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SEND support is what schools and other educational settings use to find and meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN). This ensures that children and young people have the right support.
To understand what SEN Support is, we first need to understand what Special Educational Needs are.
What Special Educational Needs (SEN) are
Section 20 of the Children and Families Act 2014 defines a child or young person as having Special Educational Needs if they have 'a learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made' for them.
Some examples of SEN are:
- Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
- Autism, including Asperger Syndrome
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
- Medical needs like epilepsy or cerebral palsy
- Mobility issues
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Specific learning difficulties like dyslexia
If a child or young person you care for has SEN, they might need extra support from their educational setting to help them achieve their potential. This extra support is called SEN Support.
What SEN Support is
SEN Support is the name given to the extra support provided from an educational setting in order to support a child or young person with SEN.
SEN Support is different from or additional to the support normally available to pupils or students of the same age. It is designed to help children and young people with SEN access the National Curriculum to help them further their development and achieve their potential.
Sometimes SEN Support is also referred to as The Graduated Response or the Assess Plan Do Review.