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Decision making toolkit: a practical guide to supporting young people with special educational needs and disabilities to make their own decisions and to be engaged in the best interests decision making process
- Author:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
This decision making toolkit is a practical guide to support social workers, health practitioners, school and college staff, parent carers, families and anyone working directly with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). It is designed to be used in partnership with young people to support them to make their own decisions and to participate as fully as possible in decisions made on their behalf. It includes a template practitioners can use to support a young person who lacks capacity to go through a best interests decision making process based on the best interests checklist in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice. (Edited publisher abstract)
Bullying and the Children and Families Act 2014: a briefing from the Anti-Bullying Alliance and the Council for Disabled Children, September 2015
- Authors:
- ANTI-BULLYING ALLIANCE, COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Anti-Bullying Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
The Children and Families Act 2014 includes new duties on local authorities for how services and support are delivered for disabled children and young people and those with Special Educational Needs (SEN). As a result of these reforms the SEND Code of Practice was re-written. A disproportionate amount of disabled children and young people and those with SEN are bullied in schools and the revised Code of Practice introduces new duties and guidance for local authorities and schools about bullying. This briefing aims to explain these new duties and provide clarity around what effective practice looks like. It covers: bullying and the local offer; cyberbullying, internet safety and the local offer; taking bullying into account when identifying special educational needs; and School SEN Information Report and bullying. (Edited publisher abstract)
'Realistic positivity': understanding the additional needs of young children placed for adoption, and supporting families when needs are unexpected
- Authors:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN, HAMBLIN Emily
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 87
- Place of publication:
- London
This research, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Children’s Policy Research Unit, looks at the challenge of supporting families when adopted children have unexpected additional needs. It explores how adverse early experiences impact on children’s health and development in highly individual ways and can make health issues or special educational needs, including common conditions such as autism, challenging to identify. The report presents the results of interviews with six adoptive parents and thirteen professionals to identify some of these challenges. The results are discussed in the following areas: how professionals identify and understand children’s needs; how prospective adopters are informed about children’s health and development before placement, and how they seek help if concerns arise after placement; stages and transitions involved in the early years of children’s lives, including placement for adoption; parents’ seeking and engagement with services and community resources, to professional and service responses to new or emerging concerns post-placement. The report calls upon adoption agencies to ensure clear and open communication with prospective adopters about children, and also about the services and support available to families. (Edited publisher abstract)
Education, health and care plans: examples of good practice
- Author:
- COUNCIL FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
- Publisher:
- Council for Disabled Children
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
A resource to help practitioners to write good quality Education Health and Care (EHC) plans that meet both the letter and the spirit of the Children and Families Act 2014. It aims to help those contributing to EHC needs assessments and those writing EHC plans. Section A includes excerpts from real EHC plans and tips for completing an EHC plan. Section B provides EHC plans for two fictional children, which draw on real examples. Each section covers different areas of EHC plans, including the aspirations of the child; the child or young persons’ special educational needs; health needs; social care needs; the outcomes sought for the child or the young person; and special educational, health and social care provision. The resource aims to encourage discussion about the key features of high quality EHC plans. (Edited publisher abstract)