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03 Oct 2018
Decision-making and mental capacity NICE guideline published
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 applies to everyone over the age of 16 and this guideline focuses on decision making for…
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13 Sep 2018
New Government Consultation Announced on Improving Staff Training on Learning Disabilities
Following sustained campaigning for improvements to care for people with learning disabilities, a new consultation has…
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Summary and Guidance
30 Aug 2018
Logic model: integrated care for children and young people with SEND
This logic model shows why we need an integrated approach to raising aspirations and achieving improved outcomes for c…
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Report
23 Aug 2018
When people can’t agree – Special Educational Needs and Disability Complaints
When people can’t agree - A guide for Young People in education.
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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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15 Aug 2018
Case study: Leeds Youth Offending Service and CAMHS coordination
The Leeds Youth Offending Service has been working to improve coordination with mental health services and other teams…
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15 Aug 2018
Case study: Behavioural Evaluation Support Team (BEST) project, Bradford
The BEST project is provided by Bradford City Council and supports children and young people aged 5-18 with a severe l…
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15 Aug 2018
Case study: Devon Sustainability and Transformation Partnership
Colleagues in Devon are working to align priorities and programmes for childrenand young people with SEND across the a…
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Training and E-Learning
15 Aug 2018
Case study: Individual budgets in Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Integrated Learning Disability Service is using individual budgets and an outcomes-based approach to pe…
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15 Aug 2018
Case study: Developing shared outcomes for children’s services in Hertfordshire
The Six Hertfordshire Outcome Bees are a set of key outcome areas/domains for children, young people and their familie…
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Summary and Guidance
13 Aug 2018
Commissioning for transition to adult services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
This Quick Guide is intended to help local areas develop their transition processes for young people with Special Educ…
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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
There are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…
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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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