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Pastoral support plan - advice needed

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Fightingagain · 05/12/2011 22:19

Ds has sm for BESD and has recently started at new school. They are now going to implement a pastoral support plan and have already put him on a reduced timetable. Does anyone of experience of a PSP? I am presuming there are targets like the IEP but would be grateful for any advice on this.

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Nigel1 · 06/12/2011 01:44

If he is on a reduced timetable from school then the LA will need to make up the total hours.
If he is on a PSP then that is strong evidecne that he needs a SSEN or that the SSEN is wrong.

tryingtokeepintune · 06/12/2011 02:25

Have they said what they are hoping to achieve with the PSP? Will it involve outside agencies?

There is a thread here -sorry I can't do link - Pastoral Support Plan - What is it? on 12-Jul-10 which you might be interested in.

Are you happy with it? I was told by Parent Partnership that it was usually used to show that everything was done before school starts excluding but this is probably not true in your case as it is a new school. Look at SEN COP 5.52 and 6.60

In theory, the PSP is both for the staff and your ds. It is 'for your ds' in that the strategies should utlimately be of benefit to him but it is 'for the adults' in that it is provideing the structure and informationon what to do when.

There are usually fortnightly meetings, 8 of them, and usually 2 to 3 targets very tightly written. You might want to make sure you agree with the targets. The person in charge will decide what constitues success eg meeting the targets 3 out of 5 times etc. and then they add other targets etc.

Of the fortnightly meetings, the 4th and the 8th are considered the most important and if your PSP involve external agencies like EP etc., then these are the ones they should attend.

In my experience the good thing about the PSP was that it enabled me to really talk to my ds's teacher and TAs fortnightly (and know what they were doing). What was extremely important in our case was that the OT assessed ds before the start and made a lot of recommendations which helped him deal with his sensory overload and his aggressive behaviour. In fact, by the 1st review, Target 1 re: aggression was achieved because school learned to recognise the signs of sensory overload.

Sorry for the essay. HTH

Flower38x · 11/05/2021 06:58

Please can someone advise. My 15 year old son has gone from a perfect student to a child that I struggle to understand. His behaviour is rude and school are finding him difficult.
That being said the school that my son attends seem to give sanctions for everything and anything. If he fails to hand his planner to a teacher , even if he does not have it on him, he gets fast tracked to isolation.
I have just had an email from a teacher and they have mentioned that a PSP has been put in place ?? I have no knowledge of this, nor have a had a meeting or signed anything ? Can they do this ?
Many thanks

10brokengreenbottles · 12/05/2021 09:22

Flower this thread is nearly 10 years old. You wouldn't be better starting your own.

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