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Course Description

Course Modules

• L1. Education Law 1944 to 2010

  including brief overview of DDA and Equality Act
  • The Twelve Commandments for Parents of Children with Disabilities
  • An Introduction to 1996 Education Act and the Code of Practice
  • The Education Act 1996 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 - Amendments to the law
  • Overview of the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Discimination in Schools

• L2. The SEN Code of Practice

  Roles and Responsibilities
  • The Roles of the:
  • • LEA
    • Governing Body
    • Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
    • Parents
    • Parent Partnership Service
    • Mediation Service
  • Choosing a School
  • School Profile
  • The Special Needs Policy

• L3A. Identification, Assessment and Intervention

  • The Graduated Response - Early Years Action/Action Plus
  • Individual Education Plan and Review (Early Years)
  • The Graduated Response - Primary School Action/Action Plus
  • A Summary of School Action and School Action Plus

• L3B. IEPs

  • What is an I.E.P. (Individual Education Plan)
  • Involvement of Parents in the Graduated Response
  • P scales/National Curriculum information

• L4. Statutory Assessment

  • What is Statutory Assessment?
  • Timetable from proposing an assessment to making a statement
  • Dates of stages in my child's assessment
  • Guidelines for writing parental advice
  • Guide to 'Ed Speak'

• L5. Statement Process

  • Statements of Special Educational Needs - The Process
  • Statements of Special Educational Needs - The Layout
  • Statements - what does the Code of Practice say?
  • Therapies
  • Note in Lieu

• L6. Analysis of the Statement

  • How to analyse and extract information from the appendices (practical session)
  • Specific examples of rewritten statements to SEND standards including new DCSF guidelines

• L7. Annual Reviews

  • The Annual Review Process
  • How to write a parental response
  • Transfer to next school
  • The Annual Review in Year 9
  • Annual Reviews Q & A
  • The Connexions Service
  • Funding for students with disabilities in Further Education
  • The Disability Rights Commission Code of Practice (post 16)

• L10. SEN Toolkit

  • SEN Toolkit Sections 1-12
  • How this compliments the SEN COP