Understand how own setting’s policies and procedures support children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Watch ‘Self-assessment, reflective practice and quality improvement processes’ produced by Early Childhood Australia (ECA) Learning Hub.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Equality, diversity and inclusion’ webpage from the Pre-School Learning Alliance
- 'Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ by the Department for Education
- 'What do the SEN and disability reforms mean for early years settings?’ by the Council for Disabled Children
- 'SEN and disability in the early years: A toolkit’ by the Council for Disabled Children
- Find and read your setting’s policies and procedures on supporting children with special educational needs or disabilities. Consider how they meet statutory requirements and national guidance for inclusion.
- 'The child at the centre: Self-evaluation in the early years’ by the HM Inspectorate of Education, Scotland
- 'Challenging practice to further improve learning, playing and interacting in the Early Years Foundation Stage’ by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education)
- 'Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five’ published by the Department for Education 2017
- 'A – Z of inclusion in early childhood’ by Mary Dickins, published by Open University Press, 2014
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Read about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at UNICEF’s website.
- Click to read ‘Special educational needs in England’ by the Department for Education.
- Click to read ‘Early years (Under 5s) Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS)’ by the Department for Education.
- Click on the link to read this research report ‘Study of Early Education and Development (SEED): Meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities in the early years’ produced by Julia Griggs and Loraine Bussard from NatCen Social Research.
- Find and read ‘Developing reflective practice’ by the Pre-school Learning Alliance. NB. You do not need to buy this book, you may be able to find it at the library or online.
- The SEN Early Years Inclusion Service provides support for pre-school children who have special educational needs and disability (SEND).
- Think And Challenge
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