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• Identifying and assessing Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

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• Requesting an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment

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• What if the local authority does not agree to assess my child or to issue an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment?

  If you are unhappy about the decisions made by the local authority you should in the first instance seek to discuss and resolve those issues with your case manager/plan co - coordinator. If disagreements remain, then the local authority will provide you with information about…

• What is an EHCP and who is it for? A short video

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