Additional Support for Learning : Co-ordinated Support Plan
The Council is responsible for identifying learners who have additional support needs. We also identify the learner's who may benefit from having a Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP).
If a parent or carer feels that their child need a CSP, they can ask that we undertake an assessment to establish whether the child meets the criteria and would benefit from having a CSP.
Criteria
A child or young person has a right to have a CSP if they meet these criteria -
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The Council must have responsibility for the school education of the child or young person
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The child or young person must have additional support needs that arise from one or more complex factors, or multiple factors
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The child's or young person's needs require significant levels of support to be provided by two or more agencies working together (Education, Social services, NHS personnel)
A complex factor is something that has a significant adverse effect on the child's school education.
Multiple factors may be a range of smaller difficulties that when you add up all of the negative effects would have a significant negative impact on school education. The term significant means that any agency is delivering higher than normal levels of support for the child or young person in order to meet their needs.
The Additional Support for Learning: Information for Parents (PDF 1.38Mb) booklet is available: this provides more information. The booklet gives advice on how to ask for an assessment to be undertaken to establish whether a child or young person meets the criteria. Schools and nurseries have copies of the CSP booklet.
The Head of Centre (nursery) or Headteacher (school) will be able to offer advice on the process of assessment. They act as the co-ordinator for the assessment process.