Sen Decisions

This website provides decision support for parents caring for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

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We are no longer posting on X in keeping with the decision of the University of Liverpool, where we are hosted. Our website remains open with lots of useful resources.

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We have updated and refreshed many of the pathways - please do take a look at https://t.co/dIjtXc7Nc0

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Many parents will be considering the transition plan for their child’s move to secondary school & thinking about an appeal. Our pathways may help. See here: https://t.co/cgI7TpqFU9
Merseyside parents, @LivLawClinic has free advice appts available for transition appeals #EHCP

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If you need help evaluating a draft plan, you might find some of our pathways useful https://t.co/cgI7TpqFU9

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Parents & carers of children with #SEND👇

Do you have a child who is unable to attend school?

We've written some guidance explaining local authorities’ legal duty to provide alternative education - along with a template letter to help you request it.

https://t.co/KCLkBQ1H9p

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A huge 98% of parents who go to SEND Tribunal win their appeal, new stats show — yet the number of tribunals has shot up by 24%.

More families than ever are being forced to fight for the help their children are legally entitled to.

The system is broken.
https://t.co/7FsUdVn5jM

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The average wait for an autism diagnosis in England has hit 300 days, according to new NHS data. That’s up 53% from 12 months prior and exceeds the NICE target of 91 days. https://t.co/fxxu7BTTEz

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This time of year is transition review time . Parents may find this pathway to be helpful when thinking about amendments. https://t.co/PRx1jek6rI

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We are seeing quite a few parents with children out of school in our Clinic. If this applies to your child, you may find this useful as a starting point https://t.co/6pBRXwRTAv

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Legal aid is available for appeals to the SEND Tribunal. Find out more here: https://t.co/dvX3FSnatt

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We are seeing more cease to maintain decisions than we used to. If you want a bit of guidance on that, we have a pathway here: https://t.co/9lrfUIsHBl

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You can find lots of template letters to help with various issues. If you are considering asking for an #EHC assessment, you might find this helpful: https://t.co/h5sM4zOPbB

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We are seeing an increase in cease to maintain enquiries. #EHCP For those dealing with these decisions and no legal support, you may find this useful https://t.co/9lrfUIsHBl

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We have had lots of queries in our @LivLawClinic about the contents of an #EHCP . This pathway helps you evaluate a draft plan and highlights some issues to look for https://t.co/PRx1jek6rI

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We have been very quiet on here for a while as responsibility for the maintenance of the pathways moved to @LivLawClinic and they were amended. Most pathways have now been updated and the letters expanded. We hope they are useful! #EHCP

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I am so grateful to all the parents, carers, sencos, teachers and organisations who have provided feedback on these pathways. This website is now being taken over by the specialist SEN team at University of Liverpool Law Clinic @LivLawClinic Best wishes to you all. Ben Essex

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Empowerment
Knowledge is power and can be acquired. `The readiness is all'. See https://t.co/uZ4U1AsfnC
#send

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Amazing Grace
When I want hope and inspiration, I think of the courage and persistence of parents and carers trying, against the odds, to obtain educational, health and social care provision for children with send. #send #sendparents

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Social service child safety
`Social services have expressed concerns about the safety of our child, but have not specified what these are.' Your options are outlined in Social services child removal pathway https://t.co/zvjsYxHyoH #send #childsafetyconcerns

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Force for change
Parents, carers and SEND organisations need to speak with one voice (?sendact) to petition the Tribunal to implement changes we know would reduce the waiting times, stress, and costs. See recent tweets.
#send #tribunalwaitingtimes