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Changing educational opportunities for people with learning difficulties following the Tomlinson Report
- Author:
- DEE Lesley
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 3(3), July 1998, pp.16-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Traces the impact of the report of the Further Education Funding Council's committees on learning difficulties and/or disabilities on educational opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Based on the principle of inclusion, the report made sixty recommendations aimed at improving the quality of further education for people with learning disabilities. While approximately one third of the proposals have now been accepted by the funding council, argues that only legislative reform can achieve the recommended changes to the post-16 curriculum and to inter-agency working.
Options for partnership between health, education and social services
- Author:
- DESSENT Tony
- Publisher:
- National Association for Special Educational Needs
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Tamworth
Includes seminar papers on: options for partnerships in meeting special educational needs between health, social and education services; options for paternships with social services - a local authority perspective; and options for partnership - a discussion.
A better working relationship
- Author:
- RUSSELL Philippa
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 26.9.91, 1991, pp.vii-viii.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Children Act paves the way for clearer communication between families with special needs and service providers. Will education and social services be able to work together to provide an integrated service?
Education matters: for everyone working with children in public care
- Author:
- HIBBERT Helen
- Publisher:
- Who Cares Trust
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 80p.
Seeks to provide social workers with essential information about education, and education professionals with information about social care. It contains a range of information on topics, including inter-agency working, stability, literacy, special educational needs and personal education planning, with details of projects and programmes currently in place nationwide. The book addresses issues to help all those who work with children and young people to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of the children in their care.
Guidance on the education of children and young people in public care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 113p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance designed to ensure that looked after children get the education they need and deserve. The purpose of the guidance is to assist local authorities in their role as corporate parents to safeguard and promote the education of children and young people in their care, with the aim of bringing the educational attainment of these children closer in line with that of their peers, enabling them to achieve their full potential. The guidance has sections on: current policy on children and young people in public care; who is in public care and why; working towards better corporate parenting; effective cooperation between agencies; records; early years; career planning for young people and post sixteen educational opportunities; young people in care with special educational needs; admissions, exclusions and transitions; out of authority placements; joint funding; supporting carers; training; advocacy; and young people placed in secure accommodation.
Education protects: guidance on the education of children and young people in public care; summary and key messages to schools
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of guidance on the education of children and young people in public care, aimed specifically at schools.