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21 Aug 2018
'Good Intentions, Good Enough?' - Formal Government response published
In December 2016, CDC Director, Dame Christine Lenehan was asked by the Department for Education to lead an independen…
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21 Aug 2018
"Good Intentions, Good Enough?" Report - Secretary of State Response
In December 2016, CDC Director, Dame Christine Lenehan was asked by the Department for Education to lead an independen…
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27 Jul 2018
Special educational needs in England: January 2018
Department for Education
Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN), and SEN provision in schools.
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23 Jul 2018
Legislation Update Directory
Our new series of legislation updates from Steve Broach.
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23 Jul 2018
Legislation Update 1 - the Mental Capacity Amendment Bill 2018
Steve Broach
This update is intended to provide general information about relevant legislation going through Parliament. It cannot…
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23 Jul 2018
Austerity and families with disabled children: a European survey
Karen A Horridge, Rosie Dew et al
The aim of this study was to make visible the experience of families with disabled children and young people across Eu…
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23 Jul 2018
Case Law Directory
Three new updates added.
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17 Jul 2018
The Case for a Disabled Children's Fund
Disabled Children's Partnership
In November 2017 the Disabled Children's Partnership commissioned research by Development Economics to quantify what t…
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16 Jul 2018
Department for Education SEND Newsletters
Department of Education
Updates for professionals working in SEND, including latest July 2018 newsletter.
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12 Jul 2018
Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK
We are a UK wide service supporting and empowering families and individuals affected by all forms of SMA. We are advoc…
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12 Jul 2018
Communication Matters
Communications Matters is a UK-wide charitable organisation committed to supporting people of all ages who find speec…
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Summary and Guidance
12 Jul 2018
Minimum Standards for IASS
The Minimum Standards for Information Advice and Support Services (IASS, sometimes known as SENDIASS) were finalised i…
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07 Mar 2019
FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan
The Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…
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05 Feb 2019
CDC Winter Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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10 Dec 2018
Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation
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26 Mar 2021
A blog from Dame Christine Lenehan
On the Roundtable with Minister Ford - A Covid Recovery Plan and the SEND Review As part of our DFE Strategic R…
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11 Feb 2021
Over £42 Million support extended for children with SEND.
Projects worth over £42 million to help raise educational standards, improve services and provide practical support t…
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14 Jan 2021
Looking forward for SEND: The Review, the challenges, the culture change
This morning Minister Ford gave a speech at the TES SEN virtual show, a catch up on all of the key issues in SEND and…
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