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07.04 Does the cause of a child or young person’s SEN need to be known?

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    No. What matters is the impact of the impairment or disability in question on the CYP, not the medical or other reason for the impairment or its impact. 

    It follows that a CYP’s SEN “may be accurately assessed without knowing their precise cause”: SG v Denbighshire CC [2018] UKUT 369 (AAC) #40 (note this was a UT permission decision but it has been published by the UT itself nonetheless so is likely to be treated as authoritative).

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