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Miss Thomson is the Acting SENCo for pupils attending Ninfield C of E Primary School. She can be contacted through the office or by email senco@ninfield.academy

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The Early Help Service 0–19 can help support your family from pregnancy until your child is 19.

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Early Help Service 0 to 19 | East Sussex County Council

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Early Help Service 0 to 19

The Early Help Service 0-19 can help support your family from pregnancy until your child is 19.

The service is made up of East Sussex County Council and NHS professionals. They can offer a wide range of support at your home, or from a Family/Youth Hub.

We can offer help and support through:

Health Visiting health clinics and home visits

Keywork Support

Family groups at a Family Hub

Youth groups at a Youth Hub

Supporting you to become a volunteer

Training courses to improve Life Skills

Support with child Speech and Language

Antenatal support (NHS)

Other useful information:

Contact:

Email: Early Help Service 0-19 enquiries

Telephone: 0345 60 80 192

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See the range of services you can find at your local children's centre for children aged 0 to 19 years. Now called the Family Hubs.

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Amaze's SENDIASS advice line is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Call 01273 772289

What is Amaze SENDIASS?

Amaze SENDIASS is the Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service for East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. If you are a child or young person with a special educational need or a disability (SEND), or the parent of a child or young person with SEND, you can call the Amaze SENDIASS helpline for information and advice.

How can Amaze SENDIASS help?

Amaze SENDIASS is there to answer your questions and help you find the right support for anything to do with special educational needs and disability including education, health and social care for 0-25 year olds. We can also give you information on things like disability benefits, leisure and preparing for adulthood.

Our information and advice is impartial and confidential. We have online and printed resources so you can find things out for yourself. You can find all of these things on this website, but if you want individual advice or someone to steer you to the right information, you can contact our helpline. You can call the SENDIASS advice line even if you are not sure if you or your child has SEND, as we can help you think this through.

Read more about who can use Amaze's services such as the SENDIASS advice line.

Contacting the SENDIASS advice line

Telephone: 01273 772289

Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm

Afternoon or evening call backs can also be arranged, if you are not able to speak to us during these hours. You can leave a voicemail message at any time. You can also reach the helpline by emailing sendiass@amazesussex.org.uk.

If you or someone you know needs advice in another language, we may be able to arrange an appointment with an interpreter via the Sussex Interpreting Service. We also produce a service leaflet in a number of different languages that explains what we do and how we can help.

Thank you so much for the very supportive phone call on Thursday. I felt as if a load had been lifted from my shoulders! It really helped to be so well listened to and to know there is fantastic support and advice available.

How the SENDIASS advice line works

The SENDIASS advisor can offer up-to-date information. They will give you a listening ear and can talk through your situation and help you think what to do next. They can also link you to other Amaze services. If you need something that Amaze can't do they will try to signpost you to somewhere that can help.

Our advice line is very well used and is often busy. We know this can be frustrating if you are trying to reach us. Please leave a message on the voicemail. We pick up messages regularly and respond to every message in date order. Messages left outside opening hours will be picked up during the next helpline session. We will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible and usually this will be within five working days, but at busy periods it can be longer.

More support from SENDIASS

Understanding and getting the best out of education, health and social care services for children and young people with SEND can sometimes feel confusing or difficult. Amaze SENDIASS can help you make sense of the law and local systems, including Education Health and Care Plans. We aim to help parents and young people work in partnership with services and professionals and we can help you find solutions when you're unhappy with how things are going. We can offer more direct one to one help and advice for young people and, in exceptional cases, for those parents who would really struggle without this, for example because they don't speak English or have trouble with reading and writing.

You need to live or go to school or college in East Sussex or Brighton & Hove to use Amaze but there is a SENDIAS service for every area across the country. Every local authority has to make sure parents carers and children and young people with SEN and disabilities have access to impartial information, advice and support on issues to do with SEN and disability.

Brighton & Hove City Council and East Sussex County Council both fund Amaze to provide this service.

