City of Edinburgh

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Current Developments and Implementation

• City of Edinburgh
• ASL Conference
• Building our capacity
• 6th November 2009

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The ASL website on EGFL
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In on the Act (V2 October 2009)

• Fewer chapters
• No appendices - all on ASL website
• Terminology
• Reduced number of Pathways to Support
• Enhanced advice on planning
• Enhanced advice on other issues
• Harmonisation with Getting it right for every
  child in Edinburgh
• To be distributed to all schools in November 2009

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CIRCLE Collaboration

• Implementation
• Teacher Resource
• Focus groups
• Communication Chart
• Therapy Manuals
• Post Graduate Certificate - Collaborative
  Working
• Education and Therapy

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Supporting the planning process to meet
individual needs

• Pupil plans in SEEMIS
• Planning to meet health care needs
• Planning to meet the needs of pupils who require
  moving and handling support

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Pupil Plans in SEEMIS

• Where are we now with developments within SEEMIS?
• What are we trying to achieve?
• What are the next steps for
• our work with SEEMIS
• the authority
• establishments?

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Health and Safety Procedures 4 (HSP4)

• Arrangements for Medication, Health Care
  Programmes and Clinical Tests Health and Safety
  Guidelines for Heads of Establishments 4
  November 2007 (HSP4)
• Updated from 2004.
• Agreed but not distributed in 2007
• Support developed for the implementation of HSP4
  in all establishments

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Planning to meet health care needs

• The handbook includes
• Roles and responsibilities and planning for
  health care needs
• CPD guidance
• School health care plans
• Health care needs involving medication
• Resources

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The development of the handbook

• The Handbook of Procedures for the Management of
  Pupils with Health Care Needs in Educational
  Establishments
• Aims
• to set out clear processes and expectations for
  all staff and parents in the implementation of
  HSP4
• to develop a consistent approach and provide
  resources to support establishments to meet the
  health care needs of children and young people
• to develop a CPD programme which is manageable,
  proportionate and supports staff to meet
  identified needs

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Approaches and Resources

• All the health care plans, flow charts, etc. have
  been consulted on and agreed by a wide range of
  health care professionals, including
  paediatricians, nursing staff and charity
  organisations
• The resources were further developed at pilot
  sites in educational establishments across the
  city over a 2 year period
• Resources include a pathway flow chart, flow
  charts and schools health care plans for specific
  conditions, recording sheets for medication held
  on the premises and CPD

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CPD

• ASL(5) Severe allergies, asthma and epilepsy
  awareness management in educational
  establishments
• ASL(5) Diabetes management in educational
  establishments
• On-site and bespoke courses for other needs e.g.
  management of emergency medication in epilepsy,
  cystic fibrosis
• Guidance on recommendations for attendance on
  courses

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Distribution Support Available

• A hard copy of the Handbook with generic
  laminated flow charts will be distributed to all
  establishments during November 2009
• Electronic versions of HSP4 and the Handbook are
  available in the Health and Safety section for
  schools on the Orb and in the ASL section of EGfL
  under Planning.
• ASL nurse, Sonya Crawford, will support schools
  to implement HSP4 and the guidance in the
  handbook. Contact in the first instance Iona
  McLeod (ASL Coordinator) Iona.McLeod_at_ea.edin.sch.u
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• A 20 minute overview can be delivered to clusters

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Moving and Handling

• Key personnel within our moving and handling team
• A Moving and Handling Protocol
• Where to get further information.

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Developments in EAL

• National developments
• HMIe document Count Us In A Sense of
  Belonging Meeting the needs of children and
  young people newly arrived in Scotland

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Developments in EAL

• Local Developments
• EAL Profiles of Competence
• Self Evaluation/IP framework
• Written Guidelines for schools
• CPD
• ESOL provision
• EAL website

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The ASL website on EGFL