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Autistic Pride Day
A blog post about Autistic Pride Day and the celebration of neurodiversity.
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Learning Disability Awareness Week
This is a blog post about learning disability awareness week 2024, what a learning disability is and how SEND Advocacy can help.
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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 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 recent statistics released by the Department for Education (“DfE”) for 2023/4, children and young people with Special...
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School Behaviour Policies
It is a truth universally acknowledged in the world of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") that behaviour is...
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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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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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Missing In Education
Earlier this year the government published various consultation documents relating to updating guidance on school attendance and the...
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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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