SEND: Special educational needs and disabilities.

SENDCo: Special educational needs and disabilities coordinator:

The special educational needs and disabilities coordinator is responsible for overseeing the provision for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities and ensuring that staff receive appropriate training to support additional needs in the classroom.

SEN Support: SEN Support is the process schools and other settings use to identify and meet the needs of children with SEN. They should alter support where necessary.

SEN register: The list of children identified as having some level of SEND. A special educational need is defined by the 2014 code of practice as; A child or young person has SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.

EHCP: An EHC plan is a legal document that describes a child or young person's special educational, health and social care needs. It explains the extra help that will be given to meet those needs and how that help will support the child or young person.

LCC: Lincolnshire County Council

Graduated approach:

The graduated approach means that children will first be supported through quality first teaching in the classroom. The SENDCo may become involved to offer advice and support where children’s needs cannot be met solely through this approach. Where children have more significant needs that require specialist support external agencies may be called upon. The support of external agencies can involve specialist assessments, specialist taught sessions, groups work and individual support.

Assess, plan, do, review cycle:

Teachers will assess pupils regularly which will then allow them to plan appropriate support to be delivered in school and this will then be reviewed regularly. Assessment is part of the review and so the cycle begins again.

Transition:

Transition is when children move from one-year group, setting or class into a new year group, setting or class. This can be difficult for children with SEND and we will plan additional support at these times for those that require it.

Provision:

Provision is the support and the teaching that we provide for the children. For children with SEND the staff will provide support that is additional to and different from the provision that is routinely available to children in the classroom. This provision may still take place in the classroom or outside in a different room or space. The provision may be individual or in a small group and it may involve separate or specialist resources. Some examples of SEND provision are: a physiotherapy program, a speech and language program of support, small group extra phonics or maths work.

Diagnosis:

A diagnosis can only be made by a medical professional such as a community paediatrician, specialist doctor or consultant. A diagnosis will identify a specific named condition that may or may not impact upon a child’s ability to access the curriculum. Some examples are autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, cerebral palsy.

Progress:

Progress refers to a measurement of how much children have learnt or improved over time. If a child has SEND they may progress differently and at a different rate from other children in their year group. At reviews and parent’s evenings staff will talk to you about how much progress your child is making and will identify whether they are meeting age related expectations. If they are making significantly less progress than other children or achieving significantly lower outcomes they may be identified as having a special educational need.