SEND Outreach Service - Early Years
SEND Outreach Service - Early Years
All requests for advice and support in relation to children aged 0 to 5 are made through the Newcastle SEN Advice and Support Allocation Panel (SEN ASAP). Requests can be made for help with children experiencing a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Hazel Newstead: SEND Early Years Lead
Email: Hazel.Newstead@Newcastle.gov.uk
Mobile: 07554459229
- Information for Parents and Carers
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General information
Foundation Years https://foundationyears.org.uk/2019/08/11834/
Contact for families with disabled children: Early years support | Contact
Speech and Language:
Click here for ICAN’s Talking Point
Down's Syndrome:
Click here for Down's Syndrome Association
Click here for Down's Syndrome North East
- Supporting your Child's Early Play
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Ideas for play - Anticipation Games
Ideas for play - Bead Threading
Ideas for play - Blocks or Bricks
Ideas for play - Click Clack Track
Ideas for play - Nursery Rhymes
- Rainbow Borrowers Toy Library Information
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Additional Needs Toy Library Leaflet
Membership Form- Playgroups and PDNs
Playgroup Days- Nurseries- Terms and Conditions
- Communication and Interaction (Autism)
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Communication and Interaction Concerns & Autism
If you are concerned that your child has Social Communication Difficulties or Autism you can find more information through the following links
National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)
North East Autism Society (ne-as.org.uk)
Getting Help and Support
You can discuss your concerns and seek professional advice from your Health Visitor, GP or Early Years Setting.
This may result in a referral to Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy.
If further advice and support is needed around your child’s play and learning a referral to the SEND Outreach Service can be made.
Helping your Child at Home
Play is integral to your child's early language and social development.
Playing with others can help your child to develop their communication and social skills.
If your child struggles to engage in shared play and communication with others, you can find lots of useful information to support them in the following booklets created by the Newcastle Paediatric Speech Therapy Team.
Strategies to Support Early Communication Skills
Using Visuals to Support your Child
If your child struggles to understand and join in with daily home routines and social situations, you could use Visual Supports.
Visual Supports can help to:
- Increase your child’s understanding of spoken language
- Provide structure and routine
- Make transitions easier
- Help your child to manage changes and cope with new situations
Here is a selection of commonly used symbols that can be printed and used to support your child at home:
- Transition Advice
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Early Years Transition Document for Children with Emerging Needs
Early Years Transition Document for Cohort
- Useful Resources for Early Years Practitioners and SENCos
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Universally Available Guidance: Version 2 September 2022
- Early Health Notification
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When a health care professional identifies that a young child, under 5, may have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) they are required by law to tell the local authority.
This is called a Early Health Notification. (see flowchart)
Referral to SEND Outreach Service (Early Years)
These referrals are made to request direct involvement from specialist teachers and/or specialist nursery nurses. The involvement can consist of direct support for children with SEND in their early years and/or advice, support and training for the child’s parents / carers and their Early Years setting / school.
- EarlyBird course for parents
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A Family's experience
This video captures a family's experience using SEND outreach service
