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  • Are you willing to share a summary of your EHCP section A? If yes, please share. (Please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.)
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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section B? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section C? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section D? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section E? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section F? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Who set up Support SEND Kids, and why?
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section G? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section H1? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section H2? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section I? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section J? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Are you willing to share your answers to EHCP section K? If yes, please make sure you remove personal data, such as names.
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    25 Mar 2021

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  • Is the EHCP a legal document? If yes, does my child have a legal right to support?
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    30 Mar 2021

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  • Have you been through the EHCP process? What advice would you share with families who have a newly diagnosed child?
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    05 Apr 2021

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  • Have any charities helped in your EHCP process? If yes, who are they and how did they help?
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    05 Apr 2021

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  • Is there a legal test a child has to meet to be classified as SEN?
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    07 Apr 2021

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  • Can I contribute my EHCP to this site? If yes, how do I do it?
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    07 Apr 2021

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  • Would you share your story from diagnosis to getting your EHCP? (what went well, what was challenging, who helped you through it.)
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    28 Apr 2021

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  • Was there a person or organisation who helped you when you were most in need? If so, who are they? What help did they give? (during the EHCP process)
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    02 May 2021

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  • Can you remember who first suggested you needed a Needs Assessment? Who where they? Why did they make this suggestion?
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    02 May 2021

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  • Did you navigate the Needs Assessment/EHCP process without having to appeal? If so, what helped with your success?
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    02 May 2021

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  • What was your biggest success? (as a family going thro the EHCP process)
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    02 May 2021

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  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for funding advice?
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    02 May 2021

  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for SEND support advice?
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    02 May 2021

  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for EHCP advice?
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    02 May 2021

  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for needs assessment advice?
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    02 May 2021

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  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for provision advice?
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    02 May 2021

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  • I am a SENCO, can you suggest where I go for access arrangements?
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    02 May 2021

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  • How can I be sure my EHCP is being delivered?
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    05 May 2021

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  • What does SEND stand for? And meanings of other abbreviations and acronyms.
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    07 May 2021

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  • My child with autism has loads of sensory needs. Can I ask the school to state his prime need is sensory on their SEND register?
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    27 May 2021

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  • Does autism automatically need an EHCP?
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    27 May 2021

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  • Will you share your biggest challenge? (as a family going thro EHCP process)
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    07 Jun 2021

  • Is there somewhere I can go for a quick overview of the EHCP process?
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    22 Jun 2021

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  • Can I have help - How to sign up to Support SEND kids?
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    22 Jun 2021

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  • Can Support SEND Kids map my route thro the ehcp process (from my first concerns to EHCP in action) and show me the points when I might need legal ...

    ... advice?

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    28 Jun 2021

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  • Are there key transition moments when taking legal advice is advisable, during the process of getting or maintaining an EHCP?
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    30 Jul 2021

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  • Is there a difference between a SENCO, SENDCo and Inclusion Manager? 
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    31 Aug 2021

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  • Can I ask for a meeting with the SENDCo? 
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    31 Aug 2021

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  • Do autistic children need a special school? 
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    31 Aug 2021

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  • Would you like to find articles by and about Support SEND Kids that can be shared by members?
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    25 Oct 2021

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  • WEBINAR: 24 March 2022: 1pm and watch on demand. Noddy Nonsense Guide 2022, the definitive guide to SEN law / Authors, David Wolf QC, Matrix ...

    ... Chambers, and Leon Glenister, Landmark Chambers, talk to Ali Fiddy, Chief Executive of IPSEA / with online Q&A.

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    22 Mar 2022

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  • Can anyone explain how parents start the EHCP process for children below school age? There are many parents with children, who have conditions ...

    ... identified at birth or in their early years, that would find mainstream education challenging or impossible.

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    26 Aug 2022

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  • Should parents get ALL reports before an annual review meeting? (We have been told about parents attending annual reviews and only seeing reports for ...

    ... the first time, during the meeting.)

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    01 Sep 2022

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  • Parent X has safeguarding concerns about their child’s school. They have provided an AngelSense tracker to their child (primary age). Does the ...

    ... school have a right to object and if so can they exclude the child if X insists the child wears it?

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    04 Nov 2022

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  • Can I download the Disability Law in Education No-nonsense Guide as a pdf?
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    11 Nov 2022

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  • We have been asked... Can a Local Authority name a school on an EHCP without the agreement of the child’s parents, and ignore the parent’s ...

    ... requested school completely? The LA is claiming the family will have to go to appeal to secure their preferred school.

    To provide some additional context, the parent has provided the LA with a list of schools they wish for the LA to consult with. It is not clear what type/s of school the parent has listed.

    The LA have responded to say they will be listing their own schools for consultation. It is not clear if this is in addition to or instead of the schools the parent listed. The LA re relying on paragraph 9.84 of the SEND COP, which concerns non-maintained / independent education providers.

