Lead support for disabled children and young people and their carers
Watch ‘A guide to the EHC plan’ produced by Hertfordshire County Council.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- 'Health care for disabled children and young people’, published by the Care Quality Commission
- ‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ by the Department for Education
- ‘Part 3: Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities’ in the Children and Families Act 2014
- ‘Education, Health and Care plans’ by Contact
- ‘Education, Health and Care plans: Examples of good practice’ by the Council for Disabled Children
- ‘SEN and disability in the early years: A toolkit’ by the Council for Disabled Children and 4Children
- ‘Disability rights' webpage on the Gov UK website
- Laser Learning reading text ‘Disability'
- ‘Research’ webpage on the Contact a Family website
- ‘Resources’ on the Council for Disabled Children website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Prevalence and cause of disability in children and young people’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Guidance and legislation’.
- Click to launch this presentation on ‘SEN Support and the Graduated Approach’ by Nasen.
- Click to launch this lesson’s presentation on ‘Education, Health and Care plans for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and disability (SEND)’ by the Department for Education and the Department of Health.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to the left to access a webpage providing the Government’s full definition of disability in the 2010 Equality Act. This page also provides links for additional reading to further your understanding.
- Click the icon to the left to access the webpage of the Disability Unit. This page links to key statistics and research into the issue of disability equality and monitors progress towards this.
- Click to read ‘SEN and disability statute law, regulations and guidance’ on the IPSEA website.
- Click to read ‘SEND Regulations’ on the Ed Yourself website.
- Click to read ‘Reasonable Adjustments for Disabled Pupils’ by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
- Click to read ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’ by the Department for Education.
- Click to read ‘What early years providers need to know about supporting young children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families’ by the National Children’s Bureau.
- Click to read ‘Assess, plan, do, review: The graduated approach to SEN’ on the Sec Ed website.
- Click to see this flowchart on the graduated response to SEND by Wigan Council.
- Click to read ‘SEN Support and the Graduated Approach’ by Nasen.
- ‘Information sharing: Advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers’. Click to read this guide to how and when to share information about a child to others.
- ‘The SEND Reforms: A guide to Education, Health and Care plans’ by the Council for Disabled Children. Click to read this guide.
- Think And Challenge
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