Document Who provides Is it Other notes this? essential? Pathway 1 Referrer Yes This should be completed Referral Form with parents/carers. It includes parental consent. Report from Referrer Yes referring professional i.e. Paediatrician or Sensory Support Team. Report from SEN Assessment No It is not necessary for new any Team reports to be drafted at this professional stage, however if existing noted on the reports are available they Referral Form. should be sought/provided. If the referrer has an additional report it would be helpful to send a copy with the referral (with the appropriate permission sought from parents/carers). Setting report. SEN Assessment Yes if This report should be – Team they are completed with parents. attending a setting. Further SEN Assessment No but We are very keen to receive – parental views to help our parental Team these are decision making, however views. useful and when these are not received a important child can still be discussed. to us. Further information can be found on page 11 of this booklet. Timescale: These children should be referred promptly, ideally around their 2nd birthday. If specialist nursery or nursery placement requiring additional support from age 2 is being considered referral can be made as early as 18 months.
Document Who provides this? Is it essential? Other notes Pathway 1 Referral Form Referrer Yes This should be completed with parents/carers. It includes parental consent. Report from referring professional i.e. Paediatrician or Sensory Support Team. Referrer Yes Report from any professional noted on the Referral Form. SEN Assessment Team No It is not necessary for new reports to be drafted at this stage, however if existing reports are available they should be sought/provided. If the referrer has an additional report it would be helpful to send a copy with the referral (with the appropriate permission sought from parents/carers). Setting report. SEN Assessment Team Yes – if they are attending a setting. This report should be completed with parents. Further parental views. SEN Assessment Team No – but these are useful and important to us. We are very keen to receive parental views to help our decision making, however when these are not received a child can still be discussed. Further information can be found on page 11 of this booklet. Timescale: These children should be referred promptly, ideally around their 2nd birthday. If specialist nursery or nursery placement requiring additional support from age 2 is being considered referral can be made as early as 18 months.