Sensory And/Or Physical Needs
Sensory and/or physical needs cover four key areas: visual impairment, hearing impairment, fine and gross motor skills and sensory needs. A child may have needs that fall within just one area, or their needs could be across a few areas. Usually, additional support and adaptations are needed to ensure a child can access learning and social opportunities other children have.
This section is aimed at children in EYFS, but it is recommended that practitioners consider a child’s developmental age when planning for their needs. It may be appropriate to refer the Key Stage 1 section in some cases.
Meeting needs: supporting identified needs through a Graduated Approach
Strategies are organised under three headings using the Thrive Framework:
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Getting advice (adjustments in the setting).
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Getting help (targeted/group interventions).
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Getting more help (specialist or 1:1 interventions).
Strategies are suggestions and not a tick list and it should be the case that some children just need the first section and others need the first two and others need all three.
Hyperlinks have been included to make it easy to locate information about suggested approaches and interventions.
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