    The parent has been told by the LA:
    1. You have the right to list the schools that you want for the consultation process
    2. During this consultation process of 15 days, we are going to consult our schools in the borough which are not the ones you have listed because of paragraph 9.84
    3. If our schools say yes to accepting your child or there are no spaces, we can go over the limit from 15 to 17, or even if it’s not the best school for your child as long as the setting can meet your child’s needs we will consult them, your permission is not required at this stage
    4. We will take this to panel and present our schools, you can appeal after we have listed a school for your child

    Is the LA correct? Can you explain the law around the right to name a parental preference and the consultation process, as found in sections 33 and 39 CFA 2014, and from section 9.78 – 9.84 SEND COP?

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  • Can a school exclude a child with Autism and/or ADHD?

    This is a question we hear often from parents. Parents can feel that their child is being unfairly treated or who 'act up' because their needs aren't being met.

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    11 Mar 2023

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  • Is it true a child could be assessed quicker by CAMHS by applying for an EHC needs assessment, rather than joining the CAMHS general waiting list?

    We hear of parents, who believe their child is SEND, waiting many months to get their child's mental health assessed by CAMHs. Because the EHCNA (EHC needs assessment) has a legal time limit, if an LA agreed to a needs assessment, then is it possible/likely the child could be seen sooner than on the general waiting list.

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  • Can you suggest what Section E (Outcomes) should include?

    Many parents, when presented with their draft EHCP, are unsure whether the Outcomes in Section E are 'good enough'. What should or shouldn't be included. What does a 'good' Section E look like. Parents only have 15 days in which to respond to the Local Authority. Guidance from our community would be much appreciated.

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    19 Mar 2023

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  • Parents asked recently, should children with ADHD, Autism or other challenges be in mainstream school (rather than special school)?
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    06 Apr 2023

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  • The cost of an EHCP disagreement. Can you outline the costs for parents of taking the LA to tribunal?
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    17 Apr 2023

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  • Does disability living allowance automatically transfer to PIP benefit?

    When children turn 16 there can be changes to their support.

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    08 May 2023

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  • Timing of annual reviews (s44 CFA2014). Is it correct that an annual review should be 12 months after the date an amended EHCP was issued (following a tribunal appeal)?

    s44 CFA2014 requires an EHCp to be reviewed within 12 months of being issued and then within 12 months of the date the EHCp was last reviewed.

    The last review of my 9 yo daughters EHCp was/was completed on the 1st July 2022. We appealed to the FTT who ordered amendments to the EHCp, and the amended document was issued on 30th April 2023. The LA now claims that the next s44 review must be completed by 30th April 2024 and not 1st July 2023 as s44 requires.

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  • Is it true that ADHD is not considered a disability as far as The Equality Act 2010 is concerned?

    This question relates to a case we were told about recently: my 8 year old son was recently given a fixed term exclusion for ‘non-complaint behaviour’, the worst of which seems to have been using the calming fiddle toy we had given him during lessons. He does not have an EHCp but we are looking at that. He has been diagnosed with ADHD but we believe he also has a number of difficulties outside the ADHD diagnostic criteria.  We believe this exclusion amounts to disability discrimination. Our first response was to complain to the Academy and eventually a meeting was held which was chaired by the Chair of Governors who claims to have decades of SEND experience. At the start of the meeting, she questioned the legitimacy of our concerns as, as far as she was aware, ADHD was now not considered a disability as far as The Equality Act 2010 is concerned as this is what she had read in a local newspaper.

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Questions they have answered

  • Is there a legal test a child has to meet to be classified as SEN?
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    07 Apr 2021

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  • Can I contribute my EHCP to this site? If yes, how do I do it?
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    07 Apr 2021

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  • What does SEND stand for? And meanings of other abbreviations and acronyms.
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    07 May 2021

    Watched by 1
  • Is there somewhere I can go for a quick overview of the EHCP process?
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    22 Jun 2021

    Watched by 17
  • Can I have help - How to sign up to Support SEND kids?
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    22 Jun 2021

    Watched by 3
  • Can Support SEND Kids map my route thro the ehcp process (from my first concerns to EHCP in action) and show me the points when I might need legal ...

    ... advice?

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    28 Jun 2021

    Watched by 7
  • WEBINAR: 24 March 2022: 1pm and watch on demand. Noddy Nonsense Guide 2022, the definitive guide to SEN law / Authors, David Wolf QC, Matrix ...

    ... Chambers, and Leon Glenister, Landmark Chambers, talk to Ali Fiddy, Chief Executive of IPSEA / with online Q&A.

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    22 Mar 2022

    Watched by 3
  • Can you pass on any advice to parents who are attending Tribunal to make it less stressful and help them be prepared?
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    11 Oct 2021

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  • Does anyone know how much detail should be included in EHCP Section A? (I am requesting an EHC needs assessment and the local authority has asked us ...

    ... to complete Section A before they take it any further. I don't know if they want a full history, he is a teenager, or if we should focus on the immediate problems.)

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    23 May 2022

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  • I am applying for changes to my child's EHCP in respect of her 1:1 provision. Does anyone have a good example of wording for Part F of the EHCP for ...

    ... full time 1:1?

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    28 Jul 2021

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  • Would you like to find articles by and about Support SEND Kids that can be shared by members?
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    25 Oct 2021

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  • Can I download the Disability Law in Education No-nonsense Guide as a pdf?
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    11 Nov 2022

    Watched by 3