Special Educational Needs and Disability: A Guide for Parents
This document in the Downloads box is a guide from the Department for Education.
It provides an introduction to the system intoduced in 2014.
Pages 47-54 contain an extensive list of useful contact details including links for further information and support.
Contents |
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Foreword
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Introduction
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5 |
Who is this guide for?
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5 |
What is it about?
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When should I use it?
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How has this guide been produced?
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Definitions of special educational needs and disability
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Special Educational Needs (SEN) |
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Disabilities |
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Where to go for help if you think your child has a special educational need or a disability
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8 |
The principles of the system
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11 |
Information, advice and support
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13 |
The Local Offer
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16 |
Support for children and young people with special educational needs |
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SEN support
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19 |
Education, Health and Care needs assessments and plans
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Requesting an EHC needs assessment
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Deciding whether to conduct an EHC needs assessment
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22 |
Conducting an EHC needs assessment
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22 |
Deciding whether an EHC plan is needed
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Preparing an EHC plan
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23 |
What you can do if you disagree with your local authority’s decisions
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24 |
Personal Budgets
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25 |
Support for the under 5s Children under 2 |
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Support for children of school age
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30 |
Young people aged 16 and over in further education
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34 |
Preparing for adulthood
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Children and young people in specific circumstances
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40 |
Challenging or disagreeing with decisions
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Disagreement resolution
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Mediation
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Appealing to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal
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Disagreeing about other things
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Further information and useful contacts
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Glossary
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Annex: Special educational needs and disabilities – moving from the old to the new system
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Transferring children and young people from statements and LDAs to EHC plans
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What if my local authority is part way through assessing on 1 September 2014?
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What if I disagree with my local authority?
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58 |