Inclusion support coordinators
Inclusion support coordinators are a specialist team of teachers who work in partnership with schools, parents and other agencies to address the special educational needs of children and young people with learning difficulties and disabilities (LDD).
The team promotes the inclusion and achievement of pupils with LDD by developing the capacity of schools and by providing specialist advice for individual pupils with statements of SEN.
Capacity building
In liaison with colleagues from educational psychology service and learning and school effectiveness service, work in targeted schools to:
- Build Inclusion and SEN capacity
- Assist with planning and managing provision
- Monitor and evaluate the progress of pupils with LDD to ensure achievement
- Develop knowledge and skills on specific areas of SEN
- Encourage working in partnership with parents
- Advise on statutory SEN policies and practice.
Individual
In response to referrals from the LA case advisory panel support schools in meeting the needs of individual pupils with statements of SEN. This includes:-
- Specific specialist advice
- Facilitating the implementation of individual statements of SEN
- Monitoring and evaluating progress of pupils
- Liaison with professionals from other agencies and parents to resolve issues
- Training
For written guidance around areas of SEN please see the ‘Read More’ section on this page.
Further information
Guidelines for working with children and young people with an autistic spectrum disorder written by South Gloucestershire are now published by the National Autistic Society and available online www.autism.org.uk/pubs to access directly please use the link in the 'Other websites' section on this page.