Early Years SEND Support
All early years providers (pre-schools, nurseries, child-minders) must have arrangements in place to identify and support children with special educational needs. If they have concerns, they can access professional help such as health visitors, pediatricians and speech and language therapists from the universal health offer.
There is also a fund called the Early Years Inclusion Fund that pre-schools, nurseries and child-minders can apply for if they want extra support, such as a visit from an educational psychologist, or to get training and resources for a particular need.
There is a range of training on offer from education and health professionals for early years providers to ensure that they are fully aware of a wide range of special educational needs.
Between the ages of two and three years, an early years provider must check the progress of your child and provide you with a report of your child’s strengths and if there are any needs. If there are, then they must plan how to support your child. This could involve accessing more professional support.
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