Level 7-10 strategies to support highly specialised interventions

High quality teaching, targeted and specialist strategies, approaches and adaptations for pupils should be implemented and supplemented

0-5

  • teaching and learning approaches place a high emphasis on direct training, very finely graded and practical tasks which provide opportunities for frequent repetition and reinforcement 
  • individualised curriculum approach and planned opportunities to access specific programmes of support
  • specialist individual support from range of VI specialists
  • additional adults support the child individually, under the direction of the teacher or manager to:
    • work on significantly modified curriculum tasks 
    • access daily individual support 
    • encourage independence 
    • create opportunities for peer to peer interaction
    • monitor the progress of the child using highly structured methods 
    • provide opportunities for child to develop independent living skills through access to targeted interventions
    • to provide opportunities for the child to engage in community activities 
  • a monitoring system should be in place to assess child need, identify outcomes, implement support and monitor and evaluate progress
  • planned reviews including the parent and child should take place

5-16

  • physiotherapist or occupational therapist and other involved professional reports and assessments 
  • EHCP may be in place to recognise the pupil’s needs and provision required to meet them 
  • daily individual support to work on modified curriculum
  • therapy programmes as advised by PT or OT 
  • adaptations to physical environment as advised by OT 
  • specialist seating 
  • aids and equipment, for example, laptop or tablet, alternative recording device, specialist cutlery, changing plinth, manual handling aids 
  • adult help to change position, or from one piece of equipment to another. For example, when toileting, transitioning from specialist seating to wheelchair 
  • adult help to access PE and a differentiated programme
  • specialist school chair in addition to wheelchair
  • adult help with tasks such as dressing, feeding, toileting due to motor impairment Recording 
  • assistive technology, including laptop, tablet, eye gaze, switches
  • mobility - uses a wheelchair all of the time to move around school and requires hoisting from one piece of equipment to another and may need a specialist school chair (in addition to wheelchair) 
  • dependent on an adult for all tasks such as dressing, feeding, toileting due to motor impairment
  • Together for Short Lives  - This charity provides support for families and members who work directly families of children and young people who are expected to have short lives or life limiting conditions.