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Clarity on the naming of independent/non-maintained placements on EHCPs

LB of Hillingdon v SS and Others (SEN): [2017] UKUK 250 (AAC) The Children and Families Act 2014 (CFA) introduced a system by which the Secretary of State can approve independent special and special post-16 placements to enable them to be requested to be named in an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). These are […]

Education for children following an acquired brain injury

When a child acquires a brain injury, they can present with a wide range of alterations in physical function, cognition, communication, social, emotion and behaviour regulation. The nature and severity of injury may also result in ongoing medical problems that require management. These can vary greatly depending on the extent of the injury and on […]

Education, Health and Care Plans for young people aged 19-25

Requesting an Education, Health and Care Needs assessment Young people who have Special Educational Needs (SEN) but do not have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) have the right to request an assessment of their SEN at any point before their 25th birthday (unless an assessment has been carried out in the previous six […]

Amendments to Section E of an EHCP – P v Worcestershire County Council 2017

The Upper Tribunal (UT) found that the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) had made an error in dismissing a young person’s appeal against the content of an EHCP without ordering amendments to make the Plan workable. The appeal concerned a young person, ‘R’, who was aged 17 when the EHCP was issued. R had ADHD and difficulties […]

Further education for children and young adults with Down Syndrome

It is international Down syndrome awareness day on 21 March 2017. To help raise awareness, we are writing a series of articles about Down syndrome and education. Today we are discussing secondary and further education for children and young adults with Down syndrome. Secondary school Cuckle (1997) found that children with Down syndrome would typically […]

Down syndrome awareness – A brief history

Children with Down syndrome were not always entitled to an education. We are looking back over the history of Down syndrome and their access to education. We’ve come a long way in understanding the needs of children with Down syndrome. Below is a brief history… A timeline of educating children with Down syndrome 1866 – The […]

Inclusive teaching and learning in higher education

Once a young adult turns 18 they are no longer legally required to participate in education.  However, the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) can now provide support to young adults until they are 25 years old provided their learning outcomes have not been met. This has encouraged many young adults with special educational needs […]

Parents to blame for misdiagnosis of special educational needs?

The findings of a GL Assessment report out on 24 February 2017, ‘Hooked on labels not on needs’. The survey polled 810 teachers from 19 January to 1 February 2017. In summary, the findings are: 57% of teachers in the survey think that children are being misdiagnosed with SEN 54% blaming pressure from parents for the misdiagnosis […]

Personal budgets for education and social care

Personal budgets and direct payments are a way that individuals can manage their own care and support. There is an increasing drive by the government in recent years to promote it. It has been around in social care for a while but is relatively new in the education arena. Personal budgets in education A personal […]