by admin6989 | 1 May, 2020 | SEN
In accordance with the rights available to the Secretary of State for Education contained in the Coronavirus Act 2020, notices were issued on the 30th April 2020 which “temporarily… give local authorities, health commissioning bodies , education settings and other...
by admin6989 | 3 Apr, 2020 | Disability, SEN
Do different learning difficulties correspond to specific regions of the brain? No, according to a team of scientists at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge. Nearly a third of children and young people have a learning difficulty which...
by admin6989 | 18 Jan, 2020 | SEN
Q. Are the views of parents and young people relevant when deciding what should appear in an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCp)? A. Yes! This was emphasised, yet again, in the recent case of NE and DE v Southampton City Council (SEN) [2019] . Granted this is also...
by admin6989 | 8 Jan, 2020 | SEN
Q. If special educational provision is identified in section F of an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCp), is it the responsibility of the local authority who maintains the document to ensure this provision is provided? Most definitely, yes! It is surprising why...
by admin6989 | 1 Nov, 2019 | Disability, Employment Law, SEN, Uncategorized
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by admin6989 | 26 Oct, 2019 | SEN
The report on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities published by the House of Commons Education Committee on 23rd October 2019, will, one would imagine, be welcomed by most people involved in this area – even though some of the terminology in the report is...
