This information is brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Early Years team, for the attention of all Early Years settings.
A practical guide to identifying SEND needs in the early years
Dingley’s Promise has worked in collaboration with the Department for Education to create Assessment Guidance for early years educators, using our extensive knowledge of identifying and responding to a wide variety of needs within our centres and using effective strategies to support children in making their next developmental steps.
Early Years SEND Assessment Guidance - Dingley's Promise
The assessment guidance has an accompanying toolkit and supports a child centred, strengths based approach to assessing children’s emerging or existing needs. Linking to the 4 broad areas of need, the educator should select the assessment tool which relates to the child’s most significant areas of need and review progress regularly within their assessment process to track progress.
We hope that this simple approach gives those working with children with SEND the confidence to identify and respond to needs quickly to plan next steps for each child.
The attached handbook, developed by Dingley’s Promise has been designed to provide a step by step guide to implementing the guidance in your setting. Click below to select the assessment tool for the developmental area you would like to assess, or use our accompanying resources to support your assessment process.
