Portage is a home visiting educational service for pre–school children with SEND and their families. It helps parents teach their children new skills at home under direction of the portage home visitor. The scheme specifies particular teaching techniques and curriculum of skills to be learnt. Portage aims to:Work with families to help them develop a quality of life and experience, for themselves and their young children, in which they can learn together, play together, participate and be included in their community in their own right.Play a part in minimizing the disabling barriers that confront young children and their families.Support the national and local development of inclusive services for children.Portage children and their parents are visited at home by the Portage home visitor. The first three visits are usually fortnightly. This usually gives the family and the Portage home visitor a chance to get to know each other, prepare materials and plan for future visits. Once this has been established visits become weekly and last for about an hour. The parent and home visitor work in partnership to develop a programme that is specific to meet the child’s needs. Local Offer Web Link http://new.shropshire.gov.uk/the-send-local-offer/ Referral Required? Yes. All children are referred by paediatricians and must live in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin. Children must have two or more concerns within their learning and development to access the service. We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
