Shropshire Virtual School Education
In this section you will find resources about SEND, Emotionally Based School Avoidance, Pupil Premium Plus funding, and Personal Education Plans.
SEND, EHCNA and EHCP
Local authority resources
If your child’s special educational needs are complex and/or severe, and if they haven't progressed through the Graduated Support Pathway, you or your child’s educational setting can request that the Local Authority considers an education, health and care needs assessment, (EHCNA) in order to determine whether it's necessary to issue an education, health and care plan (EHCP).
IPSEA
IPSEA is a leading charity in the field of SEND law in England provide free and independent legal advice and support to families of children and young people with SEND. They provide training on the SEND legal framework, and influence policy at both a local and national level.
Kinship
The leading kinship care charity in England and Wales. Here for kinship carers – friends or family who step up to raise a child when their parents aren’t able to.
Dyscalculia
The term Dyscalculia is often used to describe someone who unexpectedly struggles to understand and achieve in Maths.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty that mainly causes problems with reading, writing and spelling.
Dyspraxia
Developmental co-ordination (dyspraxia) in children. Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD), also known as dyspraxia, is a condition affecting physical co-ordination. It causes a child to perform less well than expected in daily activities for their age, and appear to move clumsily.
Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
Shropshire educational psychology service
Persistent absence, a term used by the Department for Education (DfE) to describe children and young people who miss 10% or more of school, is of national and international concern.
Children and young people miss school for a variety of reasons that are often complicated and inter-related. Some children and young people want to go to school but struggle to do so because of emotional distress. The term, emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA), is used to describe the emotional difficulties involved with non-attendance.
Listening to each other, monitoring attendance data and identifying children and young people early who are starting to show signs of EBSA, gives schools and professionals the best chance to prevent entrenched EBSA and to provide timely support.
Anna Freud national centre for children and families
Find out more about school attendance and mental wellbeing.
West Sussex educational psychology service
BBC Video discussing EBSA
Square Peg
An organisation that advocates for children who struggle with school attendance and their families through campaigns, collaboration and innovation.
Watch the video: school is not my enemy.
Nip in the Bud – Video and podcast
Learning about children's mental health through film.