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What are Reasonable Adjustments?
A blog post on reasonable adjustments for parents/carers of children & young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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What is Disability Discrimination? Part 2
A blog post on disability discrimination law for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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What is Disability Discrimination? Part 1
A blog post on disability discrimination law for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
A blog post on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ("OCD") for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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What is Dyslexia?
A blog post about Dyslexia for parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs ("SEN")
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What is Inclusive Education?
A blog post on inclusive education for parents/carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilites ("SEND")
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National Video Games Day
A blog post on video games for parents/carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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International Literacy Day
A blog post on international literacy day & dyslexia for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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Navigating Transitions
A blog post on navigating transitions in education 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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What is the LGSCO?
A blog post about the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman and when SEND parents/carers might want to complain to it.
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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 2
This is a blog post on how to appeal the Health and Social Care aspects of Education Health and Care Plans ("EHC Plans").
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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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School Placement Pending Appeal
Once a local authority has issued a Final Education Health and Care Plan (“EHC Plan”) the new setting named at Section I of the EHC Plan...
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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 recent statistics released by the Department for Education (“DfE”) for 2023/4, children and young people with Special...
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