DS on School Action Plus next year - what does this actually mean in practical terms?

[BoulevardOfBrokenSleep]

DS is 3.9. Recently assessed by paediatrician for a range of issues (mostly physical problems, some sensory stuff) and she said he had hypotonia - we are now on the waiting list for physio and OT. And he is already under SALT for speech problems.

At the end of his nursery report, his keyworker said, 'Oh yes, and by the way he will be on School Action Plus next term'. And I nodded and said 'Mm-hmm, I see', which was an error because I have no idea what that means

Googling offers me helpful insights like 'SA+ is for children who have not made the expected progress on School Action'

Does it just mean that every term they fill out a piece of paper saying, no, DS still can't reliably walk down stairs without falling? What should I be looking for here?

Sorry if I sound dozy, the diagnosis was a bit of a surprise as I thought it would be dyspraxia (Dr Google fails again), and we have a scary 6 weeks to wait for the genetic test results.

[DownByTheRiverside]

SA+ doesn't exist any more in most schools.
Basically, SA meant that he has additional needs that the school will need to meet in class, with specific targets that you should be involved with setting and that the teacher should be monitoring and reviewing. Most schols set them for a period of time, from 6 weeks to a term and then review and set new targets. It's a positive tracking system, so they can monitor progress.
SA+ means that they'll be calling on additional expertise outwith the school, such as specific dyslexia support services, Speech therapy, physio, borrowing kit if necessary...

[BoulevardOfBrokenSleep]

Ah, OK, thanks - we didn't do any target setting this year as far as I know, maybe they will do something more formal next year then.
They have been doing specific exercises and things with him to work his muscles, they have been very good and he loves it there.

I guess the SA+ element encompasses the fact that he is now doing SALT, OT and physio (waiting lists permitting!) though not through the school.

Are schools not using SA+ because of the new EHC plan thing, or is that something different again?

[Glittery7]

As far as I know SA+ still exists and my daughter is on it.
She has ASD and speech delay/disorder warranting outside services.
She is unstatemented.

[DownByTheRiverside]

Sorry, I'm a bit ahead of things it seems. It's changing next academic year.
www.in-it-together.org.uk/Single%20Category%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf

[signandsingcarols]

as of 1st sept school action and school action plus no longer exist, (the same goes for the IEP), these two will be covered under one heading, there are a couple of things to look out for,

there should be consultation with parents, about agreeing targets to work on, and about how they will me met, the consultation should take place at least 3 times a year, (good practice says it should be at the same time as all kids get their termly reports/parents evening) but it will take significantly longer than the average 10 minute appointment and this should be taken into account.

(at least that's my reading of the new SENCOP for the new act....)
((SEN code of Practice for the 2014 children and families act))

hope that's useful...

[BoulevardOfBrokenSleep]

Great, thanks - so at this point I don't actually have to do anything (except chase up his referrals), but the school should be in contact with me about targets. And we will cross further bridges when we come to them!