Are you a new SENCo or newly in post and need to develop high quality SEN provision? A vital step is an effective route for teachers to identify special educational needs within their class. This flow chart will allow you to strategically guide teachers to identify special needs within their classroom and across your school.
An essential ‘menu’ of adaptive teaching strategies for any SENCo to support their teachers to be effective teachers of SEND
Written by an experienced SENCo and Special Needs Teacher, strategies are grouped into the four broad areas of need and broken down into specific barriers or needs.
High quality, comprehensive Individual Education Plan Templates that really support pupil progress and the assess, plan, do, review cycle
Includes:
One for pupils with an EHCP, one for pupils at SEN Support.
-Clear one page profile with all the details and information you will need to share about a pupil to help everyone be clear on their needs and strengths
-Target pages linked to the pupil’s key areas of SEN need
-Space to detail provision
-Space to record impact
-Clear assess, plan, do, review cycle as each term is progressive
-Editable to put your own stamp on it
Are you s SENCo? Do you need to know what is happening in each of your classrooms and how much this is costing you?
This editable class provision map allows you to hand over the ownership to class teachers whilst you keep track on what is happening, for which pupils, when it’s happening and how much it is costing you as a school.
This will support with your monitoring and reporting to SLT, governors and Ofsted
Need a Pastoral Support Plan (PSP) Template that is different from your Individual Education Plans?
This PSP template will ensure all pupils in receipt of pastoral support can be tracked and monitored.
Easy for any member of staff to complete!
Includes:
Key details about the pupil, including outside agency involvement
Highlights strengths and difficulties
Details provision in place and who provides this
Space to review the impact of support in line with Assess, Plan, Do, Review cycle
Two simple templates to support pupils who need an individual timetable
Used this with a young man with autism and found the ‘What is different today’ template really helped him if he had a supply teacher or visitor etc.
Can be laminated and written/drawn on daily or images stuck on with sticky dots
These editable dyslexia guides are a must in your SENCo toolkit
Teachers & Teaching Assistants guide will support staff to:
clarify what dyslexia is
identify dyslexic type needs for pupils in their classes
understand how dyslexia is diagnosed in your school/LA - editable for your setting
adapt teaching to support dyslexic learners
Parent& Carer guide will support parents/carers to:
Understand what dyslexia is
Support in recognising dyslexic type needs in their child
Understand the route to diagnosis in your school/ LA
Understand how the curriculum may be adapted for their child in your school
Understand how they can support their child at home
Personalise these guides so they are in line with your setting and local authority
Are you a SENCo/Headteacher? Do you need to improve your SEN D standards and expectations? This comprehensive list of SEND expectations will help you clarify expectations for your team and provide a vital tool for monitoring
Covers expectations for:
Classroom
Teaching Assistants
Teaching and Learning
Assessment
SEMH
Need to start Early PECS with some of your pre verbal children? Delivering training? Here is an easy to follow training guide to deliver to your team, then use as a handy reminder hand-out