Dependent children lead to dependent adults. If you don’t address it who will?
Information within this book will enable you to compile and deliver a case. Be armed and ready for school and local authority meetings, mediation and arbitration hearings.
Topics covered include,
Considering a placement’s suitability
Disability, learning and the built environment
College, work based learning (Apprenticeship) and university
Tracking development and collecting evidence
Appropriate support and low vision
Appropriate support and Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Children and young people without an Education, Health and Care Plan
Graduated approach
Setting targets
Parental contribution to an assessment
Meeting techniques
Being assertive
Managing conflict
Mediation
Provision to negotiate
Letters and addressing the situation, Building a case before appealing to a Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal
Requesting an Education, Health and Care Plan needs assessment
A local authority refusing to carry out an Education, Health and Care Plan needs assessment
A local authority refusing to carry out an Education, Health and Care Plan needs reassessment
A local authority refusing to issue an Education, Health and Care Plan following assessment
The description of need not adequately specified in the Education, Health and Care Plan
Special educational provision not adequately specified in the Education, Health and Care Plan
A local authority’s professional advices fail to say what provision is required
A local authority proposes an amendment to elements of an Education, Health and Care Plan
A decision by a local authority to cease to maintain an Education, Health and Care Plan
A local authority refusing to name the placement
Preparing a case to address a disagreement about a placement named in an Education, Health and Care Plan
What is the minimum a local authority low vision support service should offer?
Residential provision
Day or residential placement?
How to win an independent placement
Costing a placement
Case statement and working document
The role of experts and the content of professional reports
Presenting a case to a Special Education Needs and Disability Tribunal