Early Years Action Plus - What is it.

[mummy2aaron]

What level of support can we expect for ds2if he is on early years action plus?

tia

Thanks Dinosaur, IEP's we have. I wondered how much one to one there was.

In my previous experience of SAP there was no one to one at all, only small group work and only for a limited time (think it was something like 2 x 20 minutes a week along with some reading practice again in a small group). We applied for a statement when he was on SAP as his needs were not being met.

Unlike a Statement as well it is also not legally binding.

thanks for that, they are being deliberately vague when I ask about it and keep promising a statement soon, which of course will never happen unless I start the ball rolling myself which i am in the process of doing.

Hi,
Early Years Action Plus is just actually the level a child is on what is known as 'The Graduated Response'. The GR is a kind of chart which all children can move up and down on. At the bottom, are children who are in the 'normative' range (this is the largest area and most children stay there). The next level up is Early Years Action or School Action, which is where some children move to, when they are causing some concern. They may be monitored and an IEP may be written and they may be seen (as a one off) by an outside professional, such as an Educational Psychologist). If the issues are resolved, then the child will move back down to the 'NR' level. For those children who do not make progress on the EYA/SA level, then other outside professionals are called in, on a regular basis. These children are then moved up to EYA+/SA+. Some chidren go to be Statutory Assessed for a Statement of SEN, meaning they move up another level. Some children may begin to make progress and may do so well that they move back down the scale - some even to the NR level.
There is no money attached to being on any of these levels, (although most schools will provide some levels of support out of their budgets). The only level that guarantees money for 1 to 1 support is a Statement, although I know of cases where the money is given, but the school cannot fill the staff role.
Hope that helps.
Kind regards.

scooby that is brillaint thanks so much

You are very welcome MTA. If you need anything else, give me a shout and I will try to help.
Good luck.

Ds2 is on EYAP. His pre-school gets extra funding to put towards extra support for him. It's not enough for a full-time 1:1 but means that if, for example, he needed to leave the room then someone could take him without it affecting the staffing levels. It also frees someone up to do small 1:1 tasks with him when needed. The pre-school isn't attached to a school though so I don't know if that makes a difference to the way the funding works.

Well I have sent off my letter copied from the ipsea site so watch this space lol.

Thanks girls.

dd is on early years action plus, she has an IDP and SLT and Ed psych and specialist HV go into nursery every now and then to asess her.
she has just been accepted for an ICAN place in september.
on her IDP they work on mainly language skills and showing her different ways of imaginative play and helping her to interact with other children/adults.

we will be applying for a statement in september so it is in place (hopefully) by reception year.

She has been on early years action plus since she was 18 months, not sure how old your ds is.

He was 4 in Feb. Been on EYAP since he was about 3. They have been really vague with me though. He has IEP's and meetings but they all seem to be about telling each other how good they are tbh.

oh yes know about that, at our last review they all sat around chatting with each other, making drinks and telling each other how pleased they are with DD,s progress while me and dh and our psych just kept on looking at each other and waiting for something "proper" to start.

That's all it's ever been I always feel surplus iyswim. Was even mentioned that we do it in the pub next time!!