Who are we?
The Early Years SEN team are one of a number of services who support families with young children who have developmental and/or learning needs during their pre-school years.
What do we do?
Starting with the knowledge you have of your child we will work closely with you to support your child’s development.
In order to provide the best support for your child we also work alongside other professionals such as; Health visitors, Speech and Language Therapists and staff from Children’s Centres and pre-schools.
What we do to support your child will be individually planned with you, using your expertise and our specialist knowledge of early childhood development and special educational needs.
What might we do whilst working with you and your child?
- We may visit children either at home and/ or in their Early Years setting in order to help put in place specialist strategies to support their development.
- We support children through stages of transition, for example when they are moving into pre –school or into school.
- We offer information and advice and if it helpful can introduce families to local provision.
Who can request our involvement?
Requests come from parents, or professionals working with the family including health visitors, community paediatricians, speech and language therapists and staff from early years settings.
In the team there are;
Early Years SEN Inclusion Teachers; theseare specialist advisory teachers who are qualified, skilled and experienced in working with children (birth to five) with Special Educational Needs.
Early Support Assistants;who are skilled in working with young children and families. They have a background and experience of disability and/or SEN.
Early Support Programme Officers;
who are experienced in co-ordinating multi agency work with the families;
Administration Officers; who are available in the local offices to help and support the service.
The Early Years SEN Team leader for your area will be happy to talk to you about any questions or concerns you may have.
North Team Leader
Pam Parsons
01865 816663
Central Team Leader
Jessica Dawson
01865 456722
South Team Leader
Netta Buckett
01865 323556
Children’s Rights
We are committed to upholding the rights of all children.
Child Protection
We respect the need for confidentiality and the responsible and informed sharing of personal information.If there are concerns regarding a child’s safety we would, having, where possible, initiallyidentified our concerns with the parents/ carers, liaise with Social Care in accordance with Oxfordshire’s Safeguarding Children procedures.
Concerns
Concerns about service delivery can be discussed with the Early Years SEN team member who is working with you or directed to:
Netta Buckett
Early Years SEN Team Manager
Windrush Court.
c/o Foxcombe Court
Wyndyke Furlong
Abingdon
OX14 1DZ
TEL: 01865 323556
E mail:
Information for Parents/carers
Early Years
Special Educational Needs Team
(SEN)