The two year integrated review provides a progress check covering a childs health and development before their third birthday.
This review assesses a childs progress and development identifying children who may need a little extra support and help get it early.
What does the integrated Review involve?
Progress check –early years settings will complete a Progress check when a child is aged between two and three. Parents and carers will receive a copy of this check. Early years practitioners should encourage parents to take their childs Progress check to the Growth and Development review with the Health Visitor service/Families Health and Wellbeing Service.
The Health Visiting Team covering Stoke on Trent / Staffordshire Families and Wellbeing 0-19 service will send an appointment for a Growth and Development review to all Children aged between 27 and 30 months. This is a parent/carer questionnaire, to assess the development of a child. The review will be completed by a Health Visitor, Specialist Public Health Practitioner or a Nursery Nurse.
The first ASQ covers 5 areas of development:
- Communication,
- Gross motor development
- Fine motor development
- Personal and social development
- Problem-solving.
The second questionnaire (ASQ-SE) is specific to a child’s social and emotional development.
The review provides parents with the opportunity to be fully involved with their child’s assessment.
If the child is already in an Early Years Setting the review will be integrated with the Early Years Progress Check.
The review will include an assessment of the child’s growth and development to identify any additional need in order that further support or early intervention/advice/referral to specialist agencies, can be made and the service offered tailored to the family’s need.
On occasions, and only with informed consent, a nursery teacher or child minder maybe asked to complete the ASQ – SE to further inform the child’s development review.
When a developmental concern or additional needs are identified, early intervention may begin with:
- advice and review in a set period of time
- Signposting to local children’s centres and libraries
- Referral onto other agencies when appropriate (with informed consent)
- A care plan may be written in partnership with the family.
Signs of speech, language and communication delay are often first identified between 2 – 3 years. The FHWS practitioner will use the ASQ alongside the Stoke Speaks out tool to aid their assessment, and consider what support is needed or if a referral is required.