Introduction
The Quick Checker can be used to support conversations between class teachers and parent carers at the initial concern stage. The Quick Checker is not a diagnostic tool but it is designed to identify barriers within the Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) area of need.
Quick Checker for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
For the statements below, consider if there are concerns for the child or young person’s:
- ability to plan, attend, organise, regulate themselves and manage change
- level of hypervigilance and their disproportionate ‘fight, flight, freeze’ response
- attendance at school – refer to the Department for Education’s guidance ‘Working together to Improve School Attendance’
- maintaining healthy peer relationships and friendships
- behaviour at home that may not be seen at school
- engagement with the curriculum
- changes in demeanour and/or appearance
- unpredictability of behaviour with a lack of obvious triggers
- low confidence and/or self-esteem
- failure to make anticipated progress across many areas of the curriculum