6.The special educational provision required by the child or young person
This section describes the facilities,equipment, staffing arrangements and curriculum required by the child or young person in order to achieve the outcomes that have been identified for them.
The educational psychologist is not able to recommend a particular school or type of provision (for example, a special school). Their role is to describe the features of provision required to enable the child or young person to achieve their outcomes
The educational psychologist will offer to meet with parents/carers and young people following the completion of a psychological advice in order to talk through the report with them and answer any questions they might have.
This leaflet can also be made available to community language users in their appropriate language. Please contact the Psychology Service should you require this.
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Understanding Psychological Advice
Information for parents/carers,
young people, teachers and other professionals
Psychology Service
Education and Children’s Services
Introduction
This guide provides information for parents/carers, young people, teachers and other professionals about psychological advice written by an educational psychologist as part of a statutory assessment. It describes the purpose, format and content of psychological advice.
Purpose
Psychological advice is a report written by an educational psychologist about a child or young person’s special educational needs (SEN) as part of the statutory assessment under the Children and Families Act 2014.
The purpose of psychological advice is to provide a clear picture of the child or young person as a whole person in terms of their strengths and needs and the implications of this for their learning and support. Particular attention is given to their views, interests and aspirations.
Psychological advice is written to advise educational administrators,parents/carers, young people, teachers and other professionals about:
- the child or young person’s SEN
- outcomesthat the child or young person needs to achieve in order to successfully progress to the next stage or phase
- the special educational provision necessary to enable the childor young person to achieve these outcomes
Format and Content
Psychological advice has the following sections:
1.Information sources on which the advice is based
This section provides a list of the information sources for the psychological advice.
2.The views, interests and aspirations of the child and their parents/carers or young person
This section contains information about what is important to the child or young person including their views, interests and aspirations. It also contain the parents/carers views about the child or young person’s needs and support including preferences about school placement.
3.The child or young person’s SEN
This section provides relevant background information about the child or young person, the involvement of the PsychologyService and other services and support previously received.
It then goes on to describe what the child or young person can and can’t do within the following areas of SEN and the implications of this for their learning, development and/or psychological well-being:
- Cognition and learning
- Communication and interaction
- Social, emotional and mental development
- Sensory and physical development
4.Summary and conclusions
This section summarizes the child or young person’s SEN.
5.The outcomes for the child or young person
This section describes the outcomes that the child or young person needs to achieve in order to successfully progress to the next stage or phase