The complete  ‘Well-being and Involvement in Care – A process-oriented Self-evaluation Instrument for Care Settings (Sics)’ manual explains the importance of young children’s well-being and engagement in their play and learning.  If a child has a high level of well-being and high engagement in their environment then it follows that their social and emotional skills will be robust.  It walks practitioners through how to observe and assess well-being and engagement using the Leuvens Five Point Scale and prompts changes in the early years environment to support these skills in young children. 

The Torbay Educational Psychology and Advisory Teacher Service has created a simplified version of these resources below for ease of use.