Transition into Early Learning and Childcare.

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January sees another group of “freshers” starting in our Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) settings. This can be an exciting and yet nervous step for both the children and their parents/carers.

Successful transitions often need good planning. This is especially the case if the child has additional support needs. Within the blog we have a range of tools and information which can be used to support enhanced transitions. These sit nicely alongside the ‘Being Me!’ documents already in place in ELC settings. These tools cover many different topics. They include timescales and the benefits of planning in partnership with parents/carers, and communication between home and the setting.

Take a look at the supporting documents within the “Preparing for change – transitions” page.  

A guide for pupils with ASN returning to school

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This useful document was put together by the support team based at the Pines in Inverness. They have pulled together some useful links for supporting pupils on their return to school in August.

‘Please find attached a simple guide to user friendly resources to support children with ASN returning to school in August

The Pines Neurodevelopmental Service in Highland.
Simple Guide for pupils with ASN returning to schoolDownload

Transition Tools

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We have recently been reviewing all our transition documents, templates and tools, taking into account recommendations from Realising the ambition: Being Me.

We realise that there is a lot of work going on around transitions nationally and locally due to the impact of COVID-19 but wanted to update and add to our range of documents.

Things may look different after the summer but there are some things that will stay the same. Preparation still needs to go on around sharing information on children’s needs and planning as best we can how to meet those needs.

New document to support transitions for ASN in Highland

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Transitions for children and young people with ASN

How beginnings and endings are managed is important for our wellbeing, our sense of connection and belonging.

The circumstances which led to the rapid closure of schools in March meant that we were limited in the work we could do to plan for and support the transition out of school and to home for what was to be an unknown and extended period of time. During this time of school closure education staff have been acutely aware of the impact of inequality for some of our families, especially those with identified additional support needs.

Transitions for children and young people with ASN, June 2020

To access the full document and other transition support documents and links please follow this link.