If you are from West Sussex your local service is West Sussex SEND IAS. If you are not from Sussex look for your local service here: http://councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/information-advice-and-support-services-network/find-your-local-ias-service

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Amaze - SENDIASS advice line for families with disabled children in Sussex

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Amaze's SENDIASS advice line is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 2.30pm. Call 01273 772289 Amaze SENDIASS is the Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service for East Sussex and Brighton and Hove.

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Local Prospectus for SEND in East Sussex

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East Sussex Educational Psychology Service

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East Sussex Educational Psychology Service

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About

The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) focuses primarily on the learning, social and emotional development of children & young people aged 0-25 years, within their educational setting.

The work of an educational psychologist can either be directly with a child, or group of children or indirectly through their work with parents/carers, teachers and other professionals. Indirect work often involves research, training, consultation and discussion either at the individual or systems level. Direct work can involve delivering a psychological intervention to an individual child or group but usually involves some form of assessment.

This may include:

consultation with parents, carers and professional colleagues

observation, interview, or use of assessment materials.

Recommendations are then made or co-produced to determine the most appropriate educational, psychological or therapeutic strategies and interventions to help the child or young person and the educational setting to overcome any barriers to learning and social inclusion.

Educational psychologists also undertake a statutory function in relation to the assessment of those children and young people who have the most severe and complex needs.

Educational psychologists provide psychological support to early years settings, schools and colleges in times of unexpected bereavement or other traumatic events.

How to access support from the EPS

The Educational Psychology Service offers core activities which are free to schools and colleges:

Support and consultation meetings

Critical Incidents

Schools and colleges can purchase additional Educational Psychology time to provide training and support for staff and parents/carers as well as assessment and intervention for individual children and young people.

Schools should contact their link Educational Psychologist (EP)

Hastings - 01424 726 100

Eastbourne - 01323 463 636

Lewes - 01273 336 720

Parents/carers should be encouraged to speak with their child or young person's teacher or the school or college SENCo (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator).

Organisation:

East Sussex County Council

Service Type:

Local Offer

Primary Client Group:

Children's Services

Website:

localoffer.eastsussex.gov.uk

Health Conditions:

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Getting help in East Sussex - Find local groups and services to support you, your family and friends.

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East Sussex Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy

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East Sussex Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Her Majesty, the Queen's funeral on Monday, 19 September is a bank holiday. All urgent care services, or services that would normally operate on a weekend or a bank holiday, such as, district nursing and rapid response, will continue.

Planned appointments for other services will be rescheduled. If this affects you, you will be contacted by the service and informed of the cancellation. The service will contact you again to rearrange your appointment. Catch-up clinics are being planned to keep waiting times to a minimum. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Please contact the service if you need any further assistance.

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Children's TherapiesThe Pod Occupational therapy Some children may struggle with getting dressed and ready for school, using cutlery, joining in with ball games or using playground equipment in the way their friends do. Our aim is to support children and young people who are experiencing difficulties with participating in everyday activities or occupations.

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Movement Matters UK

Movement Matters is the UK umbrella organisation representing the major national groups concerned with children and adults with coordination difficulties, a condition called Developmental Coordination Disorder (or DCD) and sometimes referred to as 'dyspraxia'.

Movement Matters was formed early in 2011 to act as an umbrella group to bring together the key bodies involved in Developmental Coordination Disorder/Dyspraxia in the UK.

This includes DCD-UK, the Dyspraxia Foundation, and the National Handwriting Association.

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Developemental Coordination Disorder, DCD, Dyspraxia, ADHD SPLD, support and information, Movement Matters

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Movement Matters is the UK umbrella organisation representing the major national groups concerned with children and adults with coordination difficulties, a condition called Developmental Coordination Disorder (or DCD) and sometimes referred to as 'dyspraxia'. Movement Matters was formed early in 2011 to act as an umbrella group to bring together the key bodies involved in Developmental Coordination Disorder/Dyspraxia in the UK.

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Some children may need further sessions focused to support the development of their speech, language and communication. This will be determined by a number of factors such as; area of need; service criteria; child's motivation.

