he CLD team are one of the two traded teams of the Specialist Inclusion Support Service (SISS) provided by the local authority in Solihull. As a traded service, schools can choose to buy the services of the CLD team with their delegated funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Each subscribing school is allocated a ‘named’ teacher. The school decides on the amount of support they buy from the team.
The Communication and Learning Difficulties (CLD) Team is a team of experienced Specialist Teachers. The team is traded and can be purchased by all Solihull primary, secondary and special schools on an annual subscription basis. Alternatively, we can be bought on an ad-hoc basis.
These toolkits have been produced by the SISS Autism Team to support Solihull schools to further develop their understanding of good Autism practice and the implementation of strategies for pupils with Autism.
The Autism Team would like to give a very warm welcome to our parents of children with Autism. We hope you find our parents page supportive and informative.
We have a positive practical approach to supporting travel between home and school. Our principles are to empower, enable and support the development of independence wherever possible and as soon as possible.
In England, both additionally resourced provisions (ARPs) and additionally resourced centres (ARCs) support students with special educational needs (SEN).
The Autism Team are part of the Specialist Inclusion Support Service (SISS). We are all experienced practitioners, with a specialism in autism and experience of working with children of all ages in both mainstream and specialist settings.
We want to work together with parents, young people and our partners to make the SEND process go smoothly for everyone. Unfortunately, sometimes things do go wrong, but it is best if they are sorted out as quickly as possible.
The Solihull SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support) are here to support children and young people with SEND and their parents/carers.
Any concerns about your child’s progress should be discussed with your child’s teacher, form tutor, pastoral lead and/or the school’s SENCO / SEMH co-ordinator.
The Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Team is a team of skilled and experienced specialist teachers who provide support for children and young people with a range of needs.
Working in partnership, Solar and the Solihull Educational Psychology Service (SEPS) are supporting schools to develop their understanding and ability to support children and young people who find it difficult to consistently attend and positively engage in school.
The Early Years Support and Assessment Team (EYSAT) is a team of Area SENCOs and Teaching Assistants (ISPs) who work with children with a wide range of significant and complex difficulties from birth to the end of nursery in the Early Years Foundation Stage (0 to 5 years).
Solihull community educational psychology service (CEPS) provides professional psychological services for children, young people and families in a wide range of educational and community settings.
The work of the Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) High Needs team is primarily to support the prevention of exclusion through early intervention and responsive support.
Moving from School to College with an EHCP can seem daunting. Schools must provide young people with EHCP’s Independent Career Advice and Guidance, every year from Year 9 to ensure that a transition to the next stage in the young person’s life is smooth and all options have been looked into.
We will support you and your family to feel in control and experience a smooth transition into adulthood. The approach to your care and support needs is different as an adult and we have to follow different rules and guidelines.