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Health visitors 'will help joint working in SEN services'

Thursday, February 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Newly recruited health visitors will be key to government plans to join-up services for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, a senior civil servant has revealed.

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A new £4m fund to develop new ways to help children with additional needs move from alternative provision into mainstream education or special schools has been announced.

#Chances4Children: SEND inclusion scheme helps 25,000 children access sport

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

| CYP Now

A government-backed programme aimed at boosting sporting opportunities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has supported more than 25,000 young people, evaluation has shown.

Government strategy promises improved support for autistic children

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Earlier diagnosis as well as investment in children’s professional training are among measures being pledged by the government to improve support for children and young people with autism.

MPs highlight impact of Covid-19 on deaf children’s mental health

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Monday, November 15, 2021

| CYP Now

Nearly two-thirds of deaf children say measures taken to combat Covid-19, such as the use of face coverings, has worsened their mental health, MPs have warned.

Record increase in children receiving specialist SEN support

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Thursday, May 25, 2017

| CYP Now

There has been a record increase in the number of children receiving additional support for special educational needs (SEN), with the figure rising by more than 30,000 in a single year.

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

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Friday, August 25, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to support the health needs of looked-after children and care leavers in Cornwall have been praised by inspectors.

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

Efforts to improve support for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) in Windsor & Maidenhead have been hindered by structural changes, inspectors have found.

Government 'must improve early language support to drive social mobility'

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

Early language development should be treated as a critical indicator of children's wellbeing on a par with obesity and vaccinations in order to boost social mobility, a report by the Early Intervention Foundation has said.

Ombudsman criticises EHC plan shortcomings

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Monday, October 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils need to do better at delivering education, health and care (EHC) plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned.

Councils struggling to meet SEND deadline, ombudsman warns

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Local authorities are struggling to transfer all children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to new education, health and care (EHC) plans by the April deadline, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned.

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Two disability campaigners who conducted reviews of special educational needs (SEN) provision have criticised the progress of government efforts to improve the system.

UN criticises treatment of disabled children in the UK

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Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

A United Nations committee has strongly criticised the treatment of children with disabilities in the UK and called on the government to take action to provide better support.

One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Disability campaigners have urged health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) to sign up to a charter to improve services for disabled children after it emerged that just a quarter have done so more than a year after it was launched.

Timpson confident new SEN system will start on time

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's minister Edward Timpson has said he is confident that local authorities will have the new special educational needs assessment and support systems in place by the 1 September target date.

Quarter of councils plan cuts to deaf children's support services

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A quarter of councils plan to cut support for deaf children this year, an investigation by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has found.

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

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Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent council has made a U-turn on plans to cut services for deaf children following a High Court challenge by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

SEN statements to be replaced with joined-up education, health and social care support

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Statements of special educational needs (SEN) are set to be scrapped and replaced with a single assessment that will cover children's education, health and social care needs, in an attempt to reduce the number of children placed on the SEN register.

One in three areas fail children with special needs

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Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils and health organisations in around a third of areas are failing to effectively support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), analysis by Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has revealed.

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Self-esteem damaged by overuse of the internet; schools accused of extremism could be converted to academies; and Ofsted criticises Nottingham Safeguarding Children Board, all in the news today.

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Health visitors 'will help joint working in SEN services'

Government unveils plans to improve education for children with additional needs

#Chances4Children: SEND inclusion scheme helps 25,000 children access sport

Government strategy promises improved support for autistic children

MPs highlight impact of Covid-19 on deaf children’s mental health

Record increase in children receiving specialist SEN support

Inspectors praise support for SEND care leavers in Cornwall

Children's services mutual transfer hinders SEND progress in Windsor

Government 'must improve early language support to drive social mobility'

Ombudsman criticises EHC plan shortcomings

Councils struggling to meet SEND deadline, ombudsman warns

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

UN criticises treatment of disabled children in the UK

One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

Timpson confident new SEN system will start on time

Quarter of councils plan cuts to deaf children's support services

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

SEN statements to be replaced with joined-up education, health and social care support

One in three areas fail children with special needs

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

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