Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
All children are special; however, we appreciate and acknowledge that some children may require additional help and support. This may be due to a medical condition, speech and communication delay or disorder, developmental delay or a specific diagnosis.
Inclusion of children with special needs relies on full discussion with the child’s parents to ensure the child’s needs are fully met. We believe that all children are entitled to an education that enables them to achieve the best possible educational outcome and that they become confident young children with a growing ability to communicate their own views and are ready to make the transition to compulsory education. In order to achieve this we work in close partnership with parents and other professionals to provide an approach that meets children's needs. Detailed records are kept about each child in our care and are available to parents upon request.
We have a named Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO).
The specific responsibilities of the SENCO are:
Ensure all practitioners in our setting understand their responsibilities to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and our approach to identifying and meeting the needs of children with SEND.
Advise and support colleagues.
Ensure parents are closely involved throughout and that their insights inform actions taken by practitioners working with the child with SEND.
Liaise with other professionals or agencies beyond our setting.
All children will be allocated a key person whose role is to:
Become knowledgeable about the individual characteristics about their key children
Learn about children's individual learning styles and stages of development
Become familiar with children's preferences and choices
Identify any key issues with a child's learning, development and wellbeing
Discuss key concerns with the parents and take their views into account
Offer suitable advice and support to parents and other key staff
Implement the Assess, Plan, Do, Review process by liaising and planning appropriate action with the SENCO and other key staff
Help plan suitable interventions with other staff, SENCO and parents
Help implement support in the Pre-school, advising and supporting parents with activities at home.