The Support, Empower, Enrich universal package for PVIs and Childcare on Domestic Premises includes:

• Email and telephone support*
• EYFS SEND Forum
• Termly Area SENCO Support Groups – opportunity to ask questions and gain advice and support from the Area SENCOs. Networking with local early years settings and colleagues in your local area
• AET Early Years Standards Framework
• SEND Passport Training Package
• All Talk Project

• Early Years Hub Newsletter

   

The Support, Empower, Enrich targeted package for PVIs and Childcare on Domestic Premises includes:

• 1:1 virtual meeting (this may be offered if appropriate and necessary to ensure children with SEND are being supported effectively and to provide further general SEND inclusion strategies and support) *
• Early Years Provisions Support and Monitoring Visits (this may be offered if appropriate and necessary to ensure children with SEND are being supported effectively and to provide further general SEND inclusion strategies and support)*  All Early Years Provisions are advised to fully complete the Autism Education Trust’s Early Years Standards Framework prior to any visits. The completed Standards Framework will be used to facilitate discussions and support during visits with an Area SENCO, see here for further information.
• SEN Inclusion Fund (SENIF) Referral Support and Monitoring
• Support4Talk
• Hawkswood Early Years Outreach Service

The Support, Empower, Enrich universal package for Schools includes:

• Email and telephone support*
• EYFS Reforms Cluster Groups – SEND Element
• EYFS SEND Forum (School SENCOs and/or EYFS Leads are welcome)
• AET Early Years Standards Framework
• SEND Passport Training Package
• All Talk Project
• Early Years Hub Newsletter
• Hawkswood Early Years Outreach Service

The Support, Empower, Enrich targeted package for Schools includes:

• 1:1 virtual meeting (this may be offered if appropriate and necessary to ensure children with SEND are being supported effectively and to provide further general SEND inclusion strategies and support) *
• Early Years Provision Support and Monitoring Visits (this may be offered if appropriate and necessary to ensure children with SEND are being supported effectively and to provide further general SEND inclusion strategies and support)*  All Early Years Provisions are advised to fully complete the Autism Education Trust’s Early Years Standards Framework prior to any visits. The completed Standards Framework will be used to facilitate discussions and support during visits with an Early Years SEND Advisor, see here for further information.
• SEN Inclusion Fund (SENIF) Referral Support and Monitoring
• Support4Talk

*to include any discussions regarding individual children during this support, schools and settings will have to request the child’s parents/carers complete a parental consent form.

Further information

If you have any questions regarding the Early Years SEND support available, or for any further advice or information, please email SENDEYFS@walthamforest.gov.uk

If you have any questions, queries or concerns regarding SEN Inclusion Funding (SENIF), please email EYSEND.Panel@walthamforest.gov.uk 

If you have any questions, queries or concerns regarding the EHCP process, or an EHCP, please email senteam@walthamforest.gov.uk