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January 8, 2025

Case File (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

The graduated approach should be led and coordinated by the setting SENCo working with and supporting individual practitioners in the setting. A case file for ...

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January 8, 2025

Plan (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Practitioners and parents/carers then agree a plan of action that is additional and different from that provided as part of the setting’s usual curriculum and ...

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Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND): The Graduated Approach (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

November 9, 2024

Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND): The Graduated Approach (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

All children are individuals. They will progress at different rates and need different learning opportunities to reach their full potential. A child may just need ...

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January 8, 2025

SEND Register (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Each Early Years setting must have a SEND Register. What is a SEND Register? The SEND register is a list of all the children in ...

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January 8, 2025

Do (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Setting SENDCos should refer to the Torbay Early Years Graduated Approach Toolkit SEND Resources - Family Hub (torbayfamilyhub.org.uk) to support them with strategy ideas of ...

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Ensuring parents are closely involved throughout and that their insights inform action taken by the setting (The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCO)

November 9, 2024

Ensuring parents are closely involved throughout and that their insights inform action taken by the setting (The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCO)

The Early Years SENDCO will: Make sure parents receive the information, advice and support that they need to participate in the SEND decision-making process. Ensure ...

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January 8, 2025

Induction & Transition (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

Sometimes parents/carers request a place at an Early Years setting for their child who has an identified need. In this case it is important to ...

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January 8, 2025

Review (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

It is advisable to review individual targets set for very young children every half term or sooner.  The setting SENDCo will need to arrange a ...

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Liaising with professionals or agencies beyond the setting (The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCO)

November 9, 2024

Liaising with professionals or agencies beyond the setting (The Role of the Early Years Setting SENDCO)

The Early Years SENDCO will: Understand the local offer, including the provision that the Local Authority expects to be available from providers of all relevant ...

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January 8, 2025

SEND Funding for young children with SEND (Practice Guidance for Early Years Setting SENDCOs)

After at least one cycle of the Graduated Approach, a Setting SENDCO may want to request extra funding to support the child’s access to the ...

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