The purpose of Individual Education Plan for disabled children and young people and those with SEN is to ensure they are getting access to the curriculum. Individual Education Plan’s should include the following information: • • • the short-term targets set for or by your child the teaching strategies that will be used to help your child the educational provision to be put in place at your child's school for your child, this means any extra help from teachers or specialist equipment that is needed to enable your child to meet the targets that they have been set when the plan should be reviewed the level of achievement that your child would need to reach before the plan would no longer be needed your child's progress that has been achieved through the Individual Education Plan, although this will only be filled in once the plan is reviewed. • • • In order that an effective IEP is created, parents, teachers and other professionals (student as well) should meet to look closely at the child’s unique needs. The basis of the meeting is to combine knowledge, experience and commitment to design an educational programme that will help the child to be involved in, and progress in the general curriculum. The IEP guides the delivery of special education support and services for the child with a disability.
Thus, they can provide instruction in therapeutic techniques focused on behavioral modification. The law can be applied relative to the enactment of policies based on the NCLB Act that include parental choice in school settings (Merrifield, 2000), school size (Cotton,1 996), and services for children with special needs (keepkidshealthy.org). According to Merrifield, many analysts have argued for parental choice in developing educational practices. The factors they cite as significant in the parental choice debates consist of having more access to what students are being taught. Foremost among the concerns and of interest to child development specialists are practices of socialization and culturally-relevant educational practices and programs.
Coordinate provision through the development of close partnerships between parents, settings and different agencies in the state, private and voluntary sector. With parental agreement , suppport inclusion in mainstream early years settings and referrals between settings. Early intervention teams have been set up in England to work with children with additional needs from birth to the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage. In every there is an early intervention team that will be part of the multi-agency panel, enabling to be made between settings. An Early Intervention Team: Promotes inclusive practice.
Social services have the powers to investigate any suspected improper behaviour from carers, children or the school. They work together with the school ensure the child’s safety and that a child’s needs are met. If a referral is made by the school social services have to meet and conduct interviews with the child and the family members involved, they talk with them and get all the relevant information about the child and their circumstances, and the child’s background.. 2. Families First. Families First is a Welsh government programme designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.
I will also be giving two examples of how developmental appropriate practice is used in a preschool classroom. Creating a caring community of learners: We learn how to relate to others at an early age. Copple & Bredekamp (2009) say “how children expect to be treated and how they treat others is significantly shaped in the early childhood setting” (p.16). We, as early childhood educators, need to foster a caring community of learners in our classroom to help children build the relationship skills they will need for their future. To do this we need to make sure each member is valued for their similarities and differences.
Assignment 3 Q1. Define in your own words what is meant by Special Educational Needs (SEN). Special educational needs (SEN) is a term used in education to describe children in who needs extra support and resources within mainstream schools to ensure their needs are fully met. The need for the extra support can be for a number of reasons, whether it be a learning, social or behavioral difficulty or disability, which makes learning and developing harder for these individuals at the same rate as other children their age. The inclusive educational provision needed to meet the individual needs of children with SEN goes beyond that of normal educational provision of children without these additional needs and this is where is work of teaching assistants, HLTA’s and other colleagues alike play an important role in support and ensuring that these children extra educational needs are met.
|Title |CCLD MU 5.1 Support children’s care, learning and development in the early years | |Level |6 | |Credit value |8 | | | | |Learning outcomes |Assessment criteria | | | | |The learner will: |The learner can: | |Understand the |1.1 Outline early years curriculum models supporting children’s care, learning and | |impact of early years curriculum models on the |development | |application of theoretical perspectives of | | |children’s care, learning and development |1.2 Evaluate the relationship between theoretical perspectives and early years | | |curriculum models | |2. Be able to lead the implementation of the early |2.1 Support the development of procedures and practices used to implement the early | |years curriculum
Under this legislation, a child is seen as having additional support needs if for any reason they would benefit from extra help with their learning. This could include gifted children. It also says that education authorities have duties to improve access to: The physical environment, The curriculum and Information and communication. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA) 2001, supported by the 2002 Code of Practice gives children with disabilities the right to attend mainstream educational facilities. This includes extracurricular activities and school trips.
The children Act 2004 this Act was introduced as a result of the death of Victoria Climbie and was the introduction of 'Every Child Matters' which ensures the wellbeing of children through its five outcomes. The Every Child Matters framework has influenced settings by giving them and other childcare settings a duty to find new ways of working together by sharing information and working co-operatively to protect children from harm. Special educational needs and disability Act 2001 this act strengthens the rights of children with special education needs to be educated in schools. It also provides parents of children with special needs with advice and information. School action is the action taken when special educational needs are identified by teachers and additional help is then given or different from those provided by the usual differentiated curriculums are put place.
EYMP 2: Promote Learning and Development in the Early Years From doing this unit I will be preparing myself to work with children and to support their learning and development. The unit will also assess me in my competence in planning for and meeting children’s needs, thus providing and supporting their learning and development activities. 1. Understand the purpose and requirements of the areas of learning and development in the relevant early year’s framework. 2.1 Explain each of the areas of learning and development and how these are interdependent: The EYFS is split up into 7 different areas of learning.