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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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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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30 Jun 2020
North Yorkshire Information, Advice and Support Service: supporting a young person to attend a further education setting
This case study demonstrates how the young person engagement officer supported a young person to attend an FE setting.
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30 Jun 2020
Department for Education announces an extension to the legal duty for local authorities to act on provisions for children and young people with EHC plans during the coronavirus crisis
The Department for Education has decided to extend the changes for a local authority to act on provisions for children…
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12 Jun 2020
Meet Tommorow's Leaders in exciting new publication
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and Council for Disabled Children have published: Tomorrow’s Leaders –…
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12 Jun 2020
Tomorrows Leaders- A World Beyond Disability
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) and Council for Disabled Children have published: Tomorrow’s Leaders –…
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03 Jun 2020
FLARE's Top Tips For Professionals
FLARE, the young people’s advisory group supported by the Council for Disabled Children, are a group of 13 - 25 year…
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03 Jun 2020
Top tips for preparing your child to return to school - RCOT resource
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists have produced this top tips guide to help parent carers prepare their chi…
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01 Jun 2020
Department for Education announces an extension to the legal duty for local authorities to act on provisions for children and young people with EHC plans during the coronavirus crisis
The Department for Education has decided to extend the changes for a local authority to act on provisions for children…
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01 Jun 2020
An Open Letter from the Children and Families Minister
On 30 May, Vicky Ford wrote an open letter to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilitie…
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22 May 2020
Easy Read - Staying Alert and Safe & Social Distancing
Here is an easy read version of the Government’s latest rules on staying alert and safe and social distancing. It is…
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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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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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05 Jan 2021
Changes to national restrictions and temporary school closures
Last updated 14th January 2021 On Monday 4th January 2021 the Prime Minister announced that England will move in…
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31 Dec 2020
The return to school in January 2021
Last updated 31st December 2020 On Wednesday 30 December, in response to rapidly rising case rates due to the new,…
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