Co-ordinated Support Plans Reviewing the Record of Need Jill Barry.

Co-ordinated Support Plans

Reviewing the Record of Need

Jill Barry

Case Study Approach

• Eligibility• Meeting the criteria• Deadlines!• Requesting Assessments• Writing a CSP• The role of the CSP Monitoring Group• Finalising the document• Forms available on www.abernet.org.uk

downloads / additional learning needs• Also on Grid for Learning- www.aberdeen-education.org.uk

Transition from RONs

• Assumed to have additional support needs• All the provisions of the Act where they

refer to children and young people with additional support needs, and their parents, apply

• Must seek and take account of relevant information and advice from appropriate agencies

Appropriate Agency

Each of the following is, in relation to any

education authority, an appropriate agency,

namely-• Any other local authority• Any Health Board• Colleges of further and Higher Education• A department outwith education but within

your local authority, i.e. Social Work

Co-ordinated Support Plan – Eligibility Questions

• Is the local authority responsible for this child’s school education?

• Has a current assessment identified any complex factor or a number of multiple factors that have a significant adverse effect on the child’s school education?

• Are the child’s support needs likely to last for more than a year?

• Do those needs require significant additional support to be provided by:-

• Education authority as well as another department in the council? Or

• Education Authority as well as the Health Board or any other appropriate agency?

Significant Additional Support

Consider the different strands:-

• Number of separate support inputs: how many people the pupil sees over a two week period

• Number of different agencies, departments involved

• Frequency of involvement

Case Study: Ona

• Meeting the Criteria

• The Annual Review Meeting

The Annual Review Meeting

Additional Support Needs: please state below•Mild cerebral palsy – high muscle tone resulting in difficulty placing heels down on floor when walking•Significant visual impairment, retinopathy of prematurity with lower field loss and high level of myopia•Bilateral sensory-neural hearing loss – wears hearing aids•Learning difficulties•Severe language delay

Meeting the Criteria

Yes No

Multiple and Complex Enduring (lasting more than 1 year) Support from more than one agency, provide details:

Agency Frequency Level of Support

Occupational Therapy

Speech and Language Therapy

Community Child HealthSocial Work: Star Carers, Deaf Society

As required

Block therapy and ongoing consultationAt least monthlyAlmost daily

As required for seating and fine motor skillsOn rotational basis and regular liaison with Hearing Support, Visual Support, parents and class team.Sharing information between agencies, coordinating care.Support to family for respite and attendance at review meetings and appointments

Review of Decisions

• Any decision made can be subject to mediation

• Some specific decisions can be subject to dispute resolution

• Any decision relating to the CSP can be subject to reference to the Additional Support Needs Tribunal

Workshop 1

• Using the information in one of the case studies and the review meeting proforma, ascertain if the pupil meets the criteria for a Coordinated Support Plan. Establish your reasons for this. Complete the proforma and if the pupil does qualify for a CSP, agree who will be asked to provide an assessment.

• If you have time do the same with the other case study.

What Now?

Getting organised

Action Date Timescale

Assessments requested on Week 1

Assessments returned to CSP Coordinator by

Week 10

Information collated and sent to CSP Monitoring Group by

Week 12

CSP Meeting with parents and all professionals by

Week 14

CSP finalised and sent to parents and CSP monitoring group by

Week 16

Keeping track of everyone

• Use Record of Correspondence

• Involve the school administrator

• Chase up prior to the deadlines

The CSP Monitoring Group

• CSP Monitoring Group makes the final decision about granting a CSP

• They need the minute of the review meeting, completed assessments from all involved with the pupil and a draft CSP if available.

• All documentation emailed to Rhona Jarvis [email protected]

Writing a CSP

• CSP Coordinator collates all the information from the assessments

• Much easier if in electronic format• The CSP is a Draft CSP until ratified

by CSP monitoring group and inter-agency contributors

• Draft circulated to all contributors and parents for comment/amendments

Co-ordinated Support Plan - Content

Educational Objectives

Additional Support Required

Persons providing additional support

Set out the educational objectives that require co-ordination of support for the child, taking account of the factors giving rise to additional support needs

Set out the additional support required to achieve each of the educational objectives

Specify the persons by whom the additional support should be provided: i.e. ……therapist, social worker, not the person’s name

Educational Objectives

• Objectives for the pupil, not the adults

• Achievable within 1 year

• SMART

• Examples provided

CSP Meeting Week 14

• Decision made by CSP Monitoring Group

• All involved have had sight of the draft CSP

• Meeting held to finalise the CSP

• Document amended and sent to your Head of Service for signing

CSP Finalised Week 16

• CSP signed and returned to school

• One copy is held in school.

• Copies sent to parents, Aberdeen City, (Heads of Service), and all professionals who contributed to it.

• Review timescale noted for next session.

Workshop 2

• In your groups, complete the tracking forms and attempt to write a CSP for one of the case studies provided.

• Spend time on the Educational Objectives, these are the most challenging part of the CSP.

• Discuss how you can track the process in your establishment

• Record any issues on the feedback sheet