Supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability in an Early Years Setting
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Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'What do the SEN and disability reforms mean for early years settings?’ by the Council for Disabled Children
- '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
- 'Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ by the Department for Education
- 'SEND pathfinders’ from the UK government.
- 'SEN and disability in the early years toolkit' from the Council for Disabled Children
- 'Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010: What Early Years providers need to know and do, including responsibilities to disabled children under the Children and Families Act 2014’
- 'Sources of income for early years providers’ from the UK government
- 'Looked after children’ section of the NSPCC website
- 'Guidance for Early Years practitioners on supporting children learning English as an Additional Language (EAL)’ from Oxfordshire County Council
- Find and read the statutory guidance of the country you work in for: Children learning in a language that is not their mother tongue Supporting children through transition ‘Looked after’ children Also, find and read the policies and procedures of your setting for children with these additional needs.
- ‘Attachment difficulties and disorders’ by Dr M Turner, Dr H Beckwith, Dr R Duschinsky et al, published by Sage Publications
- 'A guide for working with parents of children with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND)’ by 4Children
- 'Research’ webpage on the Contact a Family website
- 'Smooth Transitions in the Early Years: A Good Practice Guide’ from Oxfordshire County Council
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Supporting children with EAL’.
- Click to launch this lesson's second presentation on 'Potential effects of transitions and significant events on a child's life'.
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Writing a Special Educational Needs policy'.
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Legal rights of SEN and Disabled children'.
- Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'SEND Code of Practice 2015'.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on 'Working with others to support children with SEND'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- 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.
- ‘EYFS and EAL’ webpage on the NALDIC website. Click to read this advice for early years practitioners supporting bilingual children in the early years.
- The National Children’s Bureau has produced ‘What Early Years providers need to know about supporting young children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families’.
- ‘EAL specialist teachers and support staff’ webpage on the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum website. Click on the icon to left to read guidance on the SENCO role for children with English as an Additional Language (EAL).
- Click to read ‘Working in partnership with parents and carers’ by Nasen. This is a free resource but you may need to go in the access the guide.
- Early Years Careers has an article on ‘Supporting SEND transitions through the Early Years’.
- Click to read ‘Parenting under pressure: stress and the SEN parent’ on the SEN magazine website.
- The Coram Family and Childcare website contains a section on ‘Providing childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities’ that includes articles and links to other useful organisations.
- Think And Challenge
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