Communication and Intellectual Development

• Sound or word repetition.
• Sound or word rhymes.
• Tongue twisters.
• Arts and crafts activities.
• Board games.
• Activities with soft toys, action figures and/or dolls.
• Puzzles, including cross word puzzles and word searches.
• Word or sentence scrambles.
• Reading aloud.
  

Educational Psychologist

If concerns arise regarding a Childs emotional development then they can be referred to the psychiatrist. The child is then talked to as well as their parents or people responsible for them. The child would then be monitored regularly to see how they are progressing.
A child psychiatrist also investigates and diagnoses if a child has a learning disability or dyslexia, they look for treatment whether medication or tasks to do for example reading everyday at school for fifteen minutes.

If an Educational Psychologist is involved with assessing a child’s needs, they may:

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  Listen and consult with parents and carers and others who know the child well (including other professionals)
• Look at teachers/carers notes and records of work
• Observe the child in different contexts
• Work/play with the child individually or in a group

Education Welfare Officer

Another person would be the Education Welfare Officer. Their key responsibilities would include:

• Seeing if there are any problems in the school or if the parent have any concerns. For example helping families to claim benefits.
• Sharing information from the parents to the school or vice versa
• Assessing of children and young people
• Improving the links between the school and the home
• Helping families get all the benefits and help they are entitled to
• Preparing reports on children with special educational needs
• Advising schools on strategies to get all pupils to attend
• Tracking pupils who go missing. This could be just if they are late and not just if it’s a regular thing.

The education welfare officer (EWO) is important because they help to build the link between the school and the home. If this did not happen then their would be no contact and it would be harder to help the children learn and develop without their parents support. If the parents have any concerns or the school have concerns they can take it up with the EWO who would work to sort it out.
The EWO can sort out financial help for the families to help them pay for the school lunches or make referrals to other agencies for example connexions or social services.