Acacia Pre-School

Inclusion Information

Wheelchair access

Has provision

Yes

Special needs

Has provision

Yes

Experience with

• Speech and language delay
• Medical needs
• Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD)
• Hearing impairment
• Global developmental delay
• Physical disabilities
• Challenging behaviour
• Personal care needs
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Motor delay
• Moderate Learning difficulties (MLD)

Details

All childcare providers must comply with the SEND Code of Practice 2015, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, and the Equality Act 2010 which states that they must not treat a disabled child less favourably and make reasonable adjustments to ensure they are not substantially disadvantaged. Additional information about support available at this setting may be provided under the section Local Offer at the foot of this website page.

Special diet

Has provision

Yes

Details

Halal, vegetarian

Cultural provision

Has provision

No

Childcare Information

Funded places

2-year-olds

Yes

3 & 4 year olds

Extended entitlement for 3 and 4-year-olds

How are funded places delivered?

Over 38 weeks of the year (school term time)

Local Offer

Description

We have a SENCO who has undertaken a wide range of training to enable them to work in partnership with parents and professionals and put strategies in place to ensure children with SEN have positive outcomes whilst in our setting.

We also provide a range of training courses for staff within our setting, to support their skills to meet the needs of children with SEN, which has included:-

• Supporting children’s language and communication
• Supporting children’s behaviour
• Supporting children with social communication difficulties
• Supporting children with ASD

Our staff use a range of different strategies to meet children’s individual special educational needs which includes:-

• Small group work to encourage children’s listening and understanding using visual props
• Small group work to support children’s developing vocabulary/speech
• Small group work to support children’s interactions with their peers and encourage turn taking
• Small group work to support children’s joint attention
• Individualised support for short periods during the session to work on targets set by occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists
• Use of visual timetables, visual props, objects of reference and sings to support children’s understanding of the routines, what will happen next, and encourage children to make a choice

Our environment is purpose built and we have wheelchair access and accessible toilets and nappy changing areas.