Thursday March7 2013

1. Thursday March7 2013 SEN developments Jess Haslam

2. Context- all change

3. Early Support Preparation for Adulthood Impact (Short Breaks) Parent Participation Early Language Development Two year check Health Visitors Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes SEND Pathfinders and Delivery Partners Families Practitioners Managers SEND Green Paper Next Steps Select Committee pre-legislative scrutiny Schools: Greater independence Achievement for All SEND

4. Schools School funding Reform of the National Health Service (NHS) Revised EYFS Foundation Years 0-5 2012 SEND Green Paper and Next Steps: Services working together for families Established good practice: local and national

5. Expectations of participation The world of schools and colleges Cutbacks! Social care Health Education

6. Key elements

7. SEND Green Paper and legislation: vision Early assessment of SEN Skilled staff Giving parents control Services working together Local Offer Post 16 with 139 A – EHC Plan

8. Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Forum: July 2012 ‘The Forum recommends that a composite indicator be developed CYP with long term condition, disability or special educational needs, has a coordinated package of care, quality assessment access to key working appropriate equipment; Quality of experience should be measured.

9. Latest developments

10. Services working together for families:Joint commissioning arrangements New legal duty on Clinical Commissioning Groups to secure the health services that are specified in Education, Health and Care Plans. 6.3.13

11. Consultation re personal health budgets http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2013/03/direct-payments-consultation/ March 13

12. Report on pathfinder developments Joint report on progress in pathfinder programme survey of 65 families with education health and care plans http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/send/b0075291/green-paper/pathfinders DoH DfE 5 March 2013

13. House of Commons Select Committee ‘they should create a presumption that a key worker/lead professional will be appointed unless there are good reasons not to do so.’ December 2012

14. House of Commons Select Committee The importance of the Local Offer We also recommend the establishment of a national framework Aim to ensure consistency, and accountability December 2012

15. Early Support – a delivery mechanism for positive change

16. Early Support Early Support is a way of working that: enables coordination of activity provides families with a single point of contact and continuity through key working promotes partnership working and better engagement with families.

17. Early Support approach Planning and decision making in partnership with families Shared information Integrated services co-ordination and key working Single plan

18. Education, health and care plans York model based on Early support and Preparing for adulthood Aim to provide a more person centred approach with the co-production of plans, not about substituting one set of paperwork for another

19. Legal process February 5th – First reading of Children and Families Bill in Parliamt February 25th – Second reading of Bill Draft SEN Code of Practice follows Bill September 2014 - Implementation

20. Duke of Edinburgh Promotion Information Evening for inclusive DoE Tuesday 12th March 6.30-8.oopm 29 Castlegate Parents/carers and young people welcome