Presentation by Charis Penfold and Kamal Riar from Achieving for Children Tuesday 25 April 2017

Director for Education Services Charis Penfold

SEN Update An exciting but complex agenda! 2,200 EHCPs in 2017 across AfC (+7%pa) Severe categories increasing 10%pa Significant budget challenges in both DSGs, for the Councils and for schools. High needs spend across AfC will exceed by £5M and £4M Implementation of national SEND reforms is exciting but not easy to implement locally Deadlines for statement to EHCP transfer are unrealistic

SEN Update Currently completing a full needs assessment of all children / YP with SEN to inform a revised strategy and plans for investment in SEN Resource Base provision. Consultation with schools, parents and carers 1 Special Free School agreed, one further application planned Mainstream school inclusion focus - Team Inclusion Primary focus groups to understand what behaviours are most challenging in schools. EPS input to help secondary schools to understand, support and include their most complex, challenging and vulnerable students, including those at risk of exclusion and/or educational disengagement KS2/3 Transition – what does being ‘secondary ready’ mean

Primary Support Practitioner SEMH

Supporting teachers and Inclusion managers to meet the needs of pupils with social / emotional or behavioural needs (which may affect their learning; putting them at risk of exclusion, under-achieving and mental health issues) using realistic; practical resources and systems

SEN ADHD Low- level anxiety ASD Emotional regulation (e.g. anger / anxiety ) Attachment needs Down's Syndrome Self – esteem / resiliency

Pupil work/Group work/Class work Support plans / Teacher / T.A coaching / Training Observations, assessments and guidance for individual pupils and support in the production of support plans Monitoring the implementation of support to meet the changing needs of the pupil Advice on base-lining, assessment and monitoring in the area of SEBD

Main needs... Emotional regulation Sensory processing Executive functioning

All 3 of these neurological components - Sensory processing, executive functioning and emotional regulation - depend on one another Important to look at all 3 Share : Which self regulation tools do you use ?

What can schools do to support pupils with ADHD... Staff can have an ethos seeing the positive / strengths Alert to what’s going on Tireless when motivated Keen to get on with things Independent Willing and able to take risks Fearless and energetic Keen/impatient to contribute Spontaneous Individualistic, enquiring

What can schools do ? Have a 'soft start'/ morning routine/ checking -in Support parents with making a visual schedule to help the mornings run smoother Why a morning checking - in? A time for nurture/ social time - Go over visual timetable and changes to the day - Ask how they are/ use any emotional coaching tools Pre- tell expectations around expected behaviour and learning tasks Explain how this 'expected behaviour' will be 'noticed'

Discuss Plan A and Plan B Go over targets with visuals

Ask staff to record type and frequency of incidents to check the appropriateness of provision Work wise: teachers can make a big difference by using clear instructions / less text and visuals Scaffold / separate the task into 10 minute chunks, ensuring a break / sensory / movement / calming break Clarity around work expectations Teach skills around transitions

Emotional coaching skills and tools.... The '5 ' point scale. The way to A. The Zones of Regulation Comic strip conversations Visual schedules.

Feelings in the classroom display

Whole class too!

Point of choice...

Zones of regulation tool

Green zone - Good to go Yellow zone - caution / slow down Red zone - person needs to stop / regain control Blue zone - blue rest area / tired / need to recharge NOTE: everyone experiences all of the zones at one time or another

Red and Yellow zones are not the bad / naughty zones. Aim is to teach pupils to figure out the expected in different situations and determine if they need to manage their behaviours while in different zones to meet the demands of the different zones Not a tool for pointing out when they are in red / yellow

Questions ?