Sentences with phrase «on special educational needs and disabilities»

I was very disappointed to read the misrepresentation of the government's green paper on special educational needs and disabilities (letters p. 41 Saturday 12 March 2011).

SEND green paper Information on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) green paper «Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability».

Over the summer I want to work with the voluntary sector, experts on special educational needs and disability, and parents, to make sure that we get the questions to address right.

Not exact matches

Simultaneously the Youth Sport Trust continued to listen, understand and ensure their programmes are able to reach out to those with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, special educational needs and other equalities groups — with a clear focus on those least able to engage.

A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

Guidance on local authority children's services judged inadequate, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections.

A guide for further education providers on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

Inspectors will look for evidence of how children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities (or both) are identified, how their needs are assessed and met, and how they are supported to move on to their next stage of education, the world of work and wider preparation for adulthood.

Commenting on the Department for Education's announcement on SEN and disability provision Christine Blower General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers the largest teachers» union said: «The NUT fully supports the aspiration to improve services available for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their sSpecial educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their sspecial educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

Minister for vulnerable children and families, Edward Timpson, said: «We've already made the biggest changes for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in a generation, but we want to go further and build on that success.

In recent years, dramatic changes in both policy and attitudes to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have taken place, putting additional pressure on SEN professionals to provide the best possible support for pupils with SEND.

This requires a workforce that is highly skilled, and this includes being sensitive to how a special educational need and / or disability has a direct impact on how a child learns.

The act does give some helpful guidance on considerations to be taken when deciding if such a penalty is reasonable: these include deciding whether the punishment is proportionate in all the circumstances, and whether there are any personal characteristics relevant to the pupil, including their age, special educational needs, disability or any religious requirements (e.g. dress) affecting the imposition of the penalty.

While the white paper's focus on AP has been heralded, Bart Shaw, an associate at think - tank LKMco, says the «omission» of special educational needs and disability (SEND) «continued marginalisation of SEND within the government's vision».

A Child with a Disability or Student with a Disability means a child, birth to age 21, evaluated in accordance with IDEA or COMAR having any of the following disabilities, causing an adverse effect on the child's educational performance resulting in the need of special education and related services:

A child may be found eligible for special education and related services as a child with multiple disabilities if there is an adverse effect on the child's educational performance due to documented characteristics of multiple disabilities which are described as simultaneous impairments (Such as intellectual disability with blindness, intellectual disability with orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they can not be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments (this terms does not include deaf - blindness).

«We've already made the biggest changes for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in a generation, but we want to go further and build on that success.

Delegates at a Westminster Education Forum, held last week in central London, pressed Joanna Hall (pictured below), deputy director of schools at Ofsted, on the rules for joint inspections of local area provision for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Many people across the sector have called for more in - depth knowledge in initial teacher training (ITT): more behaviour - management strategies, more focus on subject knowledge, and more special educational needs and disability (SEND) training.

Children with special educational needs and disabilities rely heavily on teaching assistants, so sadly they'll be suffering the most as a result of these devastating staff cuts.

A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

He was responsible for policy on safeguarding, school disadvantage funding, special educational needs and disabilities and free school meals funding.

The Council will, however, carry out fully independent research and provide advice to the minister on how best to provide an effective special education service for children with disabilities with special educational needs.

Alison Ryan, senior policy adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), comments on the provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

The review reported mixed feelings on the part of parents for Information, Advice and Support Services (IASS / SEDNIASS)-- the services which provide advice to parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities.

provide advice on how the continuing care process fits into education, health and care plan assessments for children with special educational needs and disability, and multi-agency assessments.

Meanwhile it was only last month Baker Small was forced to apologise for tweeting potentially offensive tweets promoting the firm's wins contesting claims for children with special educational needs and disabilities on behalf of public authorities.

Recommended by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners as a leading junior in Education law, Holly regularly advises on the full range of public and private education law matters, including special educational needs / disability discrimination, educational negligence, Academies, further and higher education issues, local authority policy matters, claims by and against state and independent school, regulatory matters, Ofsted and the OIA.

We are regularly instructed in cases of special educational needs (in First - tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs and Disability and on appeal) and judicial special educational needs (in First - tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs and Disability and on appeal) and judicial reneeds (in First - tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs and Disability and on appeal) and judicial Special Educational Needs and Disability and on appeal) and judicial reNeeds and Disability and on appeal) and judicial review.

Green paper support contracts were commissioned by the Department for Education to support the pathfinder teams working on reforms to the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system.

A guide for schools on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

Call for evidence on distributing special educational needs and disability (SEND) funding more fairly in future.

Guidance on changes to legislation relating to children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

A guide for further education providers on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

Instead, I'll be focusing on the most important challenge that we face - that is support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

We launched a public consultation on a new «Special educational needs and disability (SEND) code of practice: 0 to 25 years» in autumn 2013.

Part 3 of the act contains provisions following the green paper: «Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability» published by the Department for Education on 18 March 2011 and the follow up «Progress and next steps» published 15 May 2012.

I feel, as an individual on the EPIC group, I have made a real difference for young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Guidance for health professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

The new «Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years» has now been published and comes into effect on 1 September 2014.

This report presents the findings from a study on the readiness of the special educational needs and disability (SEND) pathfinders to meet special educational needs (SEN) reforms.

We're seeking views on specific amendments to the «Special educational needs and disability (SEND) code of practice: 0 to 25 years».

In May 2012, the department published «Support and aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and disability — progress and next steps», to report on progress following the 2011 Special educational needs and disability (SEND) greenspecial educational needs and disability — progress and next steps», to report on progress following the 2011 Special educational needs and disability (SEND) greenSpecial educational needs and disability (SEND) green paper.

A guide for social care professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

Statutory guidance on visiting children in residential special schools and colleges «Statutory visits to children with special educational needs and disabilities or health conditions in long - term residential settings» is also available.

This will include: Guidance on local authority children's services judged inadequate, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspections.

Guidance for post-16 colleges and academies on the changes to the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system.

A little more than a year on from the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms coming into force, today's conference is an opportune moment to pause for reflection, take stock, check we're on track, and look ahead to make sure we're confident of securing the transformation and culture change set out in that initial vision.