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One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Disability campaigners have urged health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) to sign up to a charter to improve services for disabled children after it emerged that just a quarter have done so more than a year after it was launched.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Clegg admits mistakes over NHS overhaul

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Deputy Prime Minister has admitted that government "didn't get all of the substance right" on its proposals to reform the NHS.

Family of severely autistic teenager wins three-year legal battle against council

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

| CYP Now

The family of a severely autistic teenager has won a High Court appeal to force East Riding of Yorkshire Council to provide support for him once he turns 18.

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.

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Birmingham City Council has been rebuked by the Local Government Ombudsman for failing to provide support to the mother of an autistic boy whose violent behaviour was deemed to be of "considerable risk" to others.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children's commissioner has recommended.

Spielman rejects notion of Ofsted split

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Ofsted will not be split into separate inspectorates for children's social care and education, the organisation's chief inspector Amanda Spielmann has told MPs.

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

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Monday, February 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has cut 7.5m from research projects evaluating everything from academy schools to services for disabled children, an investigation by the Radical Statistics Group has revealed.

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.

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

Councils failing deaf children, study finds

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Friday, April 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Around half of councils are failing in their legal duty to support deaf children in their area, it has been claimed.

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

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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.

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.

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One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

One in three areas fail children with special needs

Daily roundup: Mental health, education and inspections

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

Campaign group highlights deep cuts to short breaks funding

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

Birmingham criticised for 'losing' disabled girl in the system

Clegg admits mistakes over NHS overhaul

Family of severely autistic teenager wins three-year legal battle against council

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

Birmingham criticised for failing to meet autistic boy's needs

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

Spielman rejects notion of Ofsted split

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

Councils failing deaf children, study finds

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

Families and Children Bill to reform SEN and adoption systems

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