What are cognition and learning needs?

Support for learning difficulties may be required when children and young people learn at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation. Learning difficulties cover a wide range of needs, including moderate learning difficulties (MLD), severe learning difficulties (SLD), where children are likely to need support in all areas of the curriculum and associated difficulties with mobility and communication, through to profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), where children are likely to have complex learning difficulties as well as a physical disability or sensory impairment.  Specific learning difficulties (SpLD), affect one or more specific aspects of learning. This encompasses a range of conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia. 

 

Who can help?

Educational psychologists

Educational Psychologists work in nurseries, schools, colleges and across the community to support children and young people (aged 0 to 25) with a wide range of needs including: learning, communication, relationships, emotional wellbeing, sensory differences and physical needs.

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Inclusion advisory team (IAT)

Advisory teachers specialise in supporting schools and settings to enable the successful inclusion of children and young people with SEND and to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families.

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Barnet Children's Integrated Therapies (CIT)

This service provides speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy for children and young people across universal, specialist and targeted levels of support.

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Schools and settings

Schools and settings must produce an accessibility plan. This is a formal document that describes how schools and settings will improve access to the curriculum, school communications and the physical environment.

Mainstream schools and maintained nursery schools must employ a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo) who works with professionals, local authority services, parent carers and school staff to help support pupils with special educational needs.

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Other specialist education services

The services listed above are just a few examples of teams who may be able to provide support. Barnet has numerous specialist education services to meet different needs of children and young people.

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