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If you are worried about how you treat your partner, help is available.

Domestic abuse affects everyone. Violence can start at any stage of a relationship and may continue after it has ended.

Targeted Provision for those who require additional short-term support over and above that provided routinely as part of universal services.

Before beginning targeted and specialist intervention for a child and young person, it is important to assess and analyse their current presentation using an assessment tool.

The provision delivered through quality first teaching (above table) has not resulted in adequate progress for the child.

Reasonable adjustments may be used to support some pupils

There are a large variety of strategies which can be used at a universal level to support all pupils with their social and emotional development.

Children and young people may experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties which manifest themselves in many ways.

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Regular (usually termly but may be more frequent as required) multidisciplinary reviews are needed to share information, review progress, evaluate support strategies and interventions and make appropriate refinements.

Following the assessment stage, a plan is put in place to support the child or young person.

Once concerns about a child or young person's social communication have been identified, more detailed assessment is likely to be needed to identify the specific areas of concern and potential barriers to learning.

For many children and young people teaching adaptations and reasonable adjustments can be enough to enable them to be successful within the classroom and thrive within wider school life.

Making reasonable adjustments to the classroom environment can make a significant difference for children or young people with social communication needs.

The following teaching strategies are considered effective with pupils who have a social communication need, including autistic pupils.