Your child will be discharged when they no longer need our service / meet the service criteria. The main reasons (but not all) include;

- The child / young person has achieved the therapy aims and no longer requires intervention

- They no longer meet the service criteria

- Their speech, language and communication needs can be met via universal (everyday) and targeted approaches within the setting

- The family or setting are unable to carry out the activities at that period of time

- The child / young person is not ready or motivated for therapy

- Family have moved out of area or have not attended appointments

Children can be re referred at a later stage if there is evidence of speech and language needing to be involved.

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Children's TherapiesThe Pod Speech and language therapy Speech and language therapy provides treatment, support and care for children and young people who have difficulties with communication, or with eating, drinking and swallowing. Our aim is to work in partnership with key people (parents, carers, teachers, pre-schools, occupational therapist, physiotherapists, nurses and doctors) in your child's [...]

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This website offers parents and carers advice, information and activities for developing children’s understanding, talking and listening.

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Welcome to the Parent Portal, our award-winning speech and language support website for parents, carers and families.

At Speech and Language Link, we understand that supporting your child's language learning, alongside everything else that life demands from you, can be challenging. The Parent Portal provides ideas and advice, information and activities for developing your child's understanding, talking and listening in a way that works for all of your family.

How to use the site? Visit the development tab to help you work out what the next steps are for your child's learning and then go to the stage-appropriate activities section. You don't always need to create a special time for working on listening and talking, use our everyday activities turn many routine tasks into support activities.

Our speech and language therapists have devised support videos for you. Check out the 'Can I have your attention please?' series to help get your child in the right frame of mind for learning and access super fun games and ideas to encourage a range of language skills.

Our activities are designed to fit around normal family life and by implementing some of them every day you can make a real difference to your child's language development.

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Supporting Parents and Carers who support children with SLCN - Speech and Language resources, information and activities

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Short, focused online training with resources and activities that can be implemented quickly and easily at home.

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In this session we will consider what SLCN is, including looking at the Developmental Language Disorder diagnosis, and explore about how these difficulties impact on participation in the classroom. We will cover practical strategies and activities that can be implemented within school and home routines and will support these children's confidence and communication skills.

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Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

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Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

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We are Speech and Language UK - we want every child to face the future with confidence. For 1.7 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feel like an impossible hurdle.

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The Communication Consortium is a membership body made up of more than 35 community and voluntary sector (not for profit) organisations which support children's speech, language and communication development. This can be either for all children or children with particular speech, language and communication needs.

The purpose of the Consortium is to:

Share information, insight and intelligence concerning developments in the speech, language and communication sector

Share examples of best practice amongst Members at Consortium meetings

Work together to make submissions to government or sector consultations when it is felt a sector-wide response would be beneficial

Work together to present a sector voice when it is felt necessary or beneficial to do so

The Consortium Members normally meet three times per year. A Consortium Chair is elected by the Members for a period of two years to facilitate the meetings, and the Consortium is administered by I CAN. An Advisory Group provides advice and support to the I CAN Chief Executive for the strategic development of the Consortium, made up of The Consortium Chair, an I CAN Speech and Language expert and three Chief Executives or Directors of Member organisations who are elected to serve a three-year term each.

Where felt appropriate, Consortium members are encouraged to explore with each other funding opportunities. Where any funding opportunities for the work of the Consortium itself are identified, this will be shared with the Members for discussion and exploration.
Communication Consortium grant programme
During the three-year period, April 2020 to March 2023, a grant-giving programme is available for Consortium members, administered by I CAN and subject to funding. Only Consortium Members who have been active for at least 12 months will be eligible to apply for these grants.

Details about year 2 of the grant programme is available here

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The Communication Consortium is a membership body made up of more than 35 community and voluntary sector (not for profit) organisations which support children's speech, language and communication development. This can be either for all children or children with particular speech, language and communication needs.

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For a child to be successful in school they need to be well fed, sleeping well, feeling safe at home, and have confidence in themselves. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a popular theory which focuses on a series of needs to be successful.

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Have a look at the well-being page on our school website for lots of ideas and links and to resources.

