Whole Child Practice

We bring together the best in policy and practice.

We work collaboratively with the sectors, from policy and into practice, to ensure that the needs of children and their families recognised and understood. This is often because children with SEN and disabilities are either left out completely of mainstream legislation, or are marginalised within it .Through our partnerships across education, health and social care we collect evidence of  the impacts policy makes and support practitioners to understand legislation and develop best practice.

  • SEND & inclusion — 10 Nov 2023

    Reaching Excellence and Ambition for all Children

    The Reaching Excellence and Ambition for all Children (REACh) consortium is the delivery partner to the Department for Education (DfE), working with DfE and local areas to test the proposed changes to the SEND and AP System, as set out in the Improvement Plan.

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  • SEND & inclusion — 17 May 2021

    Personalisation in Practice

    Personalisation means children, young people and their families being fully involved in decision making and planning for their own future. By definition this means flexible, adaptable, creative approaches that enable people to have choice and control over their lives.

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  • SEND & inclusion — 13 May 2021

    Delivering Better Outcomes Together

    This consortium provides specialist advice, training & support to professionals and practitioners to support them in implementing the SEND reforms.

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  • SEND & inclusion — 28 Apr 2021

    Joining up the dots

    What do large change programmes mean for children and young people with SEND and their families, and the services which support them? 

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  • Inclusion & SEND

    Transforming culture and practice in social care

    This project was funded by the Social Care Innovation Fund to look at the development, testing and sharing of more effective ways of supporting children and families who need help from children’s social care services.

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  • Health and Systems Improvement Practice — 18 Feb 2021

    Expert Parent Programme

    This programme offers parents a combination of training, e-learning and toolkits to help them navigate the health system.

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  • Education Policy — 9 Feb 2021

    Strategic Reform Partner for SEND

    As the Strategic Reform Partner for SEND to the Department for Education we provide expert advice directly to policy makers, support effective sector engagement, and develop guidance and practical tools to support the sector.

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