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SEN ReformThe new SEND Code of Practice and Early Years

Settings

June 2014 Conference

SEN Reform Worcestershire


2SEN Reform Worcestershire

SEND Code of Practice 2014(effective September)

It is STATUTORY guidance that must be followed by:- All educational settings - Local Authorities- Health bodies

Settings must have regard to the code from 1st September 2014


What is it trying to achieve?• To ensure SEN is picked up at the earliest opportunity

• To support staff to have the knowledge, understanding and skills to identify early and intervene appropriately

• To ensure parents know what to expect from a service, and also what services are available

• High aspirations for all children



What is different?• New age range 0-25• Greater focus on the views of children and young people

and their role in decision-making.• Guidance on joint planning and commissioning of

services across the agencies.• Statements for complex children to be replaced with

Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)• Personal Budgets• New guidance on the support that children should

receive within settings.• Local Offer



Greater focus on……• EY Settings to support the LA in identifying

children with SEN

• Greater focus on all agencies (including EY’s) working together to support children and families

• High quality provision and high expectations

• SEND Tribunals



Personal budgets

“An amount of money identified by the LA to deliver part of the OUTCOMES set out in EHC

plan”.

• Must have an EHC plan to request personal budget

• Must meet LA criteria and support the outcomes listed



Where do the Personal Budgets come from?

Health

Education (High Needs Block)

Social Care



How will it be administered?

Personalised to each individual family

• EHC plan will look at what is needed and what is available in the county

• Facilitator or Lead Professional will support parents

• Panel of professionals to agree requests meet criteria and allocate resources

• Different delivery methods depending on individual family circumstances



Specific to Early Years

Chapter 5 of the Code

All settings required to support early identification, through 2 sets of developmental checks:

- Check at age 2 – advise Early Support Tracking- Check at age 5 – EYFS Profile

Should monitor and review progress regularly 6-8 weeks in Early Years.



Specific to maintained early years provision

MUST • Use their best endeavours to ensure that the necessary

provision is made for any child with SEN• Co-operate with the LA in developing the Local offer• Designate a NAMED SENCo who has a teacher and

SENCo qualification• Ensure children participate fully in all activities as far as

possible• Publish info on a SEN policy and access for disabled

children



Specific to non-maintained…

To have and implement policies on promoting equality of opportunity.

To abide by Equality Act 2010:• must make reasonable adjustments to

include children with SEND• must not discriminate against or harass children

with SEND

To involve parents and child as fully as possible in decisions that affect them.



Non-maintained…• Named SENCo required as part of EYFS

framework (but no minimum qualification required in PVI.)

• Best practice dictates a SENCo should be an experienced and confident member of staff.



Role of SENCo• “ensuring all practitioners in the setting

understand their responsibilities to children with SEN and the settings approach to identifying and meeting SEN”

• “advising and supporting colleagues”• “ensuring parents are closely involved

throughout and that their insights inform action taken by the setting”

• “liaising with professionals from beyond the setting.”



Change in terminology..• EYA/EYA+ has been replaced with the

Graduated Response.

• Terminology around ‘behaviour’ has been removed and replaced with Social, Emotional and Mental Health

• Policies will need to be updated to reflect the changes



Graduated Response Activity

4 x paper titled:

• Assess• Plan• Do • Review

Case study – 3 year old with S&L delay of 6-8 months in expressive language. SaLT involved.



ASSESSObservations, tracking, info from parents, Red

Book etc(Passports, all about me, registration documents,

development matters tracking, Early Support Family File, ABC charts for behaviour)

PLANStrategies and activities to support development,

look at the next steps in development with SENCo, parents and key person.

(Provision maps, IEP’s, Early Support EYFS tracking, targets from outside agencies)



DOCarry out activities set out in IEP etc, observe

throughout to record successes/difficulties, track progress

(Early Support Tracking – are skills emerging, secure etc, what goals have been achieved?)

REVIEWMeet with parents, SENCo and Key person, have

targets been met, next steps agreed(IPM/IEP review form, EYFS Early Support

Tracking for next steps, new IEP’s produced)



Graduated Approach

WHOLE SETTING APPROACH

All children – EYFS Development MattersSome children – EYFS Early Support Tracking in 1

areaFew children – WYFS Early Support Tracking in

ALL areas

The Graduated Response may look different for each child – it should be individualised support.



Ordinarily Available• That which is available for ALL children to

access

• EYSFF Inclusion Supplement Guidance is the Ordinarily Available offer within Early Years settings.

