A new report published today by the cross party education committee, highlights the challenges within the system in delivering the SEND Reforms. As a contributor to the committee’s report, we are confident that the 2014 reforms were the right ones, however, whilst an increase in funding is essential, this must go hand in hand with cultural and systemic changes on the ground.
Louisa Joyce, talks about the SEND Ignition Preparing for Adulthood work in Cheshire East
Earlier this week the Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, announced an additional £350 million to support children with complex needs and disabilities including a programme of support provided by NDTi to work with Local Authorities to develop best practice in Education, Health and Care (EHC) planning.
Lizzi talks about the complexities of being a confident and outgoing teenager who also suffers from severe anxiety and depression.
As part of our work on the Erasmus project to learn about Pathways into Employment for young people with Disabilities, one of the participants, Sterre Ploeger, has contributed a graphic representation of her story.
Recently I spent the day at the Westminster Insight Conference and was struck by the number of times people referred to inclusion, in particular, the challenges that inclusion brings. But I have to ask – is it really that challenging?
This fantastic video details a graphic summary of a recent High Needs Provision (SEND) Review in Blackburn with Darwen by the NDTi Preparing for Adulthood team.
Talking Change with Linda Jordan, Senior Advisor working on NDTi’s Children and Young people’s programme Preparing for Adulthood.
Linda Jordan reflects on her recent trip to Portugal to learn about how they approach pathways into employment for young people with learning disabilities.
In early October, a group of us took the Eurostar train to France to spend a week in Laval near Britany, to meet with a range of co-ordinators, providers and young people and their families to look at what they are doing to ensure young people with SEND can enjoy all of the benefits that come with being part of the world of work.
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