Special Educational Needs & Disabilities - SEND
'Special Educational Needs' is a term for children experiencing significantly greater difficulty than their peers. Children with a disability may also have special educational needs but for others, cognition and learning are unimpaired. We will make reasonable adjustments in provision for children with SEND.
Most adjustment and additional support is around the key skills of literacy and numeracy as these impact on children's learning and achievement in all subjects.
Support can also be put in place for difficulties such as:
Speech, language and communication difficulties which include autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), behavioural, emotional and social difficulties or attention deficit (ADD/ADHD);
Physical or sensory impairment (mobility, motor control, visual or hearing).
Meet the team
Our SENCo (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) is Karen Cotton
Mrs Cotton has achieved the National SENCo Award and is our EYFS Phase Leader.
In each phase it is the class teachers who have the overall responsibility for provision for children with additional needs. Every teacher in school is the teacher for the full range of children in their class. Teaching staff receive training on range of needs including: ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder), SpLD (specific dyslexic type difficulties), attachment and trauma and sensory needs.
Well trained staff have the knowledge and skills to provide additional support for some children.
ELSA - an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) supports our SENCo in leading our trauma informed practice. She works one-to-one and provides drops in sessions for pupils in school. She also provides support for parents and carers including leading Team Around the Family [TAF].
NELI - the Nuffield Early Language Intervention for our youngest children who have barriers to learning due to speech and language difficulties.
SpLD - Specific learning (dyslexic type) difficulties can mean children need specific programmes or specialised tuition. This may be before, during and after the school day.
Team Teach, an approach to de-escalation and managing pupils who have high needs in their behaviour, communication and interaction.
All teaching staff receive training on areas such supporting children with conditions like ASD, attachment or dyslexic type difficulties in the classroom.
SEND Provision - Kingsmead Primary School
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