Summary
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Making sure that young children with special educational needs have the right support is a top priority for all early years settings, but spotting additional needs can be tricky. This book is the ultimate resource for busy practitioners, who want good, clear advice on what to look for and how to set up the necessary provision.
From an award-winning author team, the advice contained here will empower you, and give you the confidence to identify and plan for the needs of every child in your care.
Topics discussed in chapters are as follows:
- Observation and assessment of needs
- Physical development, and how to spot problems
- Communication, language and literacy, and how to spot difficulties
- Personal, social and emotional development, in line with the holistic child emphasis of the EYFS
The book also includes case studies of children between 0 to 5 years, sample policies and lots of reproducible material, on the CD-Rom that comes with the book
Suitable for all early years students and practitioners, this book reminds the reader that all children require additional support at some stage, and that providing it is an essential part of good practice.
The Bigger Picture: The Law, Guidance and Recommendations
The Bigger Picture: The Law, Guidance and Recommendations
Practitioners are encouraged to ‘identify and respond early to needs which could lead to the development of learning difficulties’ (EYFS Practice Guidance, page 6, para 1.10).
In order to support practitioners to fulfil the above responsibility, this chapter aims to outline the various legal requirements, guidance and recommendations which govern early years practice. It also highlights the references within the documentation which relate to the early recognition of additional needs.
In so doing we hope to show that the process of recognising additional needs is not only the province of specialists but is the collective responsibility of all practitioners. The tools and systems needed to identify those children who may have additional ...
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