SEND Advocacy Blog

EHCNA stands for Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. It is the first stage in the process of obtaining an Education Health and...

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...

Phase Transfers refer to the times at which a child or young person moves between phases of education[1]. There are six in total,...

A blog post on choosing a school with an EHC Plan for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")

When a child or young person is issued with an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan) the local authority is legally required to...

One of the more enduring #SENDMyths concerns the degree to which provision in section F of an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan)...

Increasingly, parents and carers are having to turn to the courts in order to secure and/or enforce the education to which their children...

When a child or young person is permanently excluded, at risk of exclusion, or is unable to access mainstream school for reasons such as...

Education doesn't have to be in a classroom EOTAS stands for Education Otherwise Than At School. It is a form of education funded by the...

Occupational Therapists (OTs) are healthcare professionals. They support people to recover from injury and/or overcome the barriers that...

A Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) is a healthcare professional providing support and care for people who, for physical and/or...

An Educational Psychologist (EP) is a professional who works with schools, families, children and young people, to support those with...

A blog post about SEND Advocacy and SEND Advocates for parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilties ("SEND").