08.03 Can learning life skills be SEP?

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Authors: David Wolfe KC, Leon Glenister
14 Feb 2022

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    Yes. Where a CYP does not just need help with basic life skills (such as dressing or washing) (sometimes referred to as independent living skills), which would be social care, but also needs to learn those things (such that the provision in question needs to educate/train the CYP to help develop/enhance their independent living skills or basic life skills) which could make it also educational provision; and so the CYP has an educational need arising from their difficulties in those areas.

    More: Is there a rule specifying what counts as SEP?