Penny Watson, one of Lancashire's Early Years Consultants, is the curriculum lead for 'personal, social, and emotional development' (PSED).

She gives a brief overview in this video of how to use the 'Supporting and Understanding Children's Behaviour Roadmap' and outlines the training and documents that support the roadmaps use.

The 'supporting and understanding children's behaviour' roadmap provides details of the universal, targeted and specialist support available in Lancashire.

Universal

It is important that all practitioners have a strong understanding of the information within the Universal section of the roadmap. This will help everyone to support the 'Personal, social and emotional development' of the children. Once these components are firmly integrated into the practices and provisions provided within your setting, they will effectively address the needs of most children, fostering an environment where they can thrive.

Targeted

For a small number of children, you may need to provide some additional support to help them to learn and progress well in this area.  You can find lots of information within the 'Targeted' section of the road map that can help you to do this effectively.

Specialist

For most children, their needs will be met through your universal and targeted practices, however, some children may require more specialist support. You can find details of how to access such support within the 'Specialist' section of the roadmap. If you have children in the Reception class, then you would follow your normal routes through your own school SENCo to seek more specialist support.