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13 Oct 2020
Learning for the FE sector from the Tomorrow's Leaders Project
The ‘Tomorrow’s Leaders – a world beyond disability’ publication shared a wide range of achievements from youn…
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07 Oct 2020
Together for Short Lives publish new report on the impact of short breaks for respite for seriously ill children
In a report published today, Wednesday 7 October, Together for Short Lives– a CDC member, evidences the positive imp…
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Training and E-Learning
05 Oct 2020
Consent & GDPR for SENDIAS Services
IAS services have asked us for clarity with regards to data protection and working with children, young people and the…
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17 Sep 2020
Coronavirus Spotlight: five lessons learnt so far
Tom Quilter, Senior Development Officer - Information, Advice and Support, reflects on how the work of those supportin…
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21 Aug 2020
A Welcome Back to Education from Dame Christine Lenehan
Welcome back to education! As education settings prepare to return in full in September we have been looking at the…
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21 Aug 2020
IASSN - First Phase Data Report 19/20
This National IASS Data Report contributes to an overview of the range and nature of IAS services. This data report is…
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03 Aug 2020
Transition Information Network Blog's
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) were commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) on behalf of…
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21 Jul 2020
A joint ministerial letter to children and young people with SEND regarding the full return to educational settings in September 2020
Today, Tuesday 21 July, Children & Families Minister Vicky Ford and Care Minister Helen Whately wrote an open lett…
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Training and E-Learning
21 Jul 2020
Joint Ministerial Letter on the full return to educational settings in September 2020
A joint ministerial letter has been published today from Minister Ford, Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Chi…
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17 Jul 2020
The University of Bristol publish their annual Learning Disability Mortality Review report
In a report published Yesterday, Thursday 16 July 2020, the University of Bristol said that people with profound and m…
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09 Jul 2020
Ofsted and CQC to support local areas to prioritise and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND
Today, Ofsted announced that visits to local areas in autumn will focus on offering support to strengthen Special Educ…
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Training and E-Learning
09 Jul 2020
Short Break Learning Examples
In our role as Strategic Reform Partner to the DfE, the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have been identifying exam…
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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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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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