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Over the course of their education, children spend over 7,800 hours at school. With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional well-being and identifying early behaviour changes and signs of mental distress. The social and emotional skills, knowledge and behaviours that young people learn in the classroom can help them to build resilience and set the pattern for how they will manage their mental health throughout their lives. Emotional well-being is a clear indicator of academic achievement, success and satisfaction in later life. Evidence shows that mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools, can lead to significant improvements in children's mental health, and social and emotional skills.

As a school, we take mental health and well-being seriously. We are committed to supporting the emotional health and well-being of our pupils. We know that everyone experiences life challenges that can make us vulnerable and at times, anyone may need additional emotional support. We take the view that positive mental health is everybody's business and that we all have a role to play.

Our Healthy Living Scheme of work provides an effective curriculum for well-being. Children are enabled to develop the vocabulary and confidence needed to clearly articulate their thoughts and feelings in a climate of openness, trust and respect, and know when and how they can seek the support of others.
At our school we:

help children to understand their emotions and feelings better

help children feel comfortable sharing any concerns or worries

help children socially to form and maintain relationships

promote self-esteem and ensure children know that they count

encourage children to be confident and 'dare to be different'

help children to develop emotional resilience and to manage setbacks

We offer different levels of support:
Universal Support - To meet the needs of all our pupils through our overall ethos and our wider curriculum. For instance, developing resilience for all.

Additional support - For those who may have short-term needs and those who may have been made vulnerable by life experiences such as bereavement.

Targeted support - For pupils who need more differentiated support and resources or specific targeted interventions such as wellbeing groups or ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant)

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Over the course of their education, children spend over 7,800 hours at school. With such a huge amount of time spent in the classroom, schools provide an ideal environment for promoting good emotional well-being and identifying early behaviour changes and signs of mental distress.

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Since 2016, this group of young people, ages 15-25, have shared their voices and lived experiences to steer, influence and advise the work we do. As well as advising on AET materials and strategy, Panel members speak at events, co-deliver training and support autism education networks.

Find out how this group of young people are supporting, co-producing and advising the AET.

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Helping you support autistic children and young people since 2007

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Young people explain autism | Ambitious about Autism

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This video outlines key features of Dyslexia and some strategy principles.

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Dyslexia Awareness Part 1: Module 1 - About Dyslexia

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The Child Therapy Service CIC, is a not-for-profit organisation focused on the early identification, intervention, and prevention of social and emotional difficulties in young people.

They specialise in supporting families and professionals working with individuals that struggle to access conventional style approaches.  They offer on-demand resources, live and on-demand training, support services, and therapeutic programmes.

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We've been so happy with the work Tracy has done with Max. She really has helped him and we've seen a noticeable difference in his behaviour over the last 4 weeks. We've loved the way she's given him a variety of techniques to pick and choose from and I think he has enjoyed trying them out.

He seems to have stuck with the bilateral beats which he listens to everyday (totally off his own bat) and he's also used some other techniques in times of stress.

Of course, he still has his worries and flashes of anger but he does seem to be able to snap out of them a bit quicker than before, and I would say he's becoming more confident as a result of his therapy too, maybe because he feels more in control.

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We've been so happy with the work Tracy has done with Max. She really has helped him and we've seen a noticeable difference in his behaviour over the last 4 weeks. We've loved the way she's given him a variety of techniques to pick and choose from and I think he has enjoyed trying them out.

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Short, practical online training for autism and anxiety.

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Autism PDA

Pathological Demand Avoidance is a behaviour profile within autism. The profile is significantly different to those who are simply diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum. Parents and professionals need to understand these differences to better support our young people with PDA.

Suitable for:

Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs), Teachers, Learning Support staff and Parents
More Book

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Practical Guide

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Practical Help with Autism | Gina Davies Autism Centre

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The British Dyslexia Association tells us Dyslexia is a learning difference which primarily affects reading and writing skills. However, it does not only affect these skills. Dyslexia is actually about information processing. Dyslexic people may have difficulty processing and remembering information they see and hear, which can affect learning and the acquisition of literacy skills. Dyslexia can also impact on other areas such as organisational skills.

It is important to remember that there are positives to thinking differently. Many dyslexic people show strengths in areas such as reasoning and in visual and creative fields.

