SEND Support

Supporting parents who have children with autism The awareness around Autism is constantly growing and with this more practitioners are gaining an understanding how to best support a child and their family. Often children with autism attend mainstream early years settings, and may not be diagnosed until after the child

Communication with parents of SEND children is crucial! Creating strong parent partnerships has always been a major part of the early years and the EYFS because many of the children are too young to communicate with the parents themselves about their day or any events taking place. Some of the

Are you ready to become an early years SENCO? Early years Special Education Needs and Disability Coordinators are in huge demand and also have a massive role to play within the early years setting. Making the decision whether to apply for a SENCO role or not can be a difficult

5 top tips on how practitioners can support children with speech difficulties within the setting Many children who have speech difficulties attend a childcare setting; these children are supported in varies way depending on the level of support needed. Often practitioners will attend outside training courses to acquire the necessary

The benefits of employing bilingual practitioners As levels of immigration are rising and more families are moving to the UK from other countries, the number of children with English as an additional language joining early years settings are also rising. It can often be difficult to fully support these children and

How practitioners can work together to help and support children with SEND Many childcare settings are still unclear as to how to identify and support children with SEND. With the introduction of the new SEN Code of Practice 2014, many changes were introduced, which has caused a variation in settings

Action early years providers should take to identify and support all children’s individual needs including those with SEN and Disabilities All children should be provided with an education that enables them to achieve the best educational outcomes. It is important that early years providers have arrangements in place to support

5 signs that a child may be experiencing a communication disorder Communication disorders can affect the way a child talks, understands or interacts with others. Children with language delay will still often be able to communicate through eye contact or gestures; however a child with communication difficulties may also struggle with non