Early Years Portage Home Visiting Team
Early Years Portage Home Visiting Team
Portage is an educational home-visiting service, provided by Hull City Council, for pre-school children 0 to 5 years old who have significant special educational needs and disabilities.
The team consists of 4 home visitors – 2 full time and 2 part time.
All team members work to offer weekly, fortnightly, or monthly visits depending on the needs of families in a block of 6 initial weeks.
Portage Home Visiting team support parents and carers in their own home to develop their child's play and interaction. They enable them to develop early learning and promote positive outcomes on development.
Children learn new skills in familiar, comfortable surroundings. The idea is to have fun together whilst continuously assessing and promoting the child’s abilities.
Many parents have found Portage Home Visitors to be very helpful because of its supportive positive approach and the impact upon their child's development.
Information is shared with other professionals in agreement with parents and provided to the Early Years Inclusion Team as required. Transition visits to nursery are made as children leave the Portage service and a multi-agency approach is adopted to share strategies that have worked well. This ensures a smooth transition can be made from home to nursery.
Parents United
Parents United are a Parent Peer support group for parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs or disabilities (SEND). Their group is also for those who might be concerned about their child's development. Your child does not need a diagnosis to join them.