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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.

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.

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.

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.

SEND reforms: Majority of children transferred ahead of deadline

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  • Thursday, March 29, 2018
    • | CYP Now
The vast majority of children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) have been transferred onto new education, health and care (EHC) plans ahead of this weekend's deadline, although thousands are still waiting, government figures show.

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