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Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant
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- Thursday, December 12, 2013 | CYP Now
The government wants local authorities in England to target £70m of early intervention funding on implementing the special educational needs (SEN) reforms next year.
Ombudsman ruling highlights speech therapy concerns
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- Friday, November 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Local authorities across England have been warned to ensure they provide speech and language therapy to those children assessed as needing it.
Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments
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- Monday, October 7, 2013 | CYP Now
Long-term outcomes for children and young people with complex special educational needs (SEN) will be at the heart of a new needs assessment system, the government has announced.
Internship scheme for young people with complex disabilities set to expand
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- Friday, July 19, 2013 | CYP Now
Supported Internships for young people with complex disabilities are to launch across England from next month.
Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking
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- Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | CYP Now
Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: Disabled athletes, free schools, and children's centres in Sheffield
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- Wednesday, February 20, 2013 | CYP Now
Research into children's views on disability and the Paralympics, figures show one in four free school applications come from religious groups, and plans to reorganise children's centres in Sheffield, all in the news today.
Daily roundup: 'Conflicts of interest' at the DfE; child poverty measurements, and safeguarding in Medway
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- Friday, February 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Fresh warnings over potential conflicts of interest at the Department for Education, experts criticise proposals for a new child poverty measure, and Ofsted rates Medway's child protection services 'inadequate', all in the news today.
Autism restraint ruling prompts call for police training
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- Friday, February 15, 2013 | CYP Now
Special educational needs (SEN) campaigners are calling for an urgent overhaul of police training, after the Court of Appeal ruled that officers breached the human rights of a young autistic boy when they restrained him.
Children's bill must heed lessons from SEN pilots, charities urge
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- Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | CYP Now
As the Children and Families Bill looms, professionals criticise the government's decision to extend the pilot schemes to September 2014, saying lessons should be taken into account before legislation comes into force
Daily roundup: 400 primary academies, 'secret' database, and school exclusions
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- Monday, November 12, 2012 | CYP Now
Plans to turn 400 primary schools into academies announced, concerns over "secret" database of children's details, and the number of special educational needs exclusions rises in Wales, all in the news roundup today.
Daily roundup: Disability payments, Youth Work Week and SEN support in Bromley
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- Tuesday, October 16, 2012 | CYP Now
Fears that the new disability payment system could hamper independent living for young people, MPs urged to spend time with local youth workers, and Bromley berated over delays in SEN support, all in the news today.
SEN reforms threatened by lack of key worker support
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- Monday, September 17, 2012 | CYP Now
Proposals to overhaul the system for children with disabilities and special educational needs face being derailed, with a third of councils offering no key worker provision
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.
SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'
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- Thursday, May 10, 2012 | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.
Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems
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- 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.
SEN and disability reform pathfinders revealed
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- Wednesday, September 21, 2011 | CYP Now
Brighton & Hove, Lewisham and Northamptonshire councils are among 20 local authorities chosen to pilot the government's reform of special education needs and children's disability services.
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).
Good Practice: Early advice empowers families
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Best Practice
- Friday, September 2, 2011 | CYP Now
Project: WeSail (Wakefield Early Support, Advice, Information and Liaison)
Cable & Wireless Foundation
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Funding
- Friday, July 8, 2011 | CYP Now
Funding to improve the lives of those with disabilities or special educational needs through communications expertise
Government on the hunt for councils to pilot SEN proposals
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- Friday, July 1, 2011 | CYP Now
The government is seeking councils and primary care trusts (PCTs) to road test proposals outlined in its special educational needs (SEN) green paper.
Children with autism face year-long wait for education support
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- 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.
Unprecedented rise in special needs calls for new ways of teaching, warns schools trust
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- Friday, March 25, 2011 | CYP Now
New ways of teaching must be developed to help schools cope with an influx of children with complex special needs, a report by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) has warned.
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.
Personal budgets will test local authorities
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- Monday, March 7, 2011 | CYP Now
With personal budgets set to give families more power to manage specialist support, councils need to act fast to adapt their services.
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