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Support for Learning

Helen Kujawa – Support for Learning Leader

 Legislation  Inclusion – presumption to mainstream  Support in schools  Barriers to learning  5 Roles of Support for Learning  Pathways to Support 1,2 and 3

Legislation

 GIRFEC and Curriculum for Excellence  Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009

 Reasonable Adjustments  CSP  Tribunals

 Education (Scotland) Act 2016  Equality Act (2010) – 9 protected characteristics:

Presumption to Mainstreaming/Inclusion debate

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIdUcFnVoFs

Support in schools

 Universal Support  Targeted Support

Barriers to Learning

5 Roles of Support for Learning

Teaching - Direct and Cooperative Specialist Services Consultation Staff development Collaborative Working -GIRFEC

Typical tasks may include:

 Interventions/ Direct teaching eg P7/S1 transition programme, SRA reading

intervention, SEAL maths intervention

 Co-operative Teaching  Assessment and monitoring of pupils with Additional Support Needs  Creating Support Plans/ strategies, sharing with staff  SQA Assessment Arrangements  Liaison with Class Teachers / Pupil Support Assistants (PSAs)  PSA support/ training – PSA Timetables/ resourcing  GIRFEC – Young Person’s Planning Meeting / Paperwork – meeting parents

 Strategies to support learning and teaching  Pupil Support Assistant allocation  Assessment Arrangements  SfL Referral process

How do staff know about my child?

 SfL Database  Confidential information memos  Staff updates on in - service days

Pathway 1: In class supports and strategies

CIRCLE

Factors which support an inclusive classroom:

 The Physical Environment  The Social Environment  The Structures and Routines  Motivation

Identify the skill that needs support and select strategies to develop it…..

Skills, Supports and Strategies

For example, for Attention and Concentration difficulties:

• Allow movement breaks
• Use visual prompts eg task lists
• ‘Chunk’ information
• Present learner with short, varied tasks

CIRCLE Inclusive Classroom Scale (CICS)

Literacy and Dyslexia Guidelines

Pathway 2: Needs met within the school

Support Plans

Supporting Literacy Difficulties/Dyslexia

➢ Identify in class strategies (Pathway 1) ➢ If required, provide literacy intervention (Pathway 2): SRA reading intervention Reading for Enjoyment Literacy Strategies group Paired Reading

Supporting difficulties with Maths/Numeracy

➢ Identify in class strategies (Pathway 1) ➢ PSA support in lower band classes ➢ Six Minute SEAL programme for S1/S2 (Pathway 2)

Supporting Health and Well Being

 LIAM programme  Nurture Support  PEERS/ Emotion Talks  1:1 work for individual pupils

Getting it Right for Every Child

 Getting it right for every child in Edinburgh threads through all

existing policy, practice, strategy and legislation affecting children, young people and families

 The purpose of GIRFEC in Edinburgh is to support a common

coordinated approach across all agencies

 GIRFEC facilitates the delivery of appropriate, proportionate and

timely help to any child or young person, as and when they need it.

 Getting it right for every child in Edinburgh integrates with the

established pathways to support

The GIRFEC Practice Model

Young Person’s Planning Meeting (YPPM) agenda

What’s the story?

What are the young person’s strengths? What are the key concerns? What are we doing already? Is it working? (scaling)

Finding solutions and planning

Establishing desired outcomes (goals) Generating actions (solutions) Writing the action plan (What (desired well being outcome)? Who? When?)

Next steps

Finalising and sharing minute. Agreeing actions. Setting a review date

Pathway 3: Needs met within support from external agencies

 ASL Services eg Visual Impairment team, Literacy and Dyslexia

Support Service, Hospital Outreach team

 Partner Agencies eg Barnardos, Canongate Youth  Allied Health Professionals eg SaLT, OT

Any questions?