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0-25 Specialist Teaching & Support Service
Social, Communication, Interaction and Learning (SCIL) Team
We are part of a service for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) across the Bradford district.
Our offer focuses on equipping mainstream schools/settings to identify and effectively support children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities through high quality teaching, reasonable adjustments and additional provision. The offer includes SEND Specialist Support, Support for Individual Children and Training.
Below is a collection of documents which have been carefully designed to help Early Years staff in schools and settings implement the graduated approach.
Please use them to inform practice in your setting or school.
Help Sheet - How to use the Early Years Developmental Journal
Assessment - Early Years Developmental Journal
Template - Early Years Developmental Journal Observation
Help Sheet - How to create a Celebratory Profile
Template - Celebratory Profile
Early Support - Practice Guide to the Early Years Developmental Journal 2013
Help Sheet - How to create an Emotional Support Plan
Template - Emotional Support Plan
Help Sheet - How to use a STAR Analysis
Template - STAR Analysis
Template - STAR Analysis Example
Help Sheet - How to use different strategies to de-escalate a situation
Template - De-escalation Plan
Template - De-escalation Plan Example
Help Sheet - How to use a self-soothe box
Help Sheet - How to write an individual risk assessment
Template - Individual Risk Assessment
Help Sheet - How to respond to connection seeking behaviours that challenge
Help Sheet - How to prevent children from biting
Help Sheet - How to support a child to tidy up
Help Sheet - How to support communication development by reducing questioning
Help Sheet - How to develop vocabulary in Early Years
Resource - Resources to develop vocabulary in Early Years
Help Sheet - How to support a child to develop listening and attention skills
Help Sheet - How to identify and support listening and attention levels
Help Sheet - How to support children working at Blank Level 1 & 2
Assessment - How to use Blank Level questions to assess understanding of language
Resource - How to use games to develop attention and listening
Help Sheet - How to make connections
Help Sheet Sensory Profile
Early Years Sensory Profile
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