Look inside Belong : Areas of need categories

Each local authority can use their existing areas of need vocabulary. This example is from Calderdale.

Top level categories

Most local authorities have 2 top level categories, though the first one often has different names.

  • Whole school universal, Inclusive education, Whole school expectations
  • 4 broad areas of need

We're going to explore the Cognition and Learning branch.

Lower levels

Here Cognition and Learning is divided into

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Maths
  • Executive Functioning

You can already see that the Reading category 8 sub categories.

The final level - advice and resource lists

Once you reach the final level, teachers and SENCOs are shown

  • statements of effective teaching
  • resources to deliver these stragies

Resources can easily be kept up to date on an individual basis.

The resources

Each resource has its own page. Resources can be

  • links to websites
  • PDF or Word documents

More information can be shown, for example

  • How to use the resource
  • Price
  • Key stage

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Belong home page

The whole school SEND review

Action Plans

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  • Developed in collaboration with Leeds and Calderdale
  • Tested by Specialist SEN teams and SENCOs
  • Adaptable to your local authority
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