Parent training on SEND Reforms

1. Vision Our vision for children and young people with special needs is the same as for all children and young people – that they achieve well in their early years, at school and in college; lead happy and fulfilled lives; and have choice and control.   The special needs reforms will implement a new approach which seeks to join up help across education, health and care, from birth to 25. Help will be offered at the earliest possible point, with children and young people with special needs and their parents or carers fully involved in decisions about their support and what they want to achieve. This will help lead to better outcomes and more efficient ways of working.

2. Timeline for implementing a new approach 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16  Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct 15-16 16-17 17-18 National Local Strategic planning Service delivery Consult on Code of Practice and transition Bill receives Royal Assent Legislation comes into force Regulations, statutory guidance and transitional arrangements published Children and young people with Statements and LDAs transfer to the new system* Information and support from: Pathfinder Champions; Council for Disabled Children (CDC); and funded delivery partnerships Convening key players and raising local awareness Reviewing success for reforms locally and agreeing improvements Planning service delivery and preparing for implementation LDA legislation is repealed* Lead for SEN reform in post Local transition plan published* Local offer published* EHC plans for new entrants Personal budgets available Statement legislation is repealed* This indicative timeline is based on the learning from the pathfinder areas which strategic leaders and their teams may find helpful in thinking through the culture and organisational change required by the SEN reforms: National timeline: • We are consulting on the code of practice until 9 December. The Children and Families Bill is expected to receive Royal Assent in early 2014. We expect to publish the SEN regulations, statutory guidance and transitional arrangements in April 2014. • September 2014 the new 0 to 25 SEN system in place. • The legislation comes into force in September 2014. • From September 2014 children and young people with existing statements and LDAs will transfer to the new system. • From now information and support is available from: Pathfinder Champions; Council for Disabled Children (CDC); and funded delivery partnerships (e.g. Achievement for All 3As, Preparing for Adulthood, and nasen). Local strategic planning timeline: • From now to March 2014 Convening key players and raising local awareness. Lead for SEN reform in post • From January 2014 to August 2014 Planning service delivery and preparing for implementation - local transition plan published in June 2014 (subject to national consultation). • September 2014 New 0 to 25 SEN system in place. • September 2014 Local offer published (subject to national consultation) • EHC plans for new entrants • Personal budgets available • September 2016 - legislation relating to Learning Difficulty Assessments will be repealed (subject to national consultation) • September 2017 - legislation relating to statements will be repealed (subject to national consultation)   Local service delivery timeline: From now until September 2014 (when the new SEN system becomes available) local areas will be undertaking the following work, fully involving parents and young people: • Developing plans for joint commissioning. • Developing the local offer. • Developing processes for assessment, planning and EHC plans. • Identifying services which could be provided through personal budgets. • Planning provision of local information, advice and support (with users). • Reviewing and developing local mediation and disagreement resolution arrangements. • Engage local partners, including new partners such as further education and training providers. From September 2014 onwards: • Joint commissioning underway locally – needs assessment, planning, market development, collaboration with families. • Regular review of local offer, and awareness raising of local offer. • Annual reviews of EHC plans. Children and young people with statements/LDA will transfer to the new system (subject to national consultation). • Review service budgets to offer increased personal budgets. • Regular review of information, advice and support available to families. Developing plans for joint commissioning Developing the local offer, fully involving parents and young people Developing processes for assessment, planning and EHC plans Identifying services which could be provided through personal budgets Planning provision of local information, advice and support (with users) Reviewing and developing local mediation and disagreement resolution arrangements Engage local partners, including new partners such as further education and training providers Joint commissioning underway locally – needs assessment, planning, market development, collaboration with families Regular review of local offer, and awareness raising of local offer Annual reviews of EHC plans. Children and young people with statements / LDAs transfer to the new system* Review service budgets to offer increased personal budgets Regular review of information, advice and support available to families New 0-25 SEN system becomes available * Subject to (national) consultation

Funding for parent carer forums 2014-2015, £15,000 for each Forum – ‘Parent Carer Forums have a key role to play in implementing the SEN reforms at a local level. -reflects the growing demands on them to work closely with local authorities and other partners to deliver the reforms." (Department for Education)

Findings Key working approaches are making a difference for families Education, Health and Care Plans are more holistic and welcomed by families

Independent Supporters A New £30 million fund for more than 1,800 independent supporters to help parents navigate the new special educational needs process Bid for June- steering gp. Travel costs for volunteers to set up service. Potential volunteers work with cluster sch. £25K delivering staff time, supervision. training

Feedback from DfE York has made great progress. Chosen as one of 10 LA to give feedback to Minister for education. Parents met with advisors from DfE to tell them what has been happening in York, ’

An easy to understand LOCAL OFFER …..so parents can make informed choices

Parents co-wrote the offer They wanted it to be They wanted it to help people

Signposting Sign posting information Top tips Based in reality

Engaging parents & young people

Why bother? There will be: A greater emphasis on representing families’ and young people’s views, wishes and aspirations for the future. A focus on all of the young person’s needs, including educational, health and care- related.

A greater focus on the outcomes will look towards preparing your son or daughter for adulthood with an emphasis on the development of their independence and access to employment or volunteering as appropriate. The EHCP will be easy to read and accessible so that young people can have a shared ownership of the EHCP, and it should be family friendly. A greater focus on the outcomes for your son or daughter. Each outcome will be met through provision from education providers, health, social care and any other agency or person supporting the young person and family. Outcomes will look towards preparing your son or daughter for adulthood with an emphasis on the development of their independence and access to mployment or volunteering as appropriate. The EHCP should be much easier to read and accessible so that young people can have a shared ownership of the EHCP, and it should be a much friendlier document to families.

Sweet talk

Sweet talk Purple: What have been the highlights in the last year? Orange: What’s important in the next 3-5 years? Yellow: What support/provision