview guide — how to use the toolkit flexibly
• 6 illustrated Scenario Cards, front and back, with original character artwork
• 6 fully scaffolded pupil Reflection worksheets
• 1 Teacher & SENCO Guide — full evidence base, safeguarding, and Graduated Approach mapping
• 1 Excel Session Tracker — auto-calculating, colour-coded, with a live progress chart

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EBSA · Emotionally Based School Avoidance · School Refusal · Attendance · SEMH · SEND · SEN · CBT · SEND Code of Practice · Graduated Approach · EHCP · Pastoral · SENCO · Inclusion · Learning Mentor · KS3 · KS4