SEN Children Guidance
A dedicated space to document the specific, detailed care instructions that anyone stepping in to support your SEN child would need to know.
What the SEN Children section helps you document
Understanding Your Child's Needs
Record your child's diagnosis, their EHCP details, and the key professionals involved in their care — so anyone stepping in has the full picture immediately.
Medications & Medical Information
Document all medications with exact dosages, timing, and administration methods. Note anything that must never be missed, plus pharmacy details and repeat prescription processes.
Routines & Structure
Routine is critical for many SEN children. Record morning, afternoon, and evening routines in detail so life stays familiar and predictable during an already difficult time.
Sensory Needs & Triggers
Document sensory sensitivities around sound, light, touch, smell, and movement. Note what overwhelms your child and what helps them self-regulate.
Emotional Wellbeing & Behaviour
Record early warning signs of distress, known triggers for meltdowns, and the de-escalation strategies that work — including what should never be done.
School & Education Details
Note the school, class teacher, SENCO, and any teaching assistants. Record specialist provision, therapy sessions, and any known triggers in the school environment.
Guardians & Key Contacts
Name who should care for your child if you are no longer able to, including people your child trusts and professionals who know them well.
Diet, Clothing & Personal Care
Many SEN children have strong sensory preferences around food, clothing, and personal care. Document the specific details that make daily life manageable.
"He can talk. He just can't explain. And when I wasn't there, nobody understood what he was trying to say."
Karen's son Theo is 11 and has autism. He speaks — sometimes quite a lot — but under stress, his language becomes fragmented. He repeats phrases. He says "I'm fine" when he isn't. He can't always find the words for what's wrong, and when he's overwhelmed, he shuts down completely.
Theo struggles with change. He needs consistency. He needs to know what's coming next. When Karen was admitted to hospital for surgery that became complicated, Theo stayed with her brother and his wife — people Theo knew and liked. But they had never been his main carers. They didn't know his routines in detail, or what Theo's specific phrases actually meant. On day two, Theo became increasingly distressed. He kept saying "wrong time, wrong time" — which Karen would have known immediately meant his routine was out of sync and he felt unsafe. Her brother didn't understand. By day three, Theo had stopped eating, was having meltdowns, and was refusing to go to school.
"Theo wasn't being difficult," Karen says. "He was scared and he didn't have the words to explain it. And nobody around him knew enough about him to fill in the gaps."
After she came home, Karen realized that having all the information about Theo — his routines, his phrases, his sensory needs, what helps when he's stressed — documented and ready was the only way he could feel safe during a change. She sat down and wrote it all out in Everhere's SEN section — the exact sequence of his daily routine, his phrases and what they mean, his food rules, his sensory triggers, what calms him when he's overwhelmed, and who he trusts. She shared it with her brother, her neighbour, and Theo's school SENCO so that whenever change happens, everyone has the information they need to help him adjust.
"He can talk," she says. "But talking isn't the same as being understood. I wrote down the translation guide. Now the people who love him can actually help him."
"The hardest part of parenting an autistic child is knowing that all this knowledge lives only in your head. Everhere gave me somewhere to put it — so Theo is protected even when I can't be there."
— Karen, mother of Theo, 11
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