Our early years teams offer inclusion support for education providers and childminders.
We will help to identify the needs and disabilities of children aged 0 to 5.
How we can help
Our early years specialist teachers can provide support to help:
- improve results
- build links between education, health and social care
- ensure appropriate provision for children with SEND and their transition into school
What support is available?
We need signed parental consent to involve an early years specialist teacher. They can provide:
- advice about identification, assessment and intervention within the SEND Code of Practice
- regular support for setting-based SENDCos
- arrangements to support children
- guidance on what works well
- training for individual settings and on a broader basis
- links with SENDCo networks and support smooth transitions between providers
Parents and carers can discuss this level of support with their early years provider.
Two-year-old progress checks - add here to say what happens if your child is 2 and has not had one of these
When your child is aged two, early years childcare providers, like nurseries, will review their progress.
They will provide you with a short, written summary of your child's development. It will cover:
- personal, social and emotional development
- physical development
- speech and language
The two-year-old check is to identify development needs. It will help your child to get support if needed.
Providers need your consent to share information with other professionals.
Sometimes your child's learning and development may not progress as expected, even with teaching methods adapted to your child's education. In that case, your child might have special educational needs.
SEN support in settings can include:
Under 5 years
- a written development check when your child is two years old
- a health visitor carrying out a check for your child aged 2 to 3
- a written assessment in the summer term of your child's first year of primary school
- making reasonable adjustments for disabled children, like providing aids like tactile signs
Nurseries, playgroups and childminders registered with Ofsted follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. It makes sure that there is support in place for children with SEND.
If you think your child has SEND, talk to a doctor or health adviser. They will not go into a nursery, playgroup or childminder, but will give you other support options.
