How we Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Support Provided

You can use observation and listening to compare how a child is managing before you provide the support that they need and afterwards. Look at the following example for how observation and reflection can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of your support…

Plan – what are we going to do – make sure this is a clear timebound plan.

Do – carry out the plan in the agreed time.

Review – talk to the children, staff and as appropriate others such as parents/carers or other professionals.  Then tweak the plan going ahead.  This way you are always on a journey of improvement.

Think of a child or young person who you are supporting in your setting, or who you would like to support. Make a plan of how you will monitor the support that you are providing and how effective it is. Use the checklist below to help:

Different ways to ensure we hear the voice of children with disabilities in the setting

As well as observation, there are other was of gathering feedback from children and young people:

Simple feedback can be used (with ‘emojis’ to help a child or young person let you know what they like and don’t like). This can be a useful way to get feedback about a change you have tried. Below is an example. Of course you might want to add an option of ‘I don’t know’ or neither happy or sad’ as well as the following options. Whilst this exercise could be good for children with disabilities, it will undoubtedly be enjoyed by all children at your setting so once again doesn’t need to be something different you are doing that segregates any children from others.