ABSTRACT
Teachers usually belong to more than one team in an education setting. The draft 2014 Special Educational Needs (SEND) Code of Practice identifies that children and young people with SEND need integrated, well-coordinated and coherent support from education, health and social care services in order to help them to achieve their agreed outcomes. Pupils with SEND who have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan are likely to have practitioners from health and social care services working directly with them in or beyond the education setting. The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in the education setting will ensure that class and subject teachers are kept up to date with any changes in provision from specialist external services. The SENCO is most likely to act as a SEND mentor for induction to an newly qualified teacher (NQT), or to member of staff joining their team or department who is new to the school.
