About the Early Years Team
Our Brighton & Hove Inclusion Support Service (BHISS) Early Years team works with pre-schools and nurseries to help them provide support for children aged 0 to 5 years who have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Examples of SEND include Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC).
Our team:
- gives pre-schools and nurseries access to qualified and experienced Special Educational Needs (SEN) teachers and practitioners
- helps pre-schools and nurseries to support children, individually or in groups
- provides advice and training to pre-school and nursery staff
- supports pre-schools and nurseries with Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessments and plans
- supports pre-school and nursery staff with the Assess, Plan, Do, Review process
- coordinates support funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities
- works closely with other BHISS teams
About the Early Language Support Team
We help support children who are in their last year of nursery or pre-school and have been diagnosed with highly significant speech, language and communication needs (SLCN).
Examples of SLCN include difficulties with listening, understanding, and/or talking.
Our team:
- gives advice, support and training to parents and nursery and pre-school staff, including how to make changes in the nursery or home environment to improve communication
- gives advice about visual supports that can be used to improve language
- sets up and supports language groups
- creates individual support plans for each child, which can be carried out by staff at their nursery or pre-school
- see children in their own homes, as well as at nursery or pre-school, so the support plan can include their full range of needs and environments
- provides training and workshops for parents, carers, and staff, such as Makaton, which is a language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people communicate
- works closely with other BHISS teams
How to get support from us
Your child's nursery will contact us if they need support from us.
Talk to your child's Special Educational Needs Coordinator or Speech and Language Therapist if you think your child needs support from BHISS.