• Set’s baseline of best practice and demonstrates the graduated response to meeting children’s needs.




Worcestershire Changes

• EYSFF Inclusion Supplement Guidance has been amended.

- Graduated Response 1,2,3,4

• Inclusion Supplement included in personal budgets



Code of Practice Categories for Inclusion Supplement



New Exceptional Early Years Funding Level

For handful of very complex children who meet criteria:- Deferred or delayed entry into school for matters

of SEN- Parents turn down specialist provision in favour

of mainstream- EHCP/Statement in place

MUST BE SUPPORTED BY CHAIR OF PRE-SCHOOL FORUM



Process…..

NEW LEVEL2-5 year olds

EXCEPTIONAL EARLY YEARS

FUNDING

NEF hourly rate + (£2.70 + £3.60)

£6.30


Descriptors of needs and provision activity

Use the descriptors to categorise the children for funding purposes.



Details of Child's Needs

Other Agencies Involved

Stage of Code of PracticeGR1GR2GR3GR4

Exceptional Funding

Answer

Significant Speech and Language (17 months delay)Concerns regarding social interaction.Behaviour management plan in place.Difficulty following routine.

Known to Pre School ForumSpeech and Language involved

GR2

2 years old.Can't feed himself (hold cup etc.)Very easily distracted.Concerns with social interaction and no play skills evident.Can be aggressive towards other children in his personal space.

Known to Pre School ForumSpeech and Language Therapy involvedFamily Support Worker supports in the home.Possible referral to Early Years Specialist Provision.Special Support Advisor

GR2

12 month delay in receptive language.Some inappropriate behaviour due to frustration.Can be disruptive to other children's play and can be withdrawn at times. Reward charts used for all children.

Referral to Speech and Language Therapy made, but child not yet seen. Special Support Advisor supporting setting.

GR1

Child has a diagnosis of Down Syndrome.No spoken Language and early signs of language delay.Motor Delay.Attends split placement at mainstream setting and Vale of Evesham Special Nursery.

PortageVale of Evesham Special SchoolChild Development AssessmentKnown to Pre School Forum

GR4

Child has English as a Second Language.Is struggling to settle due to new environment. Difficulty following instructions from staff.Parents report that they have good language in their home language (Urdu).

Mom attends a Stay and Play group at a local Children's Centre with a younger sibling.Older sibling attends Fort Royal Special School.

NO SEND

Severe speech and language delay (4 years old – functioning at 12 months).Possible Autistic Spectrum Disorder – on-going assessment at Child Development Centre.Will not engage with others, and needs adult direction for all activities.

Child Development CentreEducational PsychologistKnown to Pre School Forum

GR3

Child is 4 and has significant global developmental delay (functioning 22 months below chronological age in 3 areas)Parents have chosen to delay entry into school for 1 chronological year and continue attendance at mainstream early years provision

Child Development CentrePaediatricianPortage .Hearing Impaired Team

Exceptional EY Funding




MONITORING: • No requirement to upload evidence every term • Included in 30% NEF Audits• If supported by team, they will monitor evidence and

impact during general visits.• Provision map for all children on Graduated

Response1

FUNDING PANEL:• Applications can be uploaded to Edulink to save on

special delivery postage costs.

Other changes:


More changes….


PAYMENTS:• Will be paid with ‘actual’ NEF payments or

adjusted in next term.• 0-3 non NEF payments will also be made via

the provider portal.• Contracts required for non NEF and OOS

funding only.• OOS payments will be made separately.



Support for settings

• Flowchart with embedded documents to be included with guidance.

• Inclusion Supplement Calculator.

• Expansion of web based resources to support practitioners.



SEND Code of Practice SessionsAll FREE and 19:00 - 21:00

• Worcester 01/07/2014

• Bromsgrove 02/07/2014

• Wychavon 03/07/2014

• Redditch 08/07/2014

• Malvern 09/07/2014

• Wyre Forest 10/07/2014



Further dates………

September 2014

Bromsgrove Thursday 25th

Friday 26th Venue tbcand Worcester Race Course

Saturday morning 26th

Half day eventsFREE OF CHARGE



Comments about document….

Please email Becky White directly:

[email protected]

Or call 01905 822685

mailto:[email protected]


Next Steps for settings…….• Update policies to reflect new terminology• Combine existing policies into ‘Equality of

Opportunity’ policy.• Discuss with staff team and agree the graduated

response cycle within your setting• Disseminate info to team on main changes to

SEND Code of Practice• Understand the changes to funding terminology

and processREADY FOR 1st SEPTEMBER


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