CDC National Virtual Event Recordings – March 2022

On the 1st March 2022, CDC ran a national virtual event for SEND Leads, DCO/DMOs and Commissioners from across the country. The aim of the event was to update the sector, share knowledge and best practice and learn from each other. The main plenary session consisted of:

• An update from Department for Education Officials on DfE priorities and support going forward and reforms to Alternative Provision (Fiona Nzegwu, Suzy Powell, Charles Lang and Alasdaire Duerden)
• An update on the transition to Integrated Care Boards (Lorraine Mulroney, National Specialist Advisor – SEND, NHSE/I)
• An example of good practice- Lancashire and South Cumbria, SEND in the Integrated Care Board (Zoe Richards, Senior Manager SEND, Morecambe Bay CCG)
• Keyworking update (Kate Sutton, Keyworking Lead, LD&A programme and Phil Brayshaw, Acting Head of CYP, NHSE/I)

A recording of the Keyworking update can be found here. The other plenary sessions were not recorded.

Attendees at the event were also given the opportunity to attend 2x workshops on variety of topics. Please find the workshop recordings below (those without links were not recorded):

•  Linking up EHCPs and Annual Health Checks to Improve Access in 14-17 year olds (Carrie Sykes, Health Inequalities Lead, Children and Young People: Learning Disability and Autism Directorate, NHSE/I)
• Provision, Processes and People: a review into admission avoidance for CYP with Learning Disabilities & Autism in the North West (Anna Gardiner, Assistant Director- Health, CDC)
• Increasing the uptake and quality of annual health checks for children and young people with moderate-profound intellectual disability (Dr Hayley Crawford, Niyah Campbell and Dr Ashley Liew)
• Defining Value in SEND Systems. What do we mean by ‘value,’ and how can we measure it? (Outcomes First Consortium)
• Role of the Named Nurse for SEND (Joanna Slater, Named Nurse for SEND, job description also attached below)
• What does the Health and Care Bill mean for children and for the SEND system? (Saskia Jenkins, Senior Programmes Officer and Matthew Dodd, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, NCB)
• Thresholds, quality and conversations: expectations of schools and settings (Philippa Stobbs, Assistant Director, CDC)
• The EYSEND Partnership: Access and Inclusion in the early years (Chris Rees, Principal Officer- Education and Equalities, CDC)
• Emotionally Based School Avoidance – A Project in Oxfordshire (Deborah Smit – Senior Educational Psychologist; Jessamine Chiappella – Educational Psychologist; Alison Tonks – Trainee Educational Psychologist)
• Understanding multiagency approaches to unnecessary admission avoidance for autistic children and young people and those with learning disabilities (Andrew Fellowes, Health Development Lead, NCB)
• Why Wait Until They Are Broken? Findings from the Children and Young People's Admissions Avoidance Project (Ellie Goff, Jo Gilliland and Amanda Elliot, Contact)
• Coproduction and Preparing for Adulthood Minimum Standards (Alice McColl, Preparing for Adulthood Yorks and Humber, and Dr Claire-Marie Whiting, Genuine Partnerships and the Rotherham Charter Co-Lead)

Slides from some of the plenary session and most of the workshops are attached below