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

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.

Deaf young people in Wales call on politicians to improve services

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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

| CYP Now

A group of deaf young people in Wales have been grilling politicians as part of a Question Time-style debate in the run up to the country's election.

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.

Benefit rules for children in hospital face legal challenge

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Friday, August 8, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's decision to suspend disability living allowance (DLA) for ill children who spend more than 84 days in hospital is to be challenged in the Supreme Court.

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.

Inspiring Scotland announces winners of early support cash

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The National Deaf Children's Society Scotland, One Parent Families Scotland and the Scottish Childminding Association are among 24 charities to share 6.8m of early years support funding.

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Scope has complained to the Care Quality Commission after their inspectors delivered a damning report into standards at one of the charity's care homes for young disabled people.

Support for deaf children 'in crisis', study finds

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| CYP Now

Educational support for deaf children is in "complete disarray" with the number of specialist teachers falling 14 per cent since 2011 despite rising numbers of deaf children, a survey has claimed.

Council faces legal challenge over plan to axe deaf children's support

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The National Deaf Children's Society is taking legal action against Stoke-on-Trent Council over its "reckless" cuts to educational support for deaf children.

Campaign group highlights deep cuts to short breaks funding

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Friday, September 25, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 70 councils have slashed spending on short breaks for families with disabled children over the past four years, latest figures show.

Inspectors highlight 'unacceptable' SEN delays

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

| CYP Now

Children with disabilities in a London borough are facing "unacceptable" delays in accessing support, according to health and social care inspectors.

Children and MPs urge wheelchair services reform

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

Government must urgently order a high-scale reform of paediatric wheelchair services to ensure children and young people have access to the right equipment when they need it, according to a cross-party group of MPs and peers.

Voluntary organisations contracted to support children with special educational needs

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Friday, November 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Voluntary and community organisations have been awarded contracts worth a total of 6m each year for the next two years, to deliver programmes for children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities and their families.

Deaf young people 'face exclusion from services'

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authority commissioning processes are making it harder to provide services for young disabled people, a charity has warned.

Thousands of children miss out on communication aids

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| CYP Now

An estimated 5,439 children in the UK do not have access to computer-based communication aids that could help them, according to research by Communication Matters.

Matron service steers children away from A&E

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Liverpool's children's community matron service has helped children with complex health needs avoid having to turn to accident and emergency services, according to a patient survey.

Standards on restraint set out for disabled children's holiday schemes

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Friday, August 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Residential holiday schemes for disabled children have been told they must have a clear policy on dealing with troubling behaviour to minimise the use of restraint.

Birmingham criticised for 'losing' disabled girl in the system

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been reprimanded for failing to assess a disabled girl's needs for more than four years.

One in three children 'suffer from loneliness'

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Friday, November 3, 2017

| CYP Now

A third of children feel lonely and could be at risk of long-term mental and physical health problems, a charity has warned.

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

Deaf young people in Wales call on politicians to improve services

One in three areas fail children with special needs

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

Benefit rules for children in hospital face legal challenge

Ombudsman ruling highlights speech therapy concerns

Inspiring Scotland announces winners of early support cash

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

Support for deaf children 'in crisis', study finds

Council faces legal challenge over plan to axe deaf children's support

Campaign group highlights deep cuts to short breaks funding

Inspectors highlight 'unacceptable' SEN delays

Children and MPs urge wheelchair services reform

Voluntary organisations contracted to support children with special educational needs

Deaf young people 'face exclusion from services'

Thousands of children miss out on communication aids

Matron service steers children away from A&E

Standards on restraint set out for disabled children's holiday schemes

Birmingham criticised for 'losing' disabled girl in the system

One in three children 'suffer from loneliness'

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