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When and how to apply for an Education, Health and Care (“EHC”) needs assessment

Delivered by Inclusion Service

Who is this training aimed at?

• Practitioners in early years.
• Practitioners in school settings.

What is Special Educational Needs?

• A child or young person

has SEN if they have a learning diffjculty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him

• r her.

What is Special Educational Provision?

Code of Practice

Educational or training provision that is additional to or different from that made generally for other children or young people of the same age by mainstream schools, maintained nursery schools, mainstream post-16 institutions or by relevant early years providers.

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Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support

• SEN support should take the form of

a four-part cycle: assess, plan, do and review.

• Parents should be informed and their

views listened to.

• Be aware of other factors that can lead

to learning diffjculties.

SEN

Support Plans

Involving parents and pupils in planning and reviewing progress

• The Code of Practice states that ‘schools

must provide an annual report for parents

• n their child’s progress.’
• Schools should take to parents regularly

to set clear outcomes and review progress towards them.

Involving parents and pupils in planning and reviewing progress

• Teaching staff may need

support to manage these conversations.

• Include the views of pupils

in these discussions.

Setting Targets

• Link to personal aspirations.
• Involve the child or young

person and parents.

• Ensure targets are SMART.
• Match provision to targets.

When to review

• This depends on the situation

and the level of intervention the CYP is receiving.

• Review regularly.
• Formally review at least every

half term.

• Involve CYP and parents.

Funding for SEN Support

All mainstream schools are provided with resources to support those with additional needs, including pupils with SEN and disabilities

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EHC Needs Assessment

• An Education, Health and Care

(“EHC”) needs assessment is an assessment of a child or young person’s education, health and care needs.

• A request can be submitted

any time by a the young person

• r parent/carer or educational

setting, or other professional e.g. paediatrician

Information required for application for EHC Needs Assessment

• Evidence of the child or young

person’s academic attainment (or developmental milestones in younger children) and rate of progress;

• Information about the nature, extent

and context of the child or young person’s SEN;

• Evidence of the action already taken

by the school or other setting;

Information required for application for EHC Needs Assessment

• Evidence that where progress has been

made, it has only been as the result of much additional intervention and support over and above that which is usually provided;

• Evidence of the child or young person’s

physical, emotional and social development and health needs, drawing on relevant evidence from clinicians and other health professionals and what has been done to meet these by other agencies.

Making the request

COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION COGNITION AND LEARNING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES SENSORY AND/OR PHYSICAL NEEDS SELF-HELP AND INDEPENDENCE

Cognition and Learning

• Support for learning diffjculties

may be required when children and young people learn at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation.

Communication and Interaction

• Communication and interaction

is an area of need that focuses

• n Speech, Language and

Communication Needs (SLCN), and, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs (SEMH)

• Children and young people may

experience a wide range of social and emotional diffjculties which manifest themselves in many ways.

• Other children and young people

may have disorders such as attention defjcit disorder, attention defjcit hyperactive disorder or attachment disorder.

Sensory and/or Physical Needs

• Sensory and/or physical needs

is an area that encompasses: Hearing Impairment (HI) Vision Impairment (VI) Multi-sensory Impairment (MSI) Physical Disability (PD)

Outcome of EHC Needs Assessment

• SEN Support Plan
• EHCP

What is an Education Health Care Plan?

• An Education, Health and Care plan is a legal

document which describes a child or young person’s special educational needs, the support they need, and the outcomes they would like to achieve in their education, health and social care, and also prepare them for adulthood.

• An EHC plan can result in additional support

and funding for a child or young person with special educational needs.

• EHC plan should be

issued when the local authority considers the special educational needs

• f the child cannot be

reasonably provided by a mainstream early years provider, school and/or post 16 institution.

What is an Education Health Care Plan?

Submit request for EHC needs assessment LA decides to conduct EHC needs assessment LA decides if EHC plan is needed LA notifjes parent/young person

• f decision and right to appeal

within 6 weeks of submitting. LA notifjes parent/young person of decision and right to appeal within 14 weeks of submitting. LA notifjes parent/young person

• f decision within 6 weeks of

submitting. Draft Plan and consultation with setting and parent CO-PRODUCTION MEETING Final Plan issued within 20 weeks of submitting

LA gathers information for Statutory Assessment – the assessment may solve the problem – EHC plan might not be needed

Yes Yes No No

www.lancashire.gov.uk/SEND

Lancashire Local Offer

SEND Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years

www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of- practice-0-to-25

SEND 0 – 25: A booklet for parents, carers and professionals by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Education, Health and Care plans: examples of good practice by Council for disabled children

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