For those children who enter our early years settings with an identified special educational need or whose progress raises concerns, the Individual Education Plan (IEP) is a crucial instrument in the cycle of assessing, planning, teaching and reviewing, to use in meeting needs and raising their achievement.
An IEP should clearly document teaching and learning strategies that will make it easier for children to progress and for practitioners to plan and monitor that progression. We see the compiling of an IEP as an opportunity to involve the creative thinking of several members of staff and the parents, who can discuss practical ways of how to move a child on in specific areas of development.
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