This document describes the holistic needs of a child or young person, with considerable detail recorded to describe needs and strategies for how best to meet them. Again, parents/carers will be central to this process; the child or young person’s voice will be heard to ensure that needs are understood and that approaches are sufficient and appropriate to meet them, and it will be co-ordinated by the SENDCO.
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The SEND Support Plan Plus (SSP+) will include contribution from relevant partner agencies and define agreed, measurable outcomes informed by shared dialogue and detailed consideration of all aspects of child or young person’s presentation of need. The SSP+ remains a working document, developed alongside the expanding understanding of need as well as their changing needs as they grow, change and mature. It aims to provide the most comprehensive description of need and strategies being successfully used, not only to define the current plan but also as a means of effective communication between relevant adults. Whilst the SSP+ is often of most significance at points of transition between settings, it is important to note that those with greatest knowledge and longest experience of the child or young person are those most likely to provide best quality information in its writing. Given that populating the SSP+ with best quality information from various sources is time-consuming, it is important that due attention is paid to beginning the process as soon as SSP+ presents as the agreed and appropriate action.
Where necessary, and following considerable graduated response, detailed within the SSP+ document, and reviewed over time, the SSP+ will be submitted as part of the request for statutory assessment. It is expected that the details contained within the SSP+ will, to some extent at least, transfer to the Education, Health and Care Plan written as the outcome of statutory assessment.
Given the co-collaborated content of the SSP+ from all parties and the detailed dialogue over time, this process concurs with the principles of approach outlined earlier. It is expected that Educational Psychologist (EP) input will be used to inform the writing of the SSP+. It is suggested and advised that, where possible, EP involvement will take place to support the co-collaboration of the SSP+, and as such, prior to submission of request for statutory assessment.
This ensures EP connection with CYP, their families and linked professional colleagues throughout the plan, do, review process of graduated response which should achieve positive impact. Support from the EP to develop the SSP+ can be requested through Resource and Support Panel.
There is no statutory duty for schools to complete a SEND Support Plan Plus. However, the document is developed through a collaborative process with school, parent and learner and is evidence of graduated response if further additional support is needed.