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For children with complex needs, learning takes place within a learning context of support.
Support for children's emotional well-being can be at three levels:
Universal
Strategic, and
Targeted.
Schools are often good at accessing Universal and Targeted support for the children in their school. It is the role of
leaders to also ensure that strategic support is also available. Consider the following framework.
A framework for supporting
emotional well-being
Targeted
Support
Targeted
support responding
to an identified high-level
of individual need.
Access to individual emotional
therapy services e.g. school
psychotherapist, Dance and
Movement Therapy, etc.
Strategic
Support
Strategic support provided within/
alongside universal support for children
where there are additional concerns as
to their emotional well-being and the level
to which they are accessing the curriculum.
Additional classroom support
strategies and planning
e.g. Individual Access Plan,
Behaviour Access Plan, etc.
Universal
Support
Every child achieving according to their individual needs.
Monitoring and review through
the Scheme for Supporting
Emotional Well-Being in
Children with Complex Needs.
Availability
of support
What strategic and targeted support is available in your school?
How are decisions made about which children should have access to which level of support?
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