What is SEND?

A child or young person has a Special Educational Need if they have significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or has a disability which prevents or hinders them from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age.

There are four broad areas of need:

Communication & Interaction (CI)

Cognition & Learning (Cog/L)

Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

Sensory and/or Physical Needs

Communication and Interaction

Communication and interaction conditions may include children and young people who have speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and/or autism (ASD).

They may:

• have difficulty in communicating with others; they may have difficulty saying what they want to or understanding what is being said to them

• be delayed in using language and shy away from talking

Cognition and Learning

Cognition and learning difficulties affect children’s ability to learn and do well at school. Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) include a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia.

Children who have needs in more than one of these areas are considered to have ‘complex needs’. A child may also be described as having ‘mild’ or ‘severe’ learning difficulties depending on the degree of need and the impact this has on their lives.

Support for learning difficulties may be needed when children and young people learn at a slower pace than their peers.

Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs. Pupils with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) may need extra support in some areas of the curriculum.

Those with severe learning difficulties (SLD) are likely to need support in all areas of the curriculum and have associated difficulties with mobility and communication.

Pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), are likely to have severe and complex learning difficulties as well as a physical disability or sensory impairment.

Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties

Children and young people experiencing social, emotional and mental health difficulties may be:

• withdrawn or isolated

• hyperactive and lack concentration

• immature in relation to social skills

• displaying behaviour that challenges which could be arising from other complex special needs

This could mean mental health difficulties such as anxiety or depression or they could be self-harming, substance misuse, eating disorders or physical symptoms that are medically unexplained.

They may have disorders such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) or attachment disorder and may be frustrated and struggle with school routines and relationships.

Sensory and/or Physical Needs

Children with sensory or physical needs may have a disability, such as;

• physical disability

• vision impairment

• hearing impairment

• multi-sensory impairment (both hearing and vision difficulties)

• dyspraxia

They may need specialist equipment to access learning and other opportunities available to their peers.

They may also need support to help with daily tasks such as eating or travelling. This is sometimes referred to as habilitation support.

SENDCo : Mrs Stocker

You can contact her via the school office (0151 645 9844).

 

SEND at Well Lane Primary School

Well Lane Primary School is a mainstream school, but we are able to accommodate children with a wide range of additional needs. We aim to ensure that each and every child is included and is able to access the same curriculum and enjoy the same learning opportunities. Well Lane Primary School strongly believes that the key to supporting disabled pupils and pupils with special educational needs is through high-quality teaching with additional interventions, modification or amendments used where appropriate to remove barriers to learning and ensure that good progress is made.

Interventions

At Well Lane, we provide a range of Wave 1,2 and 3 interventions to support individual or groups of children. Interventions are adapted to meet the needs of all children. All interventions are tracked using an entry and exit assessment.

Our Wave 2 Interventions include:

• Child Wellbeing sessions including Confident Me and Mini Confident Me

• Speech and Language interventions, including 1:1 sessions, Sounds Listening program and WellComm.

• Orrets Meadow

Our Wave 3 Interventions include:

• CAMHS 

• Play Therapy

• Speech and Language Therapy

Wirral Local Offer SENDLO

Wirral Local Authority have their own Local Offer, highlighting the support the offer to children with SEND and their families. Please click on the link to visit the local offer

SENDLO Wirral

Click the links below to access our SEND policies.