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The British Dyslexia Association is the voice for the 10% of the population that are dyslexic

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A range of videos on reading, spelling, memory and organisation.

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Julianne Miller, specialist teacher and mum gives you her Top Tips on supporting your child with reading, handwriting, spelling, organisation and memory. These short films contain practical tips aimed at helping children aged 5 to 11 years.

5 Top Tips - Handwriting

5 Top Tips - Spelling

5 Top Tips - Reading

5 Top Tips - Organisation

5 Top Tips - Memory

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Top Tips on Reading, Handwriting, Spelling, Memory and Organisation

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Practical advice booklet

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A fantastic compacny for short, online training with ideas and activities to can take and away and implement at home to support reading and writing.

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Precision Teaching is a highly effective research-based intervention that helps skills & knowledge to be learnt to fluency. The session covers the principles of Precision Teaching and applies it to the learning of sight words to read. This is a slightly shorter version of Precision Teaching session so support staff can be released during the school day to attend.

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For over 20 years we’ve been publishing super-readable books to help every child unlock a love of reading. Alongside award-winning and engaging stories from the best writers, our books contain a whole host of specialist features designed to help dyslexic and reluctant readers.

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Dyslexic and Reluctant Readers - Barrington Stoke

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There’s no magic solution for children struggling with literacy, but there are ways to get back on track.

Wordshark has specialised in helping children to read and spell for over 20 years

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Supporting your child at home Shop

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This award-winning program has been helping students all over the world improve their reading, writing and spelling for more than 20 years.

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Structured Literacy for Reading and Spelling

For ages 6-11.

Winner of the Educational Resources Award.

Nessy is not just for dyslexia. All students benefit from Structured Literacy based upon the Science of Reading. The program begins with systematic synthetic phonics which has been proven to be the best way to instruct early readers. As literacy skills develop, students advance to instruction in spelling, morphology, vocabulary and comprehension. Independent research has shown the program to be effective even for those learning English as an additional language.

" Nessy really has made a huge difference. It is easily understood, and teaches through fun, concrete methods. The games are fantastic for learning. I love it! "
Julian Swindale, Teacher

How Nessy Works

Assessment: Students begin by taking the Nessy Challenge to establish their baseline reading and spelling skills. The program then automatically assigns personalised reading and spelling targetlessons.

Reporting: Reporting allows teachers to identify areas of instruction monitor student use of the program and progress.

IndividualisedApproach: Students work independently through a series of lessons with videos, games and worksheets.

Rewards: Students collect Nessy nuggets as a reward for their effort. They can trade their nuggets for games and virtual trophies. ​​​​​​​

"The kids love it because of the games and funny characters!
They actually don't realise that they are learning."
Christy Harrison, Teacher

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Key Features

Explicit teaching of language concepts

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Nessy Reading and Spelling

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This award-winning program has been helping students all over the world improve their reading, writing, and spelling for more than 20 years.

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Using a word processing package can help children with their writing and spelling and enable them to produce a higher quality of written text. Keyboard skills are particularly useful as children get ready to move on to secondary school. Therefore, learning to touch type can be very beneficial indeed. There are quite a few packages available but I would recommend trying the BBC Bitesize Dance Mat programme. I have found it easy to access and best of all it is completely free.

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Learn how to touch type with the BBC Dance Mat Typing game. It’s a fun introduction to touch typing game for kids and covers levels 1, 2, 3, 4.

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Research shows the 13  most frequently used words can make up as much as one quarter of  a reading text and the 100 most frequently used words can make up 50%.  So learning to read and spell high frequency words, in combination with the systematic learning of phonics can be very useful.

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Here are the next 200 high frequency words.  Don't be tempted to try to read or spell too many at once - little and often works best when it comes to reading and spelling practice!
These are from this link: http://www.highfrequencywords.org/

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Where a need is identified in one or more areas detailed in the SEND Code of Practice, we aim to work in collaboration with parents to support their child's individual needs.
Pupils will be placed on the SEND register and will have an Additional Needs Plan which is set and reviewed 3 x year.

