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Managing SEND, Part 6: Complex Needs - Shared experience

How can settings help children with complex needs take part in activities, against a backdrop of funding squeezes, asks Karen Faux

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Children with complex needs have a right to experience as ‘normal’ a childhood as possible. Innovations in medical equipment and professional support – along with a positive mindset – make this increasingly the norm. For early years providers, one of the biggest challenges is to ensure children participate in all aspects of nursery life.

Consultant and trainer Kay Mathieson believes that health professionals working ‘around the child’ are now attuned to the benefits of attending high-class early years provision to provide a common experience with their peer group and invaluable support for a family.

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