What do you need to know about interventions for your child?
At Gilmour Primary School we have different waves of intervention –they are based on Quality First Teaching, including adaptive teaching in the classroom. We pride ourselves on making sure our warm and inclusive environment will help your child to thrive.
To intervene or not? That is the question…
All children at our school are entitled to be educated alongside their peers with reasonable adjustments made for their learning, wellbeing and social emotional needs. The majority of this is delivered in the mainstream classroom, and when appropriate, careful planning to further personalise the curriculum. This may include personalised unstructured times, breakout spaces for your child to regulate and additional support through clubs and parental support groups.
What are the interventions?
In working with you, we may find that your child needs additional support. This comes under 4 broad categories:
- Cognition and Learning
- Communication and Interaction
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Physical and Sensory Needs
Wave 2
At this point, you might find that your child goes onto a monitoring list to see if the adjustments/adaptations we make in class, or through a small group approach makes a difference to their learning, wellbeing and/or engagement. This duration of support depends on the intervention being delivered, usually between 6-10 weeks and is then reviewed by the class teacher with the subject leads and the SENDCo.
If your child has made sufficient progress, we will continue to monitor but would expect them to be transferring their learning and strategies within the classroom and on the playground, for examples within their friendship groups. This is a very important part of our graduated approach so that we can celebrate success but also make adaptations if the child needs them.
Wave 3
At this stage, we consider more focused support offered through external agencies/Outreach partners. It may be that the provision overtime detailed on your child’s SEND Support Plan leads to an Education Health Care Plan. We will communicate your child’s journey with you at every stage through our graduated approach.
It is important that we know whether our interventions are helping the children develop the skills to build resilience, make the steps of progress expected of them and also to address when this is not the case.