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October 5, 2024

Age 16-18 – Targeted SEND Support Strategies or Interventions for Cognition and Learning Needs

• An appropriately differentiated curriculum to take account of individual needs.• Additional time for differentiated homework and in-class tasks.• Additional differentiated literacy teaching, with modified ...

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October 5, 2024

Age 16-18 – Typical characteristics of young people with a Hearing Impairment (HI)

A Hearing Impairment (HI) - a young person may experience difficulties in the following areas:o Following instructions, gaps in their learning.o Retaining new vocabulary.o Understanding ...

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November 22, 2024

Pledge 3 – Be thoughtful

You said: “We want people to understand our needs and know how to help” Our pledge to you We will treat you as the expert, ...

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October 6, 2024

SEND 2023 Participation Survey – Easy read

We produced two surveys in 2023 to ask people what they thought of Torbay’s SEND services. The surveys were available during June and July – ...

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August 20, 2023

Legal Duties for SEND

The SEND Code of Practice 2015 is a statutory document and is very clear in setting out the responsibilities of educational settings in identifying and ...

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Torbay SEND voice- cognition

October 8, 2024

Specific Toolkits for SENDCos: Slower paced learners

Steve Butnik’s article Understanding, Diagnosing, and Coping with Slow Processing Speed offers an overview of ideas but also focuses on the fact that sometimes slow ...

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Torbay SEND Voice Sensory and physical needs

October 8, 2024

Hearing Impairment (HI) – support strategies or interventions

Follow programmes delivered by the hearing impairment (HI) advisory team. Referrals are usually suggested by the audiology service, advice for the HI service is available ...

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Torbay SEND Voice - Speech

October 8, 2024

SEND Support Strategies or Interventions to support these principles for Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Prepare the child/young person for experiences and learning opportunities.Help the child/young person to understand and name their needs and emotions Create a ‘one-page profile’ involving ...

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October 9, 2024

Suggestions for the SENDCO for Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH)

Ensure increased dialogue with parents/ carers. Create family transition plans to ensure families can support transition. Assess, plan, do, review. Monitoring the impact of intervention. ...

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October 9, 2024

SEND support strategies or interventions for Neurodiversity (3. Communication & Interaction)

3) Communication & Interaction Verbal / Communication & Interaction Social Communication & Social Meaning Set and communicate clear classroom code of conduct. Have knowledge of ...

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