Search

Children's centre staff to be trained to help families with disabled children

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's centre staff will be offered training to deliver better outcomes for families with disabled children under an initiative led by Contact a Family.

Inspectors praise efforts to improve SEND provision in East Sussex

News

Monday, February 27, 2017

| CYP Now

Work to improve provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in East Sussex is starting to bear fruit, inspectors have said.

Serco named as preferred bidder for community health services in Suffolk

News

Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Health union Unison is "angered and disappointed" at NHS Suffolk's decision to hand a 140m contract to run community and children's health services to the private firm Serco.

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

News

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

| CYP Now

The Queen has outlined the details of a new Families and Children Bill in her first speech to parliament since the coalition was formed in 2010.

Autism investigation prompts concerns of under-diagnosis in care system

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

| CYP Now

An investigation into the prevalence of autism among children in care has prompted concerns that many are not being diagnosed and are missing out on important support as a result.

Benefit cuts 'will push families of disabled children into debt'

News

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Up to 100,000 families with a disabled child will be worse off under Universal Credit, forcing many to cut back on food expenditure and pushing others into debt, an inquiry has found.

Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children

News

Thursday, June 7, 2018

| CYP Now

The number of children with autism being excluded has risen dramatically in recent years, government data has shown, with campaigners claiming they are being "shut out" of schools.

Disabled children's sexual health project gets cash boost

News

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

| CYP Now

The Children's Society's sexual health for disabled children and young people project has been awarded 167,295 of government funding to boost its services.

Young people with chronic health conditions ‘need improved support'

News

Thursday, February 25, 2016

| CYP Now

Services for young people with chronic health conditions transitioning into employment need to improve, experts have warned.

Court rules disability benefit suspension breached human rights

News

Friday, July 10, 2015

| CYP Now

The suspension of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) of a disabled child during his stay in hospital was in breach of the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court has found.

DfE to spend further £4.8m supporting SEN reforms

News

Monday, January 9, 2017

| CYP Now

An additional £4.8m has been set aside to support efforts to implement the government reforms to the special educational needs system.

Disability charities welcome early signatories to charter

News

Friday, July 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The first ten health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) have signed up to a dedicated Disabled Children's Charter just three months after its launch.

Timpson confirms phased introduction of SEN reforms

News

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

New support arrangements for children with special educational needs (SEN) will be gradually phased in next year to help the changes be implemented smoothly, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Ofsted criticises 'delusional leaders' for SEND failures

News

Monday, July 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Serious concerns have been raised about the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bury, with inspectors warning that progress has been hampered because of complacent leadership.

Inspectors praise SEND support for vulnerable groups in Solihull

News

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

| CYP Now

Inspectors have praised the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Solihull, including unaccompanied asylum seekers and looked-after children.

'Little progress' on speech and language support in past decade

News

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Parents face much the same problems as they did 10 years ago in terms of accessing support for children with speech, language and communication needs, a study has found.

Children with autism face year-long wait for education support

News

Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Almost half of all children with autism wait for more than a year for appropriate educational support, a report by the National Autistic Society (NAS) has found.

Deaf children's services win reprieve in Stoke-on-Trent

News

Friday, August 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has secured a stay of execution for cuts to deaf pupil services in Stoke-on-Trent.

Charity gets £600,000 to help explain SEN reforms

News

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

| CYP Now

A charity for families of disabled children has received more than £600,000 to help explain how the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms work.

Children's wards 'at risk of closure', RCPCH warns

News

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

| CYP Now

More children admitted to hospital for treatment should be dealt with by GPs in the community in order to prevent overstretched children's wards from closing, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Search Results

Children's centre staff to be trained to help families with disabled children

Inspectors praise efforts to improve SEND provision in East Sussex

Serco named as preferred bidder for community health services in Suffolk

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

Autism investigation prompts concerns of under-diagnosis in care system

Benefit cuts 'will push families of disabled children into debt'

Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children

Disabled children's sexual health project gets cash boost

Young people with chronic health conditions ‘need improved support'

Court rules disability benefit suspension breached human rights

DfE to spend further £4.8m supporting SEN reforms

Disability charities welcome early signatories to charter

Timpson confirms phased introduction of SEN reforms

Ofsted criticises 'delusional leaders' for SEND failures

Inspectors praise SEND support for vulnerable groups in Solihull

'Little progress' on speech and language support in past decade

Children with autism face year-long wait for education support

Deaf children's services win reprieve in Stoke-on-Trent

Charity gets £600,000 to help explain SEN reforms

Children's wards 'at risk of closure', RCPCH warns

Current filters

Filter by

Article Types

Journals

Tags