Regular (usually termly but may be more frequent as required) multidisciplinary reviews are needed to share information, review progress, evaluate support strategies and interventions and make appropriate refinements.
Once concerns about a child/young person's social communication have been identified, more detailed assessment is likely to be needed to identify the specific areas of concern and potential barriers to learning.
For many children teaching adaptations and reasonable adjustments can be enough to enable a child to be successful within the classroom and thrive within wider school life.
Class teachers should ensure that they have a good understanding of the child or young person’s developmental history and learning profile and that they have access to recent assessment information.
Children and young people with social communication needs will have many strengths, but they may have differences, or difficulties, in one or more areas