NHS liaison: The Designated Clinical /Medical Officer for SEND
As some of you may know, I have been doing my bit to help improve local SEND where I live in Surrey – right now I’m running their new Local …
Category: Education Health and Care Plan
Hayley’s EHCP Save-Our-Sanity SOS plan
It seems that at every milestone and crossroads in your child’s life, your pride, relief and excitement at their achievements is met with an equal measure of stress and worry. …
Who’s writing your child’s EHCP? Your outsourcing questions answered
About six months ago, SNJ began looking into something that local authorities have become increasingly keen on – outsourcing the producing of draft Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCPs) to …
Explaining the Annual Review for a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan
Although Statements of special educational needs have been around since 1981, for many parents, the Annual Review (AR) remains a bit of a mystery, even for those of us who …
Draft Plans and Working Documents in an EHCP
Working Documents (WD) and draft EHC plans are quite similar, although with a draft plan you can negotiate on all of it whereas a WD only (currently) relates to sections …
Not co-production: Was your child’s Education, Health and Care plan outsourced?
Tania’s note: Matt Keer, the parent of children who are deaf, is a whizz at figures. He’s written for us before and helped SNJ numerous times. Happily, he’s joining now our team …
Is there a crisis looming at the SEND Tribunal?
New figures out from the Ministry of Justice have shown a big jump in the number of appeals registered at the SEND Tribunal. It’s not totally unexpected; earlier this year, writing …
More EHCP research: DfE sends “Experience” survey to families
From today many parents of children with special educational and young people who have Education, Health and Care Plans will be receiving letters from the Department for Education containing a …
The failings that made our son’s special education EHCP transfer a nightmare
Our son has a severe physical disability and a longstanding diagnosis. He had a statutory Statement of Special Educational Needs issued by our local authority almost 18 months ago, in …
Using an online EHCP: A parent’s story
Earlier this year, we hosted a post about ‘One page profiles and EHC plans the Wiki way’. It’s been very popular and I know that some local authorities have been following …
CALL TO ACTION: Let’s work together to stop SEND Tribunal nightmares
Moving the Baker Small Twitter-storm along… Special Needs Jungle would like to use the momentum we have gathered to create a groundswell of SEND community support to: You’ve probably seen …
The real message the EHCP stats should give to the Ministers
Yesterday’s new SEND statistics reported worrying progress on SEND reform up to January 2016, amid soothing words from the Ministers in charge that the reforms are “boosting the life chances …
Edward Timpson and Jane Ellison: “Our reforms are boosting the life chances of children with SEND”
As parent carers we often measure our successes in the little victories we achieve on a day to day basis. They may not seem significant to some, but to us …
What makes a good outcome in an Education, Health and Care Plan?
One of the changes within the SEND reforms is that the support in the statutory Education, Health, and Care Plan must contain outcomes instead of objectives. So what is an …
The Great EHCP Swindle
Tania’s note: A parent post today, but it’s not a personal tale of an experience with the new Education, Health and Care Process. Instead, it’s a lesson for everyone involved in the SEND …
SNJ’s new service: EHCP Transfer Clinic!
Last week, we relaunched our Ask IPSEA legal question and answer service. But wha if your question isn’t legal in nature, but you have a question about changing your child’s …
What isn’t working in the transfer from Statement to EHCP
By 1 April 2018, local authorities must have transferred all children and young people with statements of SEN to the new SEN and disability system who meet the criteria for …
Parents making high-level progress on the SEND health agenda
It’s been a busy week hasn’t it? The budget revealed further cuts in the offing for disabled people – although Nicky Morgan said later they were just a “suggestion”, which …
Top tips for navigating an EHCP process – for both parents and SEN departments!
Tania writes: Ask anyone who’s been through England’s new special educational needs statutory assessment as part of the EHCP process, and you’re more likely than not to hear a sorry …
One Page Profiles and EHC plans the Wiki way
Last year, I was introduced to an exciting new concept for “living” One Page Profiles – using video and other media and updateable online using a Wiki Wikis are simple, …