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Preparation for Adulthood from the Earliest Years
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice (2015) outlines the concept of preparing for adulthood by focusing on several key outcomes:
- Higher Education and/or Employment: This involves exploring various employment options, including support for self-employment and assistance from supported employment agencies.
- Independent Living: This emphasizes enabling young people to have choice, control, and freedom over their lives, including decisions about their support, accommodation, and living arrangements, such as supported living.
- Participation in Society: This includes having friends, forming supportive relationships, and engaging in and contributing to the local community.
- Health: Ensuring young people are as healthy as possible in adult life.
These are collectively referred to as the Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) outcomes. While the PfA outcomes seem tailored for older children and young people, particularly those of secondary school age, the Code of Practice (2015) emphasises that preparation for adulthood should begin in the early years. The foundation for successful transition into adulthood for all children and young people is laid early, through a planned and intentional approach to teaching and learning. This approach should foster children’s ability to make decisions and involve them in shaping their educational experiences. It is crucial that preparation for adulthood is integrated into all educational settings and their curriculum offer.
Contents
Whole School SEND (WSS) have CPD and other resources which will help schools and colleges as they plan to prepare their learners for adulthood. We have grouped these into four categories:
- Upcoming events
- Resources
- Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Blogs
We hope you find these useful.
Upcoming Events
Preparing Learners with SEND for Adulthood: Supporting Success Conference
This event is a response to feedback from the education workforce following the Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) Review Guide Regional Training delivered in 2023 and will be a celebration of everything schools and colleges are already doing.
Preparing for Adulthood from the Earliest Years Review Guide
A great place to start is with our refreshed ‘Preparing for Adulthood from the Earliest Years’ Review Guide was trialled with schools in Oxfordshire who found that taking part in the process resulted in:
- A clear focus and drive for school improvement
- More widely shared expertise and good practice
- Better understanding of the rationale of PfAEY
- A clear and strategic vision for embedding PfAEY
- A named PfAEY governor
Resources
Teacher Handbook: SEND
- General
- 19 Aug 2024
A reference book designed to improve the educational experience of children and young people by helping education practitioners put inclusion at the heart of their practice.
Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality
- General
- 08 Feb 2022
Securing Good Transitions: A resource pack to support the next steps of Key Stage 4 pupils with SEND
- General
- 03 Feb 2021
CPD
Webinar: Their future in our hands – Navigating school to career transitions: A webinar for Primary, Secondary and College Educators Part 2
- Webcasts
- 03 Apr 2024
Webinar: Their future in our hands – Navigating school to career transitions: A webinar for Primary, Secondary and College Educators Part 1
- Webcasts
- 21 Mar 2024
Webinar: Perfecting Preparation for Adulthood
- Webcasts
- 11 Feb 2022
Webinar: Beyond the School Gates: Exploring Opportunity and Aspiration into FE and Beyond
- Webcasts
- 20 Jan 2022
Webinar: Preparation for Adulthood: High Aspirations Through All Stages of Education
- Webcasts
- 23 Sep 2021
Webinar: Preparing for Adulthood from the Earliest Years
- Webcasts
- 09 Jun 2021
Webinar: Securing Good Transitions
- Webcasts
- 04 Feb 2021
Blogs
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Our Partners
Our Universal Services programme partners have a number of useful resources.
Autism Education Trust
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF)
We would also recommend following links to some our Consortium Partners who work in this area for further information.