Definitions
Special educational provision
Section 21 of the Children and Families Act 2014 defines special educational provision for children over two and young people as:
‘educational or training provision that is additional to, or different from, that made generally for others of the same age’.
Special educational provision for a child aged under two means educational provision of any kind.
Disability
The definition of disability is set out in
Section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010, which states that a person (P) has a disability if:
a) P has a physical or mental impairment, and
b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on P’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
‘substantial’ is defined as ‘not minor’
‘long term’ is defined as more than 12 months (but these do not have to be consecutive months).
Health care and social care provision
Section 21 of the Children and Families Act 2014defines health care provision as the provision of health care services as part of the comprehensive health service in England continued under section 1(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006.
Social care provision means the provision made by a local authority in the exercise of its social services functions. This does not necessarily mean a social work provision. Many children and young people’s social needs will be met by universal services which will be outlined in the local offer.
Health care provision or social care provision which educates or trains a child or young person is to be treated as special educational provision (instead of health care provision or social care provision).
This will then go in section F of an EHC plan.
The terms ‘educates’ and ‘trains’ are not defined in the Act and so
take their ordinary English meaning. Whether provision ‘educates’ or ‘trains’ a particular child will be decided on an individual basis.
Young People
Section 83 of the Children and Families Act 2014defines a “young person” as a person who is over compulsory school age but under the age of 25. A child is of compulsory school age until the last Friday of June in the year in which they become 16, provided that their 16th birthday falls before the start of the next school year.
Helpful Websites and Guides
Helpful links for all services followed by additional links by section: health, social care and education.
Helpful Links Multi-agency
Suffolk SENDIASS(impartial advice, guidance and resources around SEND)
Suffolk SENDIASS YouTube channelfor SEND & EHC videos
Suffolk EHC needs assessment Suffolk County Council – information and link to the portal (including request for advice forms and the family and child’s views)
Education, Health and Care Plans, Examples of Good Practice
Council for Disabled Children (CDC) guidance around person-centred planning meetings
The Council for Disabled Children guide:
Step-by-step EHC plans
The Council for Disabled Children guide:
What is an Annual Review?
Inclusive Solutions– person-centred planning guidance and resources
Preparing for Adulthood guidance and EHC planning
Council for Disabled Children video ‘The EHC plan and the person centred connection’
Suffolk Inclusion Facilitator free resources
Suffolk Preparing for Adulthood information – Suffolk Local Offer
Equality and Human Rights Commission technical guidance for schools (opens PDF)
Suffolk Advocacy Service | Home | POhWER– to provide advocacy support for people in Suffolk
Health
SEND Guide for Health Practitioners
Securing good quality health advice for EHC Plans
DFE Guidance for pupils with medical needs
Medical Conditions and School Partnerships – Health Conditions in Schools Alliance (useful templates for Individual Health plans, including condition-specific ones.)
Human Rights in Health and Social Care
Social Care
SEND Guide for Social Care Practitioners
The role of social care in implementing the Children and Families Act 2014
Council for Disabled Children: focussing on health and social care in EHC plans
Securing good quality social care advice for education, health and care plans
Securing good quality social care advice for education, health and care plans (appendices)
Suffolk Local Offer to Care Leavers
Human Rights in Health and Social Care
Education
SEND Guide for Schools and Alternative Provisions
SEND Gateway
–offers education professionals free, easy access to high quality information, resources and training for meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Equality Act guidance for schools 2014
DFE Guidance for pupils with medical needs
Medical Conditions and School Partnerships(Health Conditions in Schools Alliance)
Anna Freud 5 back to school tools– promoting the health and wellbeing of pupils and staff
Resources and approaches to help families participate
- ‘Involving young people in decision-making’ video (Vimeo)
- POhWER (Suffolk Advocacy Service)
- ‘All about me’ (Microsoft Word template for children and young people)
- Psychology and Therapeutic Services video Creating a One Page Profile
- Helen Sanderson website (advice & tools for person-centred practice)
- CDC Factsheet: Facilitating Safe Online Spaces for Engaging with Young People.
