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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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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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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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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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LSAs: It’s Not What You Do, It’s The Way That You Do It
For many parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (“SEND”) having dedicated 1:1 for their child in...
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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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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
This is Part 1 of a 2-Part series of blog posts on SEN Transport and considers the position for children of compulsory school age. Part 2...
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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 EHCNA? - Part 1
EHCNA stands for Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. It is the first stage in the process of obtaining an Education Health and...
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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
A blog post on choosing a school with an EHC Plan for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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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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