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Version 2.8
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Ten Good Reasons to use SEN Diary |
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- Reduce stress on Senco:
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You can efficiently keep well-structured notes on the SEN Pupils |
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Produce well-focused reports which will be of much benefit to all concerned |
- Totally owned by the Senco running on his/her own PC:
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Totally portable (if installed on a lap-top computer) |
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No need to access other systems whose main objective may not be focused on the needs of a Senco |
- Mirrors your organisation’s structure:
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You choose how to group the Pupils such as Class or Tutor Group |
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Pupils can be flagged as belonging to a Special Unit such as a Learning Support Centre; or that they have access to some other resource |
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You can modify your own list of SEN Types |
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18 Extra Columns for which you choose the purpose – set up SEN Diary in exactly the right way needed for your school |
- Not just restricted to Pupils with Special Educational Needs
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Monitor Pupils who are of ‘concern’ but not yet assigned an official SEN stage – Lo and behold, when you need to make a case for the Pupil to go onto the Register, you have already compiled very useful information |
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You can keep Diaries for other Pupils who are, perhaps, on the ‘At Risk’ Register |
- Demonstrate the Progress of each Pupil and the whole School
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A Bar Chart showing SEN stages throughout the school year |
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Example of Bar Chart
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Summary sheet showing statistics of all Pupils at any date |
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At the touch of a button, the SEN PLASC statistics can be printed (England) |
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Similarly for the Northern Irish CENSUS |
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- Up-to-date lists can be easily produced
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Communicate with colleagues by giving them lists of the Pupils in their care with SEN |
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- Publish information
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Contemporaneous Notes, Summaries of Meetings, etc |
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Pupil Profiles |
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Agendas |
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Keep Confidential entries from those it does not concern |
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- Timed To-do list
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The Interactive ‘To-Do’ List will enhance your ability to keep up to date with the management of what needs to be done – great for getting back on track after the holidays or other long absence from SEN Diary |
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Never forget anything with SEN Diary’s built-in To-Do list of actions such as when the next IEP is due |
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Has a reminder of how many outstanding Actions need to be attended to when SEN Diary is opened |
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Reminders can be made to automatically appear on ‘To Do’ lists – for example: you can be reminded that Statements need to be reviewed one or two months before they are due (you choose the interval) |
- Answer tricky questions from the LEA/Headteacher/ Colleagues – A versatile system of filtering
enables you to concentrate on a subset of Pupils and print Check Lists with the answers to questions such as
‘How many Year 1 Pupils have SLCN?’
You can filter on:
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National-Curriculum year |
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Class/Tutor Group |
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Pupils who have left school |
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Special Unit |
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SEN Stage |
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SEN Type |
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Next IEP Action month |
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Include/Exclude Able |
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Include/Exclude Less Able |
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Include/Exclude Pupils being Monitored |
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Include/Exclude Pupils Now Off Register or of No Concern |
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Review Month |
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Your own Extra Lookup Columns (it’s your choice as to how you use them) |
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Or any combination of the above |
- Answer questions about Pupils, however long ago:
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The data for the current school year is automatically referred to but you can easily answer questions about Pupils on roll, however long ago it was |
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Historical data on a Pupil who has left the school can be accessed in such a way that it does not interfere with those still on roll |
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SEN Diary |
“The proactive to-do lists…are a great feature.”
The Independent, 8 March 2006
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