Q:
07.04 Does the cause of a child or young person’s SEN need to be known?
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- 1 No
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- 14 Feb 2022
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No
Simple
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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