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Legal Update: Disabilities and school exclusions

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the impact of a landmark ruling on school exclusions for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Post-Brexit status of EU citizens

Ban Hussein, project officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's recently published proposals for the status and rights of European Union citizens in the UK after Brexit.

Councils face EHC plan deadline

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  • Tuesday, February 27, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, group head of policy and public affairs at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the need for local authorities to transfer children onto education, health and care plans by the end of March.

How to improve care, by those who have lived it

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  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Those who have been in care are uniquely placed to identify how well services for looked-after children are working. Here five care leavers share their experiences and set out what needs to change.

When the Young Inspectors Call

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Lincolnshire County Council's Young Inspectors programme gives young people the chance to help shape and improve services for them and their peers. Tom de Castella went to see how it works.

Legal Update: Care leavers and the 'local offer'

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Stewart MacLachlan, legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes in leaving care support, including the introduction of the "local offer" and support for young migrants.

Special Report: Restorative Practice

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Restorative practice is now being used across a wide range of services for vulnerable children, young people and families and has a distinct set of principles and standards underpinning the approach.

Legal Update: Shared responsibility

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines how local authorities are meeting the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Legal Update: Reintroduction of grammar schools

Mohammed Sesay, senior legal adviser at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines what impact the Conservatives' proposed reintroduction of selective schools would have on England's education landscape.

Legal Update: Asylum seeker age assessments

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the potentially harmful consequences of asylum applicants having their ages disputed by officials.

Special Report: Participation and Co-production

Service user involvement is evolving from participation to co-production, where children, young people and families are active in the design and delivery so support is responsive to needs and fit for purpose.