A framework for emotional and social development
Noun: Latin Fāgus (“beech”) – The Tree of Learning
The Fagus Framework is underpinned by a theoretical base in child developmental theory and was principally developed for pupils at Beech Lodge School, many of the children there have attachment and developmental trauma-related difficulties and have been adopted from care, but Fagus has a wider application and can be used with many school-aged children.
The Framework enables an educational setting to reflect on children's behaviour and indicates underlying unmet needs, put a robust assessment, planning and tracking process in place for pupils that may be struggling with a range of social, emotional and behavioural issues as well as understand their social and emotional current level of development across many domains and provide a structure to create SMART social & emotional goals and interventions. More information ....
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There are 3 central components to Fagus:
Developmental Guides
Give an in-depth understanding of a child’s social and emotional development, focus interventions, set goals and track progress.
Online Checklists
Are a summarised version of the Guides and completed to create a Developmental Profile.
Online Profiles
Approximates a child’s development across each social and emotional domain, identifies their strengths and areas requiring intervention and tracks progress over time.
Here are some examples of how the Fagus toolkit can be used in schools:
Some examples of how Fagus relates social and emotional functioning to behavioural concerns at school, which may impact learning.
