SEBD Service - School Liaison Team

The SEBD Service - School Liaison Team works with pupils of statutory school age who have social, emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD).

What the Service offers

The service provides advice, support and intervention to mainstream schools and advice and support to staff in special schools for students with SEBD.

This includes:

• Assessment, intervention programmes, ongoing monitoring and reporting
• Providing advice on strategies which may be implemented by staff within the schools
• Consultation at any stage from School Action for the needs of pupils with SEBD
• Provision of in-service training for school staff
• Supporting schools in the development of whole school or whole class policies on issues relating to behaviour management
• Time-limited in-class support from a Teaching Assistant (subject to availability)
• Supporting the reintegration of pupils and transition between schools
• Work with groups of young people to address SEBD needs

Who does the SEBD Service work with?

The Service works with children and young people where:

• Despite interventions and strategies being implemented by the school, the pupil continues to have difficulties adjusting to mainstream school due to social, emotional or behavioural difficulties
• The pupil has been excluded or is at risk of exclusion
• The pupil is at risk of developing mental health difficulties which are impacting on his/her ability to access full-time mainstream education
• Is experiencing persistent attendance difficulties as a result of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties 

What you can do

If you think your child has social, emotional or behaviour difficulties:

Talk to the Class Teacher or Form Tutor or Head of Year

With your consent they may discuss the situation further with the relevant people e.g.:

• The School Nurse
• The school SENCO or Behaviour Coordinator ( BECO)

The school may then decide to contact the School Liaison Team 

Referral process:

• A decision being made at a School Review meeting that a referral would be appropriate
• A decision made at the Professionals meeting following a Category 2 or 3 exclusion
• Referral Form completed by the School and signed by parents/carers

The SEBD Service - School Liaison Team consists of teachers and teaching assistants and works together with:

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Bell House)
• Education Welfare Service
• Services for Children and Young People
• Educational Psychology Service
• Health and Social Services Department
• Literacy Support Service
• Communication & Autism Support Service etc.

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