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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Key policy developments

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

In February 2022, the government set out plans to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in a green paper that also incorporated alternative provision (AP) education.

Inclusive education, Canada

Best Practice

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| CYP Now

Tara Flood visited New Brunswick in 2019 to observe how schools deliver inclusive education for disabled children, more than thirty years after the Canadian province closed all of its special schools.

Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases

Best Practice

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Revamp of SEND services improves assessment and early identification of needs.

Cautious welcome for SEND vision but campaigners remain sceptical

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Green paper sets out proposals to improve consistency of support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, but experts warn many issues, including funding, are yet to be resolved.

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

News

Thursday, October 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Speech and language campaigners have expressed "grave concerns" that the government is failing to support many children with speech, language and communications needs (SLCN), 10 years after the landmark Bercow Review on the issue.

Daily roundup: DfE cuts, schools in Wales and paternity leave

Other

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

| CYP Now

£2bn cut threat for the Department for Education, a call for Welsh councils to lose school duties, and a think tank suggests 'use it or lose it' paternity leave, all in the news today.

Government 'failing deaf children' as grades fall behind hearing classmates

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| CYP Now

Deaf children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing classmates, prompting a charity to warn of a "lost generation".

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

News

Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils divulge details of teacher relationship claims; government orders action at Norfolk children's services; and Essex children's centres' opening hours to be cut, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, child protection and young carers

Other

Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Fears raised over lack of sex education in school safeguarding advice; social workers want new identities for two children to protect them from parents; and young carers projects receive funding, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Other

Thursday, April 10, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's commissioner reveals plight of unaccompanied asylum seekers; teacher numbers on the rise; and Barnardo's to raise awareness of child exploitation in the North East, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Girlguiding uniform, extremism in schools, and youth ballot

Other

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Girlguiding launches new uniform; legal challenge considered over new regulations to prevent extremism in schools, and UK Youth Parliament launches ballot to decide annual debate topics, all in the news today.

Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has called for local authorities to be given time to fully implement the special education needs and disability (SEND) reforms.

School exacerbates behaviour problems of disabled children, study finds

News

Friday, October 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Behaviour problems experienced by disabled children are made worse by the education they receive in their early years, researchers have claimed.

Daily roundup: Behaviour in schools, child protection guidance, and the cost of childhood

Other

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

| CYP Now

Research reveals concerns over classroom behaviour, the College of Social Work on safeguarding guidance, and the spiralling cost of raising a child, all in the news today.

How to deliver better EHC plans

Features

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Council for Disabled Children guidance for local authorities on producing education, health and care plans for SEND children.

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.

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.

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.

Government 'fails to improve education of young disabled people'

News

Monday, June 22, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is failing to meet its pledge to ensure young people with disabilities can access specialist further education colleges, it has been claimed.

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

Other

Thursday, October 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Qualification requirements and training provision for working with children and young people is continuously adapting in line with changes in policy and practice. Charlotte Goddard provides a comprehensive overview.

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Key policy developments

Inclusive education, Canada

Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases

Cautious welcome for SEND vision but campaigners remain sceptical

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

Daily roundup: DfE cuts, schools in Wales and paternity leave

Government 'failing deaf children' as grades fall behind hearing classmates

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, child protection and young carers

Daily roundup: Asylum seekers, teaching workforce, and child exploitation

Daily roundup: Girlguiding uniform, extremism in schools, and youth ballot

Councils 'need time' to deliver SEN reforms

School exacerbates behaviour problems of disabled children, study finds

Daily roundup: Behaviour in schools, child protection guidance, and the cost of childhood

How to deliver better EHC plans

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children

Young people with chronic health conditions ‘need improved support'

Government 'fails to improve education of young disabled people'

Children's workforce guide to training and qualifications

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