EPSS Professional Support Menu
Updated: 12/05/22
Raising Standards
- Support for cluster development and operations
- Information and resources on individual needs and whole cluster/school issues
- Training in meeting the needs of children and young people who have SEND/AEN e.g. Autistic Spectrum Condition, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Attachment Disorders, ADHD, ODD, experience bullying
- Training on whole cluster/school issues, such as anti-bullying; classroom management; working with parents; emotional wellbeing; differentiating the curriculum; learning styles; mediated learning and learning scaffolding
- Consultation, mentoring and practical hands on work for teaching and non-teaching staff
- Assessment of children’s cognition and learning, emotional & social needs.
- Advice and support on developing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and monitoring progress of children
- Attendance at review meetings for children and young people
- Support/training around Disability and SEND Tribunals
- Support for transitions
- Support for SEND tracking/monitoring systems (pre- or post-Ofsted)
- Support for collating evidence to request a statutory assessment of SEND
Cognition & Learning
- Cluster/school training on literacy interventions, including Sound Discovery & A.R.R.O.W.
- Advice on access arrangements for public examinations
- Loan of materials including training materials, laptops and iPads for children and young people.
- Consultation on best ways of teaching literacy and numeracy to children and young people who have additional needs
- Assessment of children and young people who experience literacy/numeracy/memory difficulties
- Specialist/trial teaching for those children and young people who have longstanding problems acquiring basic learning skills
- Information/Training on metacognition and learning styles
- Advice and support on Computer Assisted Learning (CAL)
- Advice and support on difficulties that result from working memory problems
- Information / training on mediated learning
- Dynamic assessment and advice on specific mediated learning strategies
- Advice/support/interventions for specific learning difficulties dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia,
Communication & Interaction
- Cluster/school training on language development in children and meeting the needs of children with specific communication difficulties
- Consultation, advice and practical support for teaching and non-teaching staff on evidence based classroom practice
- Assessment of children & young people who experience difficulties with language and communication
- Provision and monitoring of language programmes
- Supporting children in dealing with name calling or teasing
Sensory and Physical
- Information/training for clusters/schools on disabilities
- Information / training for schools / clusters on educational implication of working with children with complex medical conditions and their parents
- Support and practical bespoke interventions for children and young people
- Support around DDA matters (e.g. reasonable adjustments)
- Advice and support on issues arising from the Equalities Act, 2010
Social, Emotional, and Mental Health
- Information/training for clusters/schools on stress (including exam stress), anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and other well-being issues
- Advice and training on behaviour management
- Advice and training on anti-bullying and training for young people
- Advice and training on using solution-focus approaches
- Advice and training on emotional literacy
- Advice and training on social skills, self awareness and self esteem
- Setting up a Circle of Friends intervention for children and young people who are socially isolated
- Direct work with children and young people experiencing emotional/emerging mental health issues supporting them using Cognitive Behaviour Intervention (CBI), Solution Focused Intervention (SFI), Therapeutic Story writing and EMDR. This is available for individuals and groups of children/young people
- Bespoke interventions for young people using Motivational Interviewing
- Bespoke psychological interventions for children and young people who refuse to attend school
- Preparation (parents/pupils) for return home from a residential school
- Mediation regarding disagreement/conflict with parents
- Support for parent involvement projects
Whole-school / cluster activities
- Consultancy support for cluster SENDCos and school leaders
- Cluster/school training in SEND/child development/teaching and learning to support networks
- Training for school Governors
- FSP attendance/support
- Stress management for staff
- Research and project support
- Support with evaluation of pupil progress
- Support for inclusion activities and dual placements
- Advice on anti-bullying strategies
- Support for emotional well-being
- Over-sight of school-based interventions
- Support for responses to complaints and Tribunal appeals
- Support/facilitation for user-participation activities
Coaching & brokering
- Training and supervision in delivering specific therapeutic based approaches
- Coaching of SENDCos and other cluster / school staff
- Professional supervision in psychological, social work and learning matters
- Group supervision
- Brokering access to other services
Training
- Bespoke packages
- Emotional Health & Wellbeing Toolkit
- ZAP
- Secure Base Training
- Critical Incident training
- Bereavement training
- Anxiety and CBT Approaches
- Sound Discovery
- A.R.R.O.W.
- VIG
- Peer Supervision
Other
- Support with data analysis, trends and SEND decision making processes at cluster / school level
- Support with case studies, action research and other research priorities on whole cluster / school issues, improvement
- Support in disseminating relevant research information in professional publications to a wider audience
- Any other measures to help clusters and schools support children with SEND/AEN