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The SEND Code of Practice says 'a child of compulsory school age ... has a learning difficulty or disability if they:

Have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age or

Have a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of the facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in a mainstream school

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The SEND Code of Practice identifies 4 areas of need:
Communication & Interaction
Cognition & Learning
Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Physical & Sensory

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ISEND (Inclusion and SEND), is the name for the services provided by East Sussex County Council to support children and young people with SEND, with equality of access to education

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What is ISEND?

ISEND (Inclusion and SEND), is the name for the services provided by East Sussex County Council to support children and young people with SEND, with equality of access to education.

ISEND sits within Children's Services alongside other services such as Admissions, Children's Social Work, and Schools Standards, Learning and Effectiveness Service etc.

Accessing ISEND Services

Most ISEND services are accessed via the ISEND Front Door on Czone. Referrals are usually made by professionals who support children such as the Special Educational Needs Coordinators (SENCOs) in schools and nurseries. For more information on ISEND Front Door referrals, please follow this link:

ISEND includes various services with specific roles. These roles may include directly supporting children with SEND or supporting and advising schools. All of the services on this page are linked to their full service details on our directory, hosted on East Sussex 1Space.

To view all of the ISEND services listed on this page on the East Sussex 1Space directory, please click the link below:
The ISEND services are as follows:
Assessment and Planning (A&P)

The Assessment and Planning team manages the assessment and planning process for Education, Health and Care Plans for children and young people aged 0 to 25 with special educational needs.

To read the full service description and to find out how you can get in contact, please click the link below:
The Interim Provision Service (IPS)
The Interim Provision Service (IPS) is an interim teaching service for children and young people between 5-25 years with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) who are not on roll of a school and are awaiting an educational placement.

Teaching support is accessed only via a referral from the Assessment and Planning Officer (APO) in the Assessment and Planning (A&P) Team. Schools, parents and other services or professionals are unable to refer or request support from IPS.
ISEND Post 16 & INMS team
East Sussex County Council also have a small team of managers, the ISEND Post 16 & INMS team, that work closely with the Assessment and Planning (A&P) team and with local colleges and training providers around support and provision for young people, post 16.

Children's Disability Service (CDS)

The Children's Disability Service helps Children and young people who have severe and enduring cognitive delay and learning disabilities who may also have physical disabilities. We assess children up to 16 years old, and their families, for social care support.

To read the full service description and to find out how you can get in contact, please click the link below:

Communication, Learning, Autism Support Service (CLASS)

The ISEND Communication, Learning and Autism Support Service (CLASS) offers support, advice, guidance and training to mainstream schools and academies. They work with other ISEND services to support children and young people to successfully access full time education.

To read the full service description and to find out how you can get in contact, please click the link below:

CLASS+

CLASS+ works across East Sussex to support families/carers of Autistic children and young people. Their aim is to provide guidance and training that enables families/carers to build their understanding of the strengths and challenges faced by Autistic children and young people and to develop greater confidence in how to support them. The team is part of the CLASS service.

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You can also visit the CLASS+ Facebook page, which posts regular updates:

EYS supports pre-school aged children with Special Educational Needs, Disabilities (SEND) and/or complex needs where those difficulties create a significant barrier to learning and/or inclusion.

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Education Support, Behaviour and Attendance Service (ESBAS)

The Education Support, Behaviour and Attendance Service (ESBAS) provide specialist support and guidance to schools to support children and young people with poor attendance, difficult, dangerous or concerning behaviour, issues related to bullying and/or those at serious risk of suspension or exclusion.

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Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) focuses primarily on the learning, social and emotional development of problems encountered by children & young people aged 0-25 years, within their educational setting.

The work of an educational psychologist can either be directly with a child, or group of children or indirectly through their work with parents/carers, teachers and other professionals. Indirect work often involves research, training, consultation and discussion to clarify the precise nature and requirements of any psychological intervention proposed either at the individual or systems level. Direct work can involve delivering a psychological intervention to an individual child or group but usually involves some form of assessment.

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English as an Additional Language Service (EALS)

EALS are a team of specialist EAL teachers and Bilingual Support Officers (BSO). They work with pupils who have English as an additional language to help them access the curriculum and fully integrate in to school life. They work with pupils from the Foundation Stage, KS1-4 and post-16.

