This accessible guide supports school and education settings in co-producing SMART targets for education health and care plans, SEN support plans and Personal Education Plans.
The book encourages educators to collaborate with children, young people and their caregivers to gain an in-depth understanding of their views, aspirations, strengths and areas of challenge, and to write purposeful, specific, measurable and achievable targets. Each chapter offers successful approaches to capture authentic voice, with a variety of contributors sharing their journey to improve child and family leadership by developing child-centred approaches in their contexts. The book includes case studies and reflective activities to further support the reader with creative and innovative approaches to SMART targets that are underpinned by the child's perspective.
With contributions from a range of schools, and across age phases, this book encourages and enables collaboration with children, young people and their caregivers, and will be essential reading for SENCOs, designated leads for safeguarding, teachers and senior leaders in both mainstream and specialist settings.
Author(s): Sarah Martin-Denham
Publisher: Routledge/Speechmark
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 287
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Glossary of terms
Introduction
1 Co-production: The legal and regulatory context and the role of continuous professional development (CPD)
2 Creative approaches to capturing views, wishes and feelings of caregivers and children
3 A virtual school head perspective
4 Battling to be heard: The impact on families
5 Co-producing SMART targets in the early years
6 Co-production through mindfulness
7 Re-engaging children and young people through forest school approach
8 Engaging and re-engaging children through a managed move or following a school exclusion
9 Co-production with children and young people and their caregivers in alternative provision
10 Co-producing SMART targets for children with social, emotional and mental health needs
11 Moving from non-SMART towards SMART targets in a mainstream secondary school
12 Co-producing SMART transitions into further education
Index
