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Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution (JADR)
Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution (JADR) If there is an appeal that involves Section I (educational placement) of the EHCP these could be listed to include a JADR. The purpose of the JADR hearing is to support the parties to resolve their disputes by agreement. At the hearing the judge, who …
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EHC Needs Assessments
EHC Needs Assessments - What is an EHC Needs Assessment? - How to request an EHC Needs Assessment - Applying for an EHCP
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Mediation
Mediation When looking to appeal: ·a refusal to assess for an EHC Needs Assessments ·a refusal to issue an EHCP ·B and F of a final EHCP parent/carers or a young person must consider mediation. A parent/carer or young person can request mediation for Section I of a …
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Jargon buster
Jargon buster What do all the SEND abbreviations mean? SENDIASS – Special Educational Needs, Information, Advice and Support Service CYP – Children and Young People SEND – Special Educational Needs and Disabilities EHCP – Education, Health and Care Plan CAMHS – Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service SEMH – Social, Emotional and Mental Health SRB – Specialist …
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Personal Budgets
… for the special educational provision written in an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). You can only have a Personal Budget if you have an EHCP. It is designed to give parents/carers or the young person more choice and control over how some of the support in the EHCP …
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Reasonable Adjustments
Reasonable Adjustments Under the Equality Act 2010 places of learning are required to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for children and young people that have disabilities. If a child or young person has an EHCP some reasonable adjustments might be written into their plan but even if they aren’t the place …
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Working document during an appeal
Working document during an appeal Working document If the parent/carer or young person is appealing Sections B and/or F they will receive a Working Document. This is a Word version of the EHCP being appealed. The LA will provide this once all evidence has been submitted. The parent …
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Going through a working document
Going through a working document Working document If the parent/carer or young person is appealing Sections B and/or F they will be sent a Working Document. This is a Word version of the EHCP being appealed. The Local Authority (LA) will provide this once all evidence has been …
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Moving to Norfolk with a child or young person with SEND
… will then decide whether to continue the assessment, considering that the process had already started elsewhere. 3. When the Child or Young Person Has an EHCP Transfer of the EHCP - When a family moves to a new local authority area, the previous authority must transfer the EHCP to Norfolk County …
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What is an Annual review?
… attendees. LA decision following review - Within 4 weeks of the meeting, the LA must decide to: - Maintain the EHCP unchanged - Amend the EHCP - Cease the EHCP - LA must notify the parent/young person and setting of the decision. If amending the EHCP - LA must issue a draft amended EHCP “without …
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Outcomes from a SEND Tribunal
Outcomes from a SEND Tribunal Concede LA can concede an appeal before their response date, this means they do not contest the appeal and the changes that the parent, carer or young person wanted are made to the EHCP. Decision by tribunal This is when the appeal is heard by …
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Moving to Norfolk
… students under the same school admission arrangements. You can find out more about school admissions on the Norfolk County Council website. • If you have an EHCP or are in the EHC Needs Assessment stage then the EHCP SEN Ops Team at Norfolk County Council can help you, you can contact …
