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Miss Guest is our Occupational Therapy Champion. She has been trained to carry out OT assessments and deliver interventions for children who may require support with their fine and/or gross motor skills. If you are concerned that your child may need additional OT support, please feel free to contact Miss Guest or Miss Parker via the school office.

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Children may need Occupational Therapy if they find it difficult to participate in the following activities that we expect them to be able to do whilst they are in school:

Self-care tasks such as using the toilet, dressing (sequencing/orientation/doing clothes fastenings), using cutlery and eating in a coordinated way.

Participating in class-based activities such as using school equipment, handwriting, sitting well, attention and concentration.

PE and outdoor activities that require adequate gross motor and motor coordination skills.

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What if I have a concern about my child?

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What if I have a concern about my child?

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If you are concerned in any way about your child's additional needs, or if you think that your child may have additional needs, please come and talk to us. You can raise your concerns with your child's class teacher, or you can make an appointment to see Miss Parker, our SENCo via the school office.

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Just a snap shot of what we can offer for special educational needs at Cedars.

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The Birmingham Local Offer website has a wealth of information about special needs services for families.

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Parents and Carers - Local Offer Birmingham

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Mrs Elahi is our Communication Champion. She works closely with our Speech and Language Therapist to carry out assessments and set targets for children with speech and language needs. She works three afternoons a week with these children, supporting them to work towards their targets. Mrs Elahi delivers our Talk Boost interventions too. If you have any questions about Speech and Language Therapy, or you are concerned that your child may have communication or speech difficulties, please contact Mrs Elahi or Miss Parker via the school office.

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SEND Support Provision Plans (SSPP) are a document developed by Birmingham Local Authority which explains the provision being put in place for children where their needs are complex and might require multi-agency support, but where the provision does not require an EHCP.

SSPPs are designed collaboratively with parents/carers and they show a picture of need and provision over time.

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An Education, Health and Care Plan is a is a legal document which details the education, health and social care needs of a child who needs additional support within school. Children with EHCPs will have the involvement of outside agencies, such as Educational Psychologist or health services. The EHCP will explain what kind of additional support a child requires and it will have outcomes in it that a child is working towards. Sometimes, children with an EHCP may require their needs to be met in a specialist provision such as a Resource Base or Special School.

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At Cedars, we are lucky to have two Speech and Language Therapists who work with our children. We have Nicky Clark from Just Keep Talking Ltd, and Maryam Isse-Jama from the NHS Balanced System. Our Communication Champion, Mrs Elahi, works closely with Nicky and Maryam to deliver targeted therapy for children across the school.

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Follow this link to see all of the free webinars offered by Birmingham's Local Offer.

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To help support parents and carers, Birmingham SEND Services alongside other key SEND partners regularly deliver webinars covering a range of subjects.

Webinars are a great way to attend training from the comfort of your own home.

You can find out about our upcoming webinars here

Don't worry if you were unable to make one of our previous webinars, or you are new to SEND, you can view all our previous webinars on this section of the Local Offer website.

If there is a subject you would like covered in a webinar, please let us know using our feedback form.

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Webinars are a great way to attend training from the comfort of your own home. You can find out about our upcoming webinars here Don't worry if you were unable to make one of our previous webinars, or you are new to SEND, you can view all our previous webinars on this section of the [...]

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We use a program called Talk Boost to screen children and Mrs Elahi delivers targeted Talk Boost interventions.

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Click on the links to register for these free speech and language webinars. They will contain lots of practical and fun activities for you to try with your children.

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OT Telephone Advice Line: 0121 683 2325 Monday – Friday 09:00 – 16:00

OT advice available at: www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/childrens-OT

SEND advice available at: https://www.localofferbirmingham.co.uk/parents-and-carers/specialist-send-support-services/

Parent Webinars available to watch at: https://www.localofferbirmingham.co.uk/webinars/

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Speech and Language Therapy Advice Line for parents: 0121 466 6231 (Monday - Friday: 9am to 4pm)

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What is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)?

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What is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)?

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Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day

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Managing Sensory Outside the Home - Primary School Age

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