The Children and Families Act and SEND Code of Practice 2014 place a duty on local authorities and partner agencies to jointly commission services for children and young people aged 0-25 with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND). However, this is an area of the SEND reforms that has proved challenging to implement. Now the 1 April deadline for transferring statements of SEN to education, health and care (EHC) plans has passed, evidence of good practice is emerging for this area of the reforms - commissioning and delivering joined-up services to improve outcomes for these children and their families. Research has identified three key themes.
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