Please note: Due to Covid-19 we know that many children have not attended schools or settings for a long time. Therefore the ideas on the following pages may be helpful when supporting all children back to schools and settings. You can use the ideas and adapt them to support your own practice both now and for any transition into school in September. Please ensure that you refer to the following guidance: press here
View Transitions to Reception Guide by Together for Families (PDF)
www.cornwall.gov.uk Local Authority, Early Years Graduated Response document, support for the Foundation Stage to the end of Reception
www.eric.org.uk for support with toilet training for bladder and bowel conditions
www.sensoryspectacle.co.uk for support and ideas for parents around sensory processing difficulties
usinabus.org.uk/what-we-do/intensive-interaction a range of ideas about how to use an intensive interaction approach at home and in school, this organisation has run training in Cornwall for our Early Years setting and parents
www.idponline.org.uk/ a range of support and guidance for supporting children with SEN
www.elklan.co.uk/ a range of support, guidance and training for practitioners working with children who have a significant speech, language and communication delay or disorder
communicationmatters.org.uk guidance and support with communication for children with complex needs particularly around using AAC
www.hanen.org support to develop speech, language and communication
www.autismparentingmagazine.com/autism-self-harm support for parents who have a child with Autism who displays some challenging behaviours
www.autism.org.uk/ support for schools and settings who are working with children who have a diagnosis of Autism
councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/resources-and-help/i-work-education support for professionals and parents supporting children with SEN
www.rarechromo.org/ support for families and professionals working with children who may have a rare gene or chromosome disorder
www.downs-syndrome.org.uk support and advice when working with children who have Down Syndrome
www.gov.uk/ government advice to support children beyond the EYFS
www.ncb.org.uk/ Early Years Developmental Journal for tracking progress
www.foundationyears.org.uk/ Development Matters to support planning and assessment across the foundation stage
scope.org.uk support and advice for children with disabilities
hunrosa.co.uk support and guidance for families who need help with their child’s bedtime or sleep routines
cerebra.org.uk support for parents around a range of areas such as sleep, communication and benefits.
https://nasen.org.uk/ released three new webcasts and supporting documents for Early Years practitioners, SENCOs, teachers, teaching assistants and parents
ndcs.org.uk for support and information on childhood deafness for families and professionals
Makaton:
Makaton uses signs and symbols to help people communicate.
Helpful resources:
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These templates have been devised as starting points for schools and settings to adapt and personalise to meet their own requirements. They can be adapted for targeted and specialist use, as well as universal:
- Cohort summary completed by EY setting for transition to school
- Day Nursery room to room transition completed by key person
- All about me completed by child with parent on transition to setting
- All about my child- completed by parent with key person during home visit or initial visit to setting
- All about my child- learning and development- completed by parent and key person
- Individual child Progress tracker completed by key person
- Settling in plan completed by key person and parent
- Transition conversation prompts. Reception teacher and EY practitioner
Early Years SEND Partnership resources
The Early Years SEND Partnership organisation has published a wide range of resources available to help children in many different ways. This includes some materials that will help support all children’s language development. This includes , for example:
SLCN Commitment Declaration: A tool for settings to monitor and share with parents and staff what they are doing to support the development of communication and language skills. Click here
SLCN Strategies Declaration: For settings to display to parents and staff what strategies they are using to develop communication and language skills. Click here
SLCN Intervention Record: For sharing detailed information about a child’s identified needs and the interventions being used to support those needs. Click here
SLCN Quick Review Checklist: A comprehensive RAG rating tool that allows settings to assess their current practice and make a plans for developing practice. Click here
SLCN Needs Calculator: A quick way for settings to work out their levels of SLCN. Click here
Visual SLCN Pathway Tool: An introduction to what an SLCN pathway looks like. Click here