Low Incidence - Physical and Medical Needs team

Children/ Students may have difficulties in the following areas:

• Specific physical and medical conditions.
• Accessing the curriculum because of constraints of physical disability.
• Movement around school.
• Fine motor skills (handwriting, pencil control, and scissor skills).
• Gross motor skills (P.E. and co-ordination).
• Self-help skills (continence issues, dressing etc). 

Range of Service

We give advice on the following:

• Transition across school phases and between settings
• Range of facilities and accessibility of different schools.
• Specialist and adapted equipment.
• Making buildings and the curriculum accessible.
• Pupil specific resources for ICT.
• On meeting manual handling needs of pupils and on training providers.

  Support given

• Loan of specialist equipment.
• Ensure appropriate facilities and / or programmes are in place to meet the physical / medical needs of the child in conjunction with health professionals.
• Ensure a personal care policy / medical care plan is in place if necessary.
• Contribute to statutory assessment procedures.
• Attend and contribute to Annual Review.
• Advise on differentiation, teaching strategies and resources.
• Contribute to Short Term Targets.  
• Liaise with outside agencies, parents and school staff.
• Accompany parents on school visits.