Youth custody, children and young people with special educational needs

The Children and Families Act 2014 set out a new legal framework for children and young people with SEN  (special educational needs) in youth custody.  This change commenced on 1 April 2015. The attached document from the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has a range of information for young people, parents/carers, professionals and anyone else involved.

The CDC factsheet, also attached, sets out the changes for young offenders with SEN.

The new legal framework applies to;

• children and young people aged 18 and under, in;
• Young Offender Institutions,
• Secure Training Centres and
• Secure Children’s Homes.

It applies to children and young people who are:

• on remand,
• have been sentenced, or;
• children who have been voluntarily detained in Secure Children’s Homes.