They have BSOs speaking 17 of the languages spoken by pupils in East Sussex: Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Farsi, Italian, Kurdish Sorani, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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Sensory Needs Service (SNS)

The Sensory Needs Service provides support to hearing impaired (HI) and visually impaired (VI) children across all ages and ability ranges and their families. They also provide guidance to educational settings and other professionals supporting children with sensory needs.

The SNS team works directly with children and their families, pre-schools and schools to support and promote inclusion of children with hearing Impairments and visual impairments in a range of settings.

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Sibling Service (Sibs)

The Sibling Service (Sibs) provides short breaks and activity days for children aged 6 to 17 who have a brother or sister with a disability.

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Spectrum

ISEND Spectrum is a free, county-wide service that helps Autistic children and young people 'aged 5-18' to join in activities in their local community, develop their independence and build confidence in developing key life skills. The team is part of the CLASS service.

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Teaching and Learning Provision (TLP)

The ISEND Teaching and Learning Provision (TLP) provides educational support for children and young people aged 5 to 16 who are unable to attend school full-time as a result of illness or medical disability. We also monitor the education being given to children whose parents/carers choose to educate them at home, and offer advice and support to these parents/carers.

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Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) support
The TLP also supports Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) children to achieve their academic potential in school. You can find out more by visiting the GRT website, The Stopping Place, by clicking the link below:

Glossary of East Sussex SEND Terms

Some of the terms used on this website are explained on our page, 'Glossary of East Sussex SEND Terms':

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ISEND (Inclusion and SEND), is the name for the services provided by East Sussex County Council to support children and young people with SEND, with equality of access to education. ISEND sits within Children's Services alongside other services such as Admissions, Children's Social Work, and Schools Standards, Learning and Effectiveness Service etc.

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DfE SEND Guide for Parents

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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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If you are the parent of a child who isn't known to our therapy service, or a health or education profession working with a child not known to the service, and would like to speak to a therapist about how best to support them, give our advice line a call.

To access the line, call the team on the usual numbers:

North Kent (Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley)
0300 790 6235

East Kent (Thanet and Canterbury)
0300 123 8112

West Kent (Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks)
0300 123 7004

...and ask to speak to someone on the advice line.

For queries about how a child's speech, language or communication is developing (for example, how clear their speech is, how many words they are using or the words they understand) ask to speak to a speech and language therapist.

If you have concerns about a child's physical development or coordination (for example meeting their milestones such as crawling or walking, or their ability to participate in everyday activities) ask to speak to a physiotherapist or occupational therapist.

As a result of the information you share on the call the therapist might:

share resources with you to help support the child

suggest that you contact another service for more support

suggest that you seek further advice from another profession on the advice line

advise you or someone working with the child to make a referral to Children's Therapies.

The advice line is open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday - if the line is busy you will be able to leave a message and someone will call you back.

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CLASS+ Support for families/carers of Autistic children and young adults

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CLASS+ Support for families/carers of Autistic children and young adults

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About

CLASS+ works across East Sussex to support families/carers of Autistic children and young people. This includes those on the diagnosis pathway.

We provide advice and support that:

Enables families/carers to develop their knowledge and understanding of Autism

Helps families/carers develop their confidence around how to best to support their neurodiverse child

Allows families/carers to build on their child's strengths, confidence, and self-esteem

The team is part of the wider CLASS service and focus on home - based concerns.

What CLASS+ offer

How parents/carers can access support from CLASS+

Parents and carers can contact CLASS+ on 01273 336 887 or via email.

Parents and carers can also access our Facebook page for more information.

Please note, CLASS+ is not a mental health advice point. Practitioners do not hold the appropriate clinical expertise to address mental health needs. However, CLASS+ do:

Provide Autism advice

Give ideas for resources

Share helpful approaches

Listen to the needs & experiences of parents/carers

Organisation:

East Sussex County Council

Service Type:

Local Offer

Primary Client Group:

Children's Services

Website:

localoffer.eastsussex.gov.uk

Health Conditions:

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