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Informed opinion on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Law, Policy and Practice and related areas
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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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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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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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Autistic Pride Day
A blog post about Autistic Pride Day and the celebration of neurodiversity.
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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 Judicial Review?
A blog post on Judicial Review in the context of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") law.
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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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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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What Is Emotionally Based School Avoidance?
If you are a parent or carer of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs (“SEN”) it is likely that you will have come...
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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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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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