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Social Care
12 Feb 2019 09:00 — 16:30
Assess & Support the Progress of SEND Pupils
Optimus Education
After the government response to the Rochford Review set out the future for statutory assessment, the progress of your…
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10 Dec 2018
Scope of government’s autism strategy review widens to include children
The government has announced that from next year children will be included in its annual review of services and suppor…
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04 Dec 2018
contact: Help in the Early Years PDF
This factsheet explains how children with special educational needs are supported to learn and develop, and gives info…
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09 Nov 2018
Ofsted Announce SEND Revisits to local areas asked to produce a Written Statement of Action (WSoA)
The Department for Education has announced a programme of revisits to those local areas which were asked to produce a…
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24 Oct 2018
Case Law Update 33 - Williams v Hackney
In this update, 8 children in a family were accommodated under section 20. The Supreme Court confirmed that there is n…
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24 Oct 2018
Case Law Update 32 - St Helens v TE
In this update, the Upper Tribunal refused to overturn a decision to educate a 7 year old boy at an independent school…
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24 Oct 2018
Case Law Update: 31 C and C v Governing Body Etc.
In this update, the Upper Tribunal found that ‘L’ had been discriminated against on the grounds of his disability…
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24 Oct 2018
Case Law Update: 30 - KE v Bristol
In this update, the High Court allowed an application for judicial review of the Council’s decision to cut the Speci…
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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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Report
09 Aug 2018
Realistic Positivity: Understanding unexpected additional needs of children placed for adoption
Adoption changes the lives of the children and families involved forever. Whilst providing nurturing new families for…
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09 Aug 2018
New 'Realistic Positivity' report examines unexpected additional needs of children placed for adoption
A new report by the Council for Disabled Children sheds light on the experiences of adoptive parents.
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Report
14 Jun 2018
The Early years and SEN and disability system support project: Evaluation of support for self-review and action learning
This report sets out the findings of an evaluation of the Council for Disabled Children’s (CDC’s) Early Years and…
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05 Feb 2019
CDC Winter Digest
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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21 Sep 2018
Factsheet #6: Developing a Supportive Environment
For children and young people with SEND to reach their full potential, they need effective, flexible support in a wide…
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26 Jul 2018
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29 Mar 2019 10:00 — 17:00
Countdown to Statutory Relationships and Sex Education Conference
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CDC and the Sex Education Forum are delighted to present their second annual conference: Countdown to Statutory RSE â…
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Making Participation Work: Young People's Conference
The Making Participation Work programme, funded by the Department for Education and jointly delivered by the Council f…
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Transition in the NHS Long Term Plan
Our lead for transition, Catherine Goodall describes here her initial thoughts on the NHS Long Term Plan. The trans…
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17 Dec 2018
The Right Support for Every Child – Announcement from the Education Secretary
The Education Secretary, Damian Hinds has announced new measures to support children with complex needs and disabiliti…
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10 Dec 2018
Scope of government’s autism strategy review widens to include children
The government has announced that from next year children will be included in its annual review of services and suppor…
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