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It is a truth universally acknowledged in the world of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") that behaviour is...
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Transport Part 2 - Post 16
This blog post looks at transport for Young People at Post 16 placements. Please see here for a post dealing with transport for children...
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Transport Part 1 - Children
Home to School transport is a perennial problem for parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities...
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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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What Is an Annual Review?
An Annual Review, as the name suggests, is a yearly review of a child or young person’s Education and Health Care Plan (“EHC Plan”) and...
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What Is A Phase Transfer?
Phase Transfers refer to the times at which a child or young person moves between phases of education[1]. There are six in total,...
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Choosing A School: Part 1
This is a two-part blog post looking at choosing a school with an Education and Health Care Plan ("EHC Plan"). This post considers the...
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Personal Budgets and Direct Payments
When a child or young person is issued with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan) the local authority is legally required to...
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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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What is a Speech & Language Therapist?
A Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) is a healthcare professional providing support and care for people who, for physical and/or...
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What is SEND Advocacy?
What is SEND Advocacy? SEND Advocacy, as the name suggests, is advocacy centred around SEND law, policy and practice. SEND stands for…
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