The use of appropriate assessments to identify needs early, establish a greater understanding of the young person’s needs and inform appropriate referral to other services. More fine-grained assessments of skills may be required for young people with more complex needs (e.g. Engagement Profile). 

Referral or multi-agency meetings for assessment and advice to inform intervention and programmes to develop key skills (e.g. attention and listening, memory and retrieval, inhibition control etc). Agencies may include:

• Educational Psychology Service.

• Advisory Teacher.

• Speech and Language Therapy Service.

Strong links between young person, school/college, external agencies, and home.

Access to a highly personalised curriculum incorporating additional support to enable 'readiness for learning' (e.g. self-regulation, planning, preparation, and organisation).

Professional reports to inform support and provision map for young person.

Individualised planning around key skills for independence to support plans for employment or training.