Wave 3 Interventions

The largest identified area of special need in the school falls under SLCN ( Speech, Language and Communication Need ) as set out in the SEN Code of Practice 2001 where 61% of SEND children have a medical diagnosis of receptive and/or expressive language difficulty, followed by 21% of SEND children with a medical diagnosis of and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Other types of need are Down’s Syndrome ( 2%), Apert’s Syndrome (2%), Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties SEBD (6%), Dyslexia (2%) and more generally literacy difficulties which are under investigation for potential specific causes (6%). These needs are justifiable as they have been recognised and identified as such by relevantly qualified and external agencies or are in the process of being more specifically identified

This section describes how we, as practitioners, monitor how the children are progressing and in which areas.

It is important to ensure that we meet the need of the students on every level. One effective way to do this is to observe, assess, and record children’s efforts and progress. In this way, an educator can prepare to help a child’s progression in the class. Being able to track and refer to the progress of a child helps to ensure greater levels of success. In the end, our program is only as successful as the children in our care. Record keeping can identify areas that need improvement, and allows us to teach to their strong points.

Demonstrate supportive and realistic responses to children and young people’s questions, ideas, suggestions and concerns

Assessment criteria 3.3- give examples from own practice of supporting children or young people to access and manage risks.

A child will be assessed by an educational psychologist if there are concerns about their intellectual, communication and behavioural development. Assessments can be arranged by the SENCO or independently. The aim of the assessments is to find out why the child is not progressing and what support is needed in order for them to progress. Specific learning difficulties are often identified in this way such as Dyslexia, AHAD, Dyspraxia. Support and targets for the child are then set to help them achieve. The outcome of the assessments may involve the child referred to other professionals e.g. occupational therapist, optometrist, speech and language therapist, psychiatrist. The psychologist will advise the school on how to promote development for example, keeping verbal instructions simple. Keep stories and group activities short to match attention span.

-quality and consistency in all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress and no

Wilson, Faggella-Luby, & Wei (2013) present a cogent plan for Tier 3 Response to Intervention (RTI) for secondary students with reading disabilities, content, and pedagogy planning tools, content instruction, and instructional method implementation. Both research application lacks concerning Tier 3 RTI in high schools (Wilson et. al). RTI is curriculum that addresses the learning needs of all students that also includes screening and monitoring progress. Continuing, Wilson et. al define Tier 1 RTI, core curriculum for all students serving the needs of 80% of students, Tier 2 RTI, small group instructional intervention, serving the needs of 15% of students, and Tier 3 RTI, an intense one to one intervention for students who continue to struggle beyond Tiers 1 and 2, serving 5% of students. Wilson et al. provides information the reader needs to understand in the article without clutter, expressing their writing with economy (Zinsser, 2013). The article is unified in theme, gives enough information without giving too much, and follows a clear progression (Zinsser). “More simple, than complex” (Henson, 1999, p. 58), Wilson et. al’s article is an example of good writing.

Reinforces important lesson concepts and prepares students for the next lesson. Loops back to the objective and involves students.

Understand how to monitor children and young people’s development and interventions that should take place if this is not following the expected pattern.

The Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage sets out detailed formative assessment suggestions. It recommends that all practitioners should:

These tiers develop school-wide, targeted and individualized interventions and supports to improve the school behavior culture. All students receive Tier 1 interventions, including students with emotional and behaviourial difficulties. Tier 2 interventions are targeted at students who are not responding to Tier 1 of support. These students usually have both academic and behavior difficulties and require additional support in other areas, for example social skills and self-management skills. Tier 3 interventions support students who have not responded to Tier 1 or Tier 2 interventions. Often students requested for this intervention will have a mental health disorder, serious emotional problems or significant behavioral

The purpose of Response to Intervention is early detection and identification of learning concerns of students and the development of an individualized plan that addresses the appropriate prescription for resolving the students’ academic or behavioral issue. In our twenty-first century learning communities, students are required to participate and are engaged in educational activities that may challenge their ability to grasp the concept in manners conducive to their learning styles. Schools are challenged to examine their methods of instruction to meet the needs of all children making them successful in all areas of academic content. “A quality school is a place where students learn to think and apply knowledge to new situations, where students are involved in and excited about their learning, where students make individual gains in process and knowledge, where adults know they care about individual students,

4. to identify and prioritise targets for intervention. Conducting interviews with parents, teachers and the child.

The first day of Triple P I learned what Triple P was and the system of its intervention. Triple P is a multi- level, preventively- oriented parenting and family support strategy developed by authors and colleagues at the University of Queensland (Facilitator's Manual for Selected Teen Triple P). It aims to prevent severe behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents (Facilitator's Manual for Selected Teen Triple P). There are five levels to Triple P level 1 Communication strategy, level 2 brief selective