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Government funds SEN independent advocate role

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  • Tuesday, January 7, 2014
  • | CYP Now
Independent advocates will be recruited to help families navigate the new special educational needs (SEN) process and challenge decisions on funding and services made by councils, the government has announced.

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

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  • Thursday, November 7, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Ten local authorities are to test new ways of helping parents understand how personalised budgets for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) will work.

Health and wellbeing boards 'ignore SEN'

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  • Wednesday, February 27, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Health and wellbeing boards in local areas testing the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms are overlooking disabled children and young people, research has revealed.

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.

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.

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