Plan/do - Medical needs

An individual healthcare care plan is needed, which has been written with the child/young person, parents/carers and relevant medical professionals. The plan needs to be disseminated to all relevant staff, including supply staff.

The plan should include:

• All medical/physical needs and implications of them for learning.
  
  
• Skills to be taught, (e.g. self-organisation).
  
  
• Adaptations to the physical environment, (e.g. seating).
  
  
• Access to the curriculum (e.g. reducing the written demands of the task, use of verbal or visual cues).
  
  
• Specific strategies (e.g. providing regular rest breaks, use of checklist to support organisation, sensory circuits, extra time for processing).
  
  
• Alternative methods of recording (e.g. matching labels to pictures/diagrams/maps, mind-maps, appropriate visual pictorial or software/ICT/apps-linked resources, PowerPoint presentations, making posters, oral presentations).
  
  
• Additional support for self-care is provided when required/requested.  Please refer to SCC Personal Care Guidance if needed.
  
  
• Any additional equipment (e.g. pencil grips, raised rulers or modified scissors) that is required.
  
  
• Any specialist equipment (e.g. raised or sloped desks or wobble cushions) that is required.
  
  
• Any additional ICT needs.
  
  
• Any additional training needs.
  
  
• Procedures in case of a medical emergency.
  
  
• Involvement of the child/young person.

For children and young people with dyspraxia and other motor co-ordination needs please see the information on the NASEN website: How teachers can help children with dyspraxia succeed at school.

Please see the  DFE document for examples of templates.