Education Health and Care Plans

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• Education Health and Care Plan Documents

  The SEND handbook is designed as a guide to the process of assessment and identification of special educational needs including SEN support and an Education, Health and Care Needs assessment.  This has been revised following the first 6 years of implementing the reforms and reflects…

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

  Concerns about difficulties and additional needs may become apparent from a very early age or at any point in a child or young person’s life. Medical needs may be identified from birth and picked up by hospital professionals while other developmental concerns may become apparent…

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

  If you are considering requesting an Education Health and Care needs assessment,  all the documents and guidance notes can be found on the web page Education Health and Care Plan Documents.   If you are concerned about your child or young person and think that they may have…

• 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

  This short video from the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) is about the Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ughC-a5RhAc?rel=0" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>