Skip to content

Feedback
 
Give feedback Menu  Close 
Give feedback

Physical and Neurological Impairment Team

Who do we support?

For pupils who are progressing well in their learning with the aid of reasonable adjustments, we can signpost the professionals who support them to useful resources and other organisations who can help. These pupils may need support due to:

  • some difficulty with fine and gross motor skills
  • some difficulty with attention and memory, including understanding or remembering verbal instructions
  • some difficulty with understanding what they see (visual perception).

These pupils will all be doing well with minor support or adjustments in place.

For pupils who need a higher level of support to progress with their learning, education staff can contact us for a focussed discussion or assessment of how they can support a pupil's needs. These pupils may need support due to:

  • mobility needs requiring support from 1 or 2 trained adults
  • physical and/ or neurological impairment which requires a personalised curriculum to help the pupil progress with their learning; this may include significant difficulties with fine and gross motor skills, memory, attention and concentration, and fatigue
  • the impact of PNI on their social and emotional needs, mental health and wellbeing

What can you expect from the service?

Our support includes:

  • advice and signposting for professionals and families
  • advice on how physical and neurological impairment can affect education and providing strategies to help with pupil's learning
  • observation of pupils and written advice to support them
  • advice on IT equipment that might help
  • work with the occupational therapist regarding access and adaptations to schools and transitions between schools.

Case study from a PNI specialist advisory teacher

"Last year we visited a young person with severe memory issues, who was extremely anxious about taking exams, as he was able to remember very little of his school work under test conditions. School and parents were very concerned that the GCSE pathway was not the correct one for him. Through a series of visits we were able to advise school on a range of alternatives to GCSE exams; as a result the student’s family and school chose an ASDAN accredited course.

We provided resources and further information to school about ASDAN courses and the assessment process. One of our PNI advisors returned to school to teach an ASDAN lesson with the young person and with the young person’s support staff so that they would understand how to deliver the programme of study.

During a follow up visit, the young person had passed his course. He is now moving on to the next accreditation level."

How to request support

You should talk to the school as the first step before making a referral. You can discuss your concerns with them and you can work together to make a request for support. Most requests for support we receive come from the child or young person's place of education, as we work directly with settings to help staff to support the needs of pupils. Parents can also make a request themselves if they would like to.

Complete a service request form
Complete a baseline assessment form

Forms must always be sent with signed parental consent.

What should be included in the referral?

  • The reason for your request
  • What you would like the outcome of the referral to be
  • Any additional information relevant to support your request.

We also ask for evidence of what strategies the school has already tried to support the pupil’s needs (the ‘Assess, Plan, Do, Review’ process) and this should be included with the referral request.

What happens after the referral is submitted?

Once you've made a referral, we'll make a decision about the level of support we can provide. This could be sending you resources and signposting to other organisations, a phone discussion or assessment, or regular visits by a specialist advisory teacher. A specialist advisory teacher will then contact your child or young person's place of education to take you through the next steps.

We look at referrals on a weekly basis and send letters out shortly after.

Page was last updated on: 29/08/2024 17:22:23

 

Cookies

Like many other websites, we place small information files called 'cookies' on your computer.

Why do we use cookies?

To remember your settings, for example your language and location. This means you don’t have to keep entering these details when you visit a new page.

To find out how you use the site to help us update and improve it.

How do I change my cookie settings?

You can change the settings of your web browser so that it won’t accept cookies. For more information visit AboutCookies.org.

But, doing this may stop you from using some of the online features and services on this website. 

Cookies we use

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, and we use 2 types of cookies:

Required functionality cookies – these cookies are essential for the website to work.

Performance and feature cookies – these cookies help to improve the performance and feel of this website, for example providing you with personalised services.


Take a look at a list of cookies we use on our website:

NameTypeHow we use itHow long we use the information for

ASP.Net_Sessions

 

Required functionality

An automatic cookie set by our software. 

Just for the time you are on our website.

ServerID

 

Required functionality

An automatic cookie set by our software. 

Just for the time you are on our website.

_ga

Required functionality

To track the effectiveness of our website using Google Analytics. 

2 years

saved-pages

Performance and feature

To save the pages that you visit by clicking the heart at the top of the page. 

1 month

geoPostcode

Performance and feature

This stores your postcode (or partial postcode) when we ask you for your location.

Just for the time you are on our website or 30 days (you choose this).

geoCoordinates

Performance and feature

This stores your location as a pair of latitude / longitude coordinates.

Just for the time you are on our website or 30 days (you choose this).

reckonerName-history

Performance and feature

This keeps a history of all answers submitted to the ready reckoner.

This is set in the control for each ready reckoner. If you haven't interacted with the ready reckoner for the set amount of days, the cookies are deleted.

reckonerName-content

Performance and feature

This keeps a history of what content cards are clicked on when using the ready reckoner.

This is set in the control for each ready reckoner. If you haven't interacted with the ready reckoner for the set amount of days, the cookies are deleted.

SQ_SYSTEM_SESSION

Required functionality

This used to track user sessions on forms hosted on eservices.hertfordshire.gov.uk

Just for the time you are on our website.

Third party cookies

There are links and content from other sites and services on our website. These sites and services set their own cookies.

Below are a list of cookies that the other sites and services use:

Service namePurposeMore information

Google analytics (_utma/b/c/z)

These are used to compile reports for us on how people use this site.

Cookies of the same names are also used for the same purpose by other websites such as Building Futures, Countryside Management Service and Hertfordshire LIS.

Visit the Google Analytics website for more information about the cookies they use.

You can prevent data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by installing Google's Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Google Translation - googtrans

This cookie is used to remember which language to translate each page into if you have chosen to do so.

It expires at the end of your browser session.

Bing

We use a Bing cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.

Visit Bing to find out more about their cookies.

Google

We use a Google cookie to track the success of our marketing campaigns and make them more efficient.

Visit Google to find out more about their cookies.

Facebook

We have a number of presences on Facebook, which we may link to. Facebook may set some of its own cookies if you follow these links.

Visit Facebook to find out more about their cookies.

Twitter

We have a number of presences and feeds on Twitter, which you may wish to follow or read from this website. Twitter may set some of its own cookies.

Visit Twitter to find out more about their cookies.

YouTube

We have a YouTube channel, which we may link to. YouTube may set some of its own cookies if you follow those links.

Visit YouTube to find out more about their cookies.

Netloan

This ASP.NET_Sessionid cookie is essential for the Netloan secure online payments website to work, and is set when you arrive to the site. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.

 

HotJar

This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.

Visit HotJar to find out more about their cookies.

Siteimprove

These cookies are set to help us report on how people are using the site so we can improve it.

Visit Siteimprove to learn more about their cookies.