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Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Research
  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
    • | CYP Now
Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high financial costs but cost estimates to date have not included everyday items such as clothing, furniture and toys. This study, by Loughborough University and children’s disability charity Family Fund, set out to explore the additional cost of providing everyday goods and services that meet children’s needs.

Inspections Clinic: New SEND inspections

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities has been subject to a new inspection regime this year. Jo Stephenson speaks to Ofsted about progress so far.

SLC on the agenda

    Other
  • Tuesday, July 25, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Last year, the Department for Education announced a £180m support package to improve the teaching of children’s early speech, language and numeracy, along with professional development to build strong leadership skills and improve the understanding of children’s development.

Digital campaign boosts language outcomes

Joint council intervention focuses on improving early language outcomes for the lowest performing pre-school age children, with low-income families specifically targeted through health visitor contact.

BOSS reduces exclusions for children with SEND

Family Action's Behavioural Outreach Support Service in Lincolnshire employs a holistic and child-centred approach to support students displaying distressed behaviour, including those with SEND, to reduce the risk of exclusion from school.

Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 29, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Special schools cater for children and young people with additional and often complex needs. Jo Stephenson sets out 10 emerging trends on how the education inspection framework is being applied in special schools.

Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs

An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a holistic interpretation of section 9 of the Education Act 1996, the general principle that children will be educated in accordance with their parents’ wishes, with a duty on the local authority to specify the parent’s preferred school in a child’s education, health and care plan (EHCP) if it is considered suitable for their needs, offers “efficient” education and avoids unreasonable public expenditure.

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the inspection framework for residential schemes for disabled children to put greater emphasis on fun and the child’s experience, reports Jo Stephenson.

International Focus: Autism support, New Zealand

    Other
  • Tuesday, June 21, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Emily Niner visited New Zealand to see how agencies there deliver post-diagnostic support to children and young people with autism, and explore what practices could be replicated by services in the UK.

Surge in number of children with EHCPs

    News
  • Thursday, May 12, 2022
    • | CYP Now
The total number of children with education, health and care plans (EHCPs) has increased by more than 40,000 over the last year, latest figures from the Department for Education show.

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