What is a centred summary? A centred summary required you to put the child at the centre of the process. It is about listening to the child about the things that are important to them. It involves gathering information about the child and recording this in an accessible format. The information should be gathered and shared with those who are involved in the child’s life to help those individuals best support the child. It is about family, friends and professionals working together to create a holistic view of the child. When do you create a centred summary? Child centred summaries can be created at a variety of times in a child’s life. It could be that information is gathered as a child begins a setting to help practitioners get to know the child. It be that child centred summaries are created at a time of transition from one setting to the next. If a child has attended the setting for a long period of time, the summary may be updated during the child’s time within the setting, to provide an update of the child’s achievement. How do you complete a child centred summary? There is a template document available to use. The headings are as follows: What people like and admire about…? This heading helps to set the tone of the child centred summary, which is that of a positive focus. It allows those closest to the child to record all of the things that they think makes that person special. What is important to…? It is important in this section to differentiate from what is important to the and focus on this, rather than what is important for the child. We should listen to what the child says, both with their behaviour and words, to understand what is important to the child, e.g. family/toys/routines etc. How best to support… In this section it allows the child/family and those working with the child to record information which will tell others how best to support the child, or what you need to know to look after the child, whilst in their care e.g. how, where and when the child learns best/how to manage changes in routines/how to support at mealtimes etc. Areas of Learning and Development
What is a centred summary? A centred summary required you to put the child at the centre of the process. It is about listening to the child about the things that are important to them. It involves gathering information about the child and recording this in an accessible format. The information should be gathered and shared with those who are involved in the child’s life to help those individuals best support the child. It is about family, friends and professionals working together to create a holistic view of the child. When do you create a centred summary? Child centred summaries can be created at a variety of times in a child’s life. It could be that information is gathered as a child begins a setting to help practitioners get to know the child. It be that child centred summaries are created at a time of transition from one setting to the next. If a child has attended the setting for a long period of time, the summary may be updated during the child’s time within the setting, to provide an update of the child’s achievement. How do you complete a child centred summary? There is a template document available to use. The headings are as follows: What people like and admire about…? This heading helps to set the tone of the child centred summary, which is that of a positive focus. It allows those closest to the child to record all of the things that they think makes that person special. What is important to…? It is important in this section to differentiate from what is important to the and focus on this, rather than what is important for the child. We should listen to what the child says, both with their behaviour and words, to understand what is important to the child, e.g. family/toys/routines etc. How best to support… In this section it allows the child/family and those working with the child to record information which will tell others how best to support the child, or what you need to know to look after the child, whilst in their care e.g. how, where and when the child learns best/how to manage changes in routines/how to support at mealtimes etc. Areas of Learning and Development
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