Explain how different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern.
“Early intervention means intervening as soon as possible to tackle problems that have already emerged for children and young people...it means that it targets specific children who have an identified need for additional support once their problems have already begun to develop but before they become serious.” (Department for Education, Early Intervention Paper, 2010.) There are numerous intervention services that are provided through schools namely, SENCo, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Workers and Educational Psychologists etc. At the beginning of the process the …show more content…
The parents will also be informed, highlighting the difficulties that are being faced, and also for the school to enquire if there are any reasons why this is happening. By performing background checks reasons may be highlighted such as a difficult family time e.g. bereavement etc. Transparency of processes and targets enables celebration where appropriate and intervention where necessary. This promotes a united and consistent provision. Ideally all relevant parties would meet for discussion. The outcome of this discussion would be to introduce an IEP (Individual Education Plan, also called an ILP ‘Individual Learning Plan’ in other educational establishments) for that child, which will show the specific targets that are to be concentrated on for the immediate future. No more than three targets will be addressed at any one time. A copy of the IEP will be with the person supporting that child so that any notes for feedback can be added during the lessons through group work and/or individual time. One-to-one sessions may also be introduced where the main focus will be the targets set by the teachers. It is important to mention that these targets must be SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebound) because once the child has achieved the targets set out for them, their self-esteem and self-motivation will grow, which will in turn have the knock on effect of
“Early intervention means intervening as soon as possible to tackle problems that have already emerged for children and young people...it means that it targets specific children who have an identified need for additional support once their problems have already begun to develop but before they become serious.” (Department for Education, Early Intervention Paper, 2010.) There are numerous intervention services that are provided through schools namely, SENCo, Speech and Language Therapy, Social Workers and Educational Psychologists etc. At the beginning of the process the …show more content…
The parents will also be informed, highlighting the difficulties that are being faced, and also for the school to enquire if there are any reasons why this is happening. By performing background checks reasons may be highlighted such as a difficult family time e.g. bereavement etc. Transparency of processes and targets enables celebration where appropriate and intervention where necessary. This promotes a united and consistent provision. Ideally all relevant parties would meet for discussion. The outcome of this discussion would be to introduce an IEP (Individual Education Plan, also called an ILP ‘Individual Learning Plan’ in other educational establishments) for that child, which will show the specific targets that are to be concentrated on for the immediate future. No more than three targets will be addressed at any one time. A copy of the IEP will be with the person supporting that child so that any notes for feedback can be added during the lessons through group work and/or individual time. One-to-one sessions may also be introduced where the main focus will be the targets set by the teachers. It is important to mention that these targets must be SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebound) because once the child has achieved the targets set out for them, their self-esteem and self-motivation will grow, which will in turn have the knock on effect of