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SEND Special
22 May 2024
SEND Special Edition
* New SEND Templates and Resources for requests for support [ #link_5 ]
* A reminder of our Early Years SENCO Network meetings! [ #link_1 ]
* SENIF application closing date [ #link_2 ]
* Level 3 SENCO Award [ #link_3 ]
* Education Health and Care Needs Assessment Pilot Feedback [ #link_4 ]
* Transition [ #link_6 ]
* Inclusion and Wellbeing [ #link_8 ]
New SEND Templates and Resources for requests for support
When you are requesting support for a child with emerging SEND needs, you are now invited to use the new Specialist Support Request Form which you can find here on the Cumberland Local Offer - Templates and Resources [
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Please scroll down to the form entitled *Specialist Input Request Form (ie: Educational Psychologist [EP], Specialist Advisory Teachers [SATs* [
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You are no longer required to complete or register an Early Help Assessment if the child’s needs are SEND only and are not wider needs.
However if the child has wider needs, please follow the Early Help process as described on the CSCP website - Early Help : Cumbria County Council (cumbriasafeguardingchildren.co.uk) [
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There is also a new form when requesting an Education Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment for a child in the early years on the Cumberland Local Offer - Templates and Resources [
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Please scroll down to the form entitled *E**ducation, Health and Care Needs Assessment - Early Years* [
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A reminder of our Early Years SENCO Network meetings!
These termly meetings give setting SENCOs the opportunity to keep up to date with SEN practices and procedures. For the summer meeting we will get an update from Speech Therapy on their new resources and website.
To book your place please log in to Cumberland Education Services [
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Thursday 6th June 1.30pm to 3pm St. Michael's Church Workington face to face
Thursday 6th June 1.30pm to 3pm Botcherby Community Centre Carlisle face to face or
Thursday 6th June 6pm to 7pm online Teams meeting
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SENIF application closing date
Applications for the next round of SENIF need to be sent in by *31st May 2024* for funding to commence April or September (depending on age of child)
(*Please note*, applications received after this deadline will not be considered until the following panel.)
For further guidance and information on how to apply, please see:
Families Information | Early Years’ SEND Inclusion Funding (SENIF) Guidance (cumberland.gov.uk) [
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Level 3 SENCO Award
L3 SENCO Award
*Level 3 SENCO award for PVI SENCOs and childminders: free face to face course – register your interest*
*LAST FEW PLACES AVAILABLE*
Cumberland Early Years team is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of *free* places on the accredited NCFE Cache Level 3 Award for Special Education Needs Coordinator in Early Years Settings. This programme is for Early Years SENCOs or aspiring SENCOs working in the Private, Voluntary and Independent sector (including childminders) who want to gain a qualification and recognition for their role as an Early Years SENCO. It will support them to develop strategies, practices and policy to ensure children with SEND are able to make progress and meet their potential.
The training consists of 12.5 days *face to face* training plus some independent study. It will take place between September 2024 and May 2025.
For further information or to register an Expression of Interest, please click on the following link:
Expression of interest letter with MS form.docx [
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Education Health and Care Needs Assessment Pilot Feedback
Feedback
Following feedback from stakeholders around the issues they faced when completing Early Help referrals for EHC needs assessments, the SEND team have launched a pilot to remove SEND from the Early Help process. The SEND EHCNA paperwork has been available to use since January this year:
Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment - 5+ [
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Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment - Early Years [
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Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment - Parent/Carers/Young People Aged 16+ [
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Specialist Input Request Form [
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A considerable number of settings have trialled the new EHC Needs Assessment paperwork. We are about to begin the evaluation of the pilot and need your feedback. Could you please complete this short survey (it only takes a few minutes). If you haven’t yet used the paperwork, you can view it on the links above and let us know your thoughts by way of the survey:
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Survey closes 24th May 2024.
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Transition
Ideas to support parents, schools and settings can be found in our Transition Toolkit on the Early Years webpage -
Support for Childminders, Early Years and Childcare Provision | Cumberland Council [
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There are a number of useful documents including:
Information to share template
(you may find this useful to complete and send to school)
Points to consider when supporting enhanced transitions
Transition Support Plan and example.
Remember to invite school staff to Team Around the Family meetings in the summer term.
*Early years transitions and how they set our children up for life
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Jamel Carly explains how the Early Years teaches us to handle change for life
How Early Years Transitions Set Children Up For Life | Famly [
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Inclusion and Wellbeing
This blog from Famly explores how co-regulation helps children handle emotional distress. Before children can self-regulate, co-regulation helps build up their soothing strategies. Mike Huber explores the concept of co-regulations in early education, and how it can help you support children's emotional development and well being.
Help children handle emotional distress with co-regulation (famly.co) [
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