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[Education Committee @CommonsEd]

At our roundtable today we heard about the broad issues facing children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

@johnharris1969 recounts his experience of accessing support for his son below.

Watch the session: https://t.co/2hW1diRn9p

#SENDInquiry

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@sarahjsmillie @OrigGrumpyDad @TenaciousRk @gfreeman2012 If they are fortunate enough to access to the financial means. It’s an option not available to some.

[Teresa Tunnell @TeresaTunnell]

I am deeply concerned over @WalsallCouncil proposals to cut school transport for young people aged 16 and over. #SEND #schooltransport @sentas6 @ipseacharity @JayneMcCubbinTV @SteveBroach @EHRC https://t.co/1N3LS4LbDh

[SEND Action @SEND_Action]

Looking forward to the response to our "letter before action" setting out the basis on which we argue the Secretary of State for Education and the Chancellor of the Exchequer are failing to discharge their legal duties relating to
#SEND funding/provision. Due on 9th November.

[Dmdav @Dmdav1]

I really feel that professionals really do not understand how anxiety and sensory issues really affect autistic people. As a parent it's starting to really annoy me.
#AutismAwareness

[Loony @Loony77410385]

@StarlightMcKenz @Butterflycolour @Claire_Ryan12 @DHT_INCL @NataliePacker @nhunt87 @Callum_SEND @TheKingsFund @whatworksCSC @AdamBoddison I think it can be clearly seen how "effectively" LA's have used the SEND reform funds.
Ask the children who are not able to access their education, ask the parents who are told sch can meet needs without ehcp, ask the judges in ftt & utt & JR., ask the siblings who miss out too

[Steve Broach KC @SteveBroach]

Councils and CCGs will be shaping up budget proposals for 2019-20. This Rightsinreality guest blog from Mathieu Culverhouse @IMPublicLaw is an excellent beginner’s guide to challenging proposed cuts #SEND https://t.co/dUF83H7Mv7

[Hayley Mason-Seager @haylez10]

If one more Local Authority try’s to claim Dyslexia “doesn’t exist” you are going to find yourself with a Judicial Review claim. You have been warned....

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@haylez10 Ours seems to think dyslexia is just a strong dislike of text on white paper 🙄

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@OrigGrumpyDad @TenaciousRk @gfreeman2012 Difficulty here is after the patents have had an assessment refused, appealedand then been granted an assessment, it is carried out by an LEA Ed Psych whose main agenda is budget led and who is often under qualified to assess.

[RK Tenacious @TenaciousRk]

@gfreeman2012 Yep, the legal test is "Has or MAY have SEN and MAY need the provision in a EHCP"! Thats it, no requirement to have been seen by an EP, or be 2 years behind or needing £6000 spent, just "Has or MAY have and MAY need" .

[Matthew Keer @CaptainK77]

@Thelma_WalkerMP @DrAnneMurphy In 2017 alone, local authorities rejected 14,586 requests for an EHC needs assessment, despite the low legal threshold in place

[Stop School Cuts @SchoolCuts]

17,942 schools face cuts, and the Chancellor has announced money for "little extras". Must try harder, @PhilipHammondUK #Budget2018 #Schoolcuts

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@SenStormer @RenataBplus3 @scousemama1 @HarfordSean @AndrewCookHMI @educationgovuk @halfon4harlowMP @CaptainK77 @CommonsEd @seftoncouncil If they put a fraction of the effort into producing EHCPs as they do monitoring twitter, children and young people with SEND might stand a chance!

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@nomorecutz @FamilySend Some of St Helen’s staff jumped ship from Sefton around the time of the Ofsted Inspection. One case worker in particular has a terrible reputation at the SEND tribunal.

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Says it all when @seftoncouncil like a tweet in support of them not meeting statutory legal deadlines in the EHCP process! @SteveBroach @StarlightMcKenz @SEN_advice @CaptainK77 @Ofstednews

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@RenataBplus3 @scousemama1 @SenStormer @HarfordSean @AndrewCookHMI @educationgovuk @halfon4harlowMP @CaptainK77 @CommonsEd @seftoncouncil @seftoncouncil really not impressed with you “liking” a comment suggesting an upside of you not meeting your statutory legal duties. Remind me again, how did Sefton’s SEND Ofsted Inspection go?

[Ed Duff @SEN_advice]

Central Bedfordshire is covering itself in glory at the moment

Email from SEN Officer;

"As per the SEND Code of Practice, an EHC Needs Assessment is a 20-week process"

#sen #send

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@RenataBplus3 @scousemama1 @SenStormer @HarfordSean @AndrewCookHMI @educationgovuk @halfon4harlowMP @CaptainK77 @CommonsEd @seftoncouncil They are still useless plans, even with the delay. I know parents who are currently awaiting final drafts 18 months on from the initial assessment, many have had drafts containing info on other children (copy & paste jobs) or missing vital medical info.

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@haylez10 Delay as much as possible, in any way possible, in order to save money is the standard approach by most LAs.