Staged Intervention process within Clackmannanshire Council 

The staged intervention process provides a framework for educational establishments to identify, assess and plan to address the additional support needs of all children and young people.

It also enables the local authority to gather the necessary information to enable the allocation of resources equitably and transparently.

The staged intervention process and procedure is underpinned by legislation and ensures that the duty placed on local authorities to identify and address additional support needs is in accordance with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is met.

The process is managed through meetings in school called a Team Around the Child (TAC).  Schools use agreed paperwork to record the agreed decisions and actions and you will get copies of these.  Pupils’ needs are assessed first by their class teacher (who is likely to know them best) but other people might be asked to join the TAC to support assessment.  These include support for learning teachers, outreach teams, Educational Psychologists, or other agencies for example health professionals such as Speech and Language Therapist.