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A blog post on international literacy day & dyslexia for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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What is a SENCo?
A blog post on the role of a SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) for parents and carers of children and young people with SEND.
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What is a Social Care Assessment?
A blog on social care assessments for parents/carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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Working with Experts in SEND Appeals: What You Need to Know
A blog post on working with experts in the context of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") appeals
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Refusal to Issue Appeals
A blog post about appealing against the decision of a local authority not to issue an EHC Plan.
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EHC Plan Content Appeals: Part 3
A blog post on appeals against placement (section I) in Education Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans)
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You Are Not Invisible: Carers Week UK
A blog post on carers week for parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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EHC Plan Content Appeals: Part 1
A blog post for parents and carers on how to appeal the content of an Education Health and Care Plan ("EHC Plan")
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What is Mediation?
A blog post about mediation in the context of appeals about EHC Plans in the area of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND").
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Refusal To Assess Appeals
A blog post about how to appeal the decision of a local authority not to carry out an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment ("EHCNA")
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What is an EHC Plan?
A blog post on Education Health and Care Plans ("EHC Plans") explaining what they are and how they help children with SEND.
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What Is SEN Support?
All mainstream education settings have a legal duty under s.66 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (“CAFA”) to use their best...
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Exclusions Part 2 - Permanent
This is the second of a 2-Part blog post on Exclusions and looks at Permanent Exclusions (“PEx”). The first post on Fixed Term Exclusions...
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School Exclusions Part 1 - Fixed Term
According to the latest statistics released by the Department for Education (“DfE”), children and young people with Special Educational...
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What is an EHCNA? - Part 2
This is the second of a two-part Blog post on the Education Health and Care Needs Assessment ("EHCNA") process and looks at what happens...
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Why Specify and Quantify?
One of the more enduring #SENDMyths concerns the degree to which provision in section F of an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan)...
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What is the SEND Tribunal?
Increasingly, parents and carers are having to turn to the courts in order to secure and/or enforce the education to which their children...
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What is Alternative Provision?
When a child or young person is permanently excluded, at risk of exclusion, or is unable to access mainstream school for reasons such as...
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What is EOTAS?
EOTAS stands for Education Otherwise Than At School. It is a form of education funded by the local authority for those children or young...
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What is an Occupational Therapist?
Occupational Therapists (OTs) are healthcare professionals. They support people to recover from injury and/or overcome the barriers that...
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