SEN Support
Where limited or no progress is made using Universal strategies, further assessment of barriers should take place. This assessment will inform which strategies at both Universal and SEN Support should be put into place. Progress will be monitored through successive Assess, Plan, Do, Review (APDR) cycles.
Expressive language
Expressive language – tools for identification of need
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs Progression Tools for ages 4 to 10 years, page 15, at a cost
- Renfrew Action Picture Test This test assesses, from short sentence answers to specified questions, the age levels of the information content and grammatical usage. For ages 3 to 8 years. At a cost.
- Talk Boost speech and language interventions for ages 4 to 7 years old (key stage 1) and 7 to 10 years old (key stage 2), at a cost
- How To Refer A Child Or Young Person – Children and Young People’s Therapy Service – NHS
- Speech Link – Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) screening, assessment, intervention and support. Packages for ages 4 to 8 years, key stage 2 and secondary, at a cost
- WellComm – GL Assessment – speech and language toolkit, screening to intervention, for ages 6 to 11 years, at a cost
Expressive language – what can help
To include Universal support plus:
- Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package – a social communication skills package which also supports attention and listening skills. Beginning with a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the pupil’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others. It is divided into six levels and provides professionals with a framework for the development of social skills. There is Talkabout for Children and Talkabout for Teenagers
- Time to talk by Alison Schroeder was Developed to teach and develop oral language and social interaction skills to children aged 4 to 6. Containing 40 sessions, designed to take place two to three times a week, the book aims to help teachers develop the ‘rules’ of interaction with the help of the character Ginger the Bear, who features in all the activities
- Talk Boost interventions can help children improve their speaking and understanding
- Attention Autism aims to work on the early fundamentals of language including awareness of others, attention, listening, shared attention, switching attention and turn-taking
- Socially Speaking by Alison Schroeder is a social skills programme that lasts a whole school year and is divided into three units: let’s communicate, let’s be friends, and let’s practise. As pupils progress through the carefully structured programme, their self-esteem will increase and their listening skills and expressive language abilities will improve, and in turn will benefit from enhanced social interaction
Receptive language
Receptive language – tools for identification of need
- How To Refer A Child Or Young Person – Children and Young People’s Therapy Service
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs Progression Tools for ages 4 to 10 years, page 10, at a cost
- British Picture Vocabulary Scale is a test to assess a pupil’s receptive vocabulary, for ages 3 to 16 years, at a cost
- Speech Link – SLCN screening, assessment, intervention and support, packages for ages 4 to 8 years, key stage 2 and secondary, at a cost
- WellComm – GL Assessment – speech and language toolkit, screening to intervention, for ages 6 to 11 years, at a cost
Receptive language – what can help
To include Universal support plus:
- Talk Boost interventions can help children improve their speaking and understanding, at a cost.
Social communication
Social communication – tools for identification of need
- Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package is a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the pupil’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others. Teachers will choose the appropriate level or book to start work at. For ages 7 years and above, at a cost. Assessment is on the accompanying disc
- Speech Link SLCN screening, assessment, intervention and support, packages for ages 4 to 8 years, key stage 2 and secondary, at a cost
- WellComm – GL Assessment – speech and language toolkit, screening to intervention, for ages 6 to 11 years, at a cost
Listening and attention
Listening and attention – tools for identification of need
- Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package is a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the pupil’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others. Teachers will choose the appropriate level or book to start work at. For ages 7 years and above, at a cost. Assessment is on the accompanying disc.
- Speech Link SLCN screening, assessment, intervention and support, packages for 4- to 8-year-olds, KS2 and Secondary, at a cost.
- WellComm – GL Assessment – speech and language toolkit, screening to intervention, for ages 6 to 11 years, at a cost.
Listening and attention
To include Universal support plus:
- Talkabout: A Social Communication Skills Package which also supports attention and listening skills. Beginning with a basic assessment procedure to evaluate the pupil’s self-awareness, as well as the awareness of others, it is divided into six levels and provides professionals with a framework for the development of social skills. There is Talkabout for Children and Talkabout for Teenagers
- Time to talk by Alison Schroeder was Developed to teach and develop oral language and social interaction skills to children aged 4 to 6. Containing 40 sessions, designed to take place two to three times a week, the book aims to help teachers develop the ‘rules’ of interaction with the help of the character Ginger the Bear, who features in all the activities
- Talk Boost interventions can help children improve their speaking and understanding
- Attention Autism aims to work on the early fundamentals of language including awareness of others, attention, listening, shared attention, switching attention and turn-taking
- Socially Speaking by Alison Schroeder is a social skills programme that lasts a whole school year and is divided into three units: let’s communicate, let’s be friends, and let’s practise. As pupils progress through the carefully structured programme, their self-esteem will increase and their listening skills and expressive language abilities will improve, and in turn will benefit from enhanced social interaction
More information
See our Communication and Interaction – How can I find out more? page for assessments, learning strategies and provisions.