Inclusion and Support Service

Specialist support service for children attending Foundation Stage 1 to end of Year 2 for children accessing mainstream schools.

We support children whose primary area of need is Communication and Interaction. Children suitable for our service would typically fall within Interactive or Communicative stages, if they have a Speech and Language communication plan. If schools are using HET Fundamentals of Learning assessment tool, children suitable for our service would typically fall within Social or Language Partner stages.

We believe that early intervention and providing the right level of support at the right time, provides more opportunities to enabled children to develop within their social communication and often remain in mainstream primary schools.

Our Team

Sarah Grindley
Early Communication Lead

Danielle Noon
Early Communication Practitioner

Kerrie Nuttall
Early Communication Practitioner

Jeanette O'Grady
Early Communication Practitioner

Charlene Potter
Early Communication Practitioner

What do we offer?

We are proud to offer a three tiered support package:

Tier One - Support

Multi-Agency Network Meeting

A member of our team will attend regular meetings to offer advice regarding early communication and interaction strategies.

Early Development Training Day

Our service will offer one whole day training session termly, focusing on Early Development: How to support children with additional needs. This training offers an opportunity for new staff or staff that can not access our Tier Two Twilight Training package.

To access the online Tier One Training Request Form, please use the QR code below or access via the link.

Tier Two - Training

Twilight Training

Our service offers a universal Twilight Training package to mainstream schools.

This consists of 3 x 1.5hr sessions:

Communication and Interaction
Analysing behaviour : Taming Tantrums and Managing Meltdowns
Developing engagement and Structured learning

These sessions will be delivered in schools and aimed towards Foundation and Key Stage One.

Workshops

These workshops provide informal sessions aimed towards a smaller audience linking resources discussed in Twilight Training sessions:

Intensive Interaction
Developing communication
Structuring activities and routines
Implementation of visuals within the environment
Widgit Online

To access the online Tier Two Training Support Request Form, please use the QR code below or access via the link.

Tier Two - Environmental Support

Environment support is provided to settings to ensure that the environment is adapted to meet the needs of children regarding early communication and interaction.

Support provided within this package includes:

Initial observation and feedback report: routine and structure, visual support, communication and interaction, and enabling adults.
ECT practitioner modelling and coaching linked to outcomes over 6-week period.

To access the online Tier Two Environmental Support Request Form, please use the QR code below or access via the link.

Tier Three

If you have concerns regarding a child that you support and feel that this service may be of benefit, please download our Referral Form, complete and email, along with our Parent Consent Form, to ECToutreach@het.academy

A dedicated Early Communication Team Practitioner will be allocated to complete an Initial Observation. A support plan will be created with outcomes to support early communication and interaction.

Schools will be allocated up two weeks to implement recommendations such as resources and/or adaptations to the environment or routines, prior to beginning active support. Failure to follow recommendations may lead to delayed support or referral being rejected.

Active support will be initially over six weeks and reviewed; support can be extended further, depending on the child's needs. Support will not exceed 12 weeks.

There are two levels of support Early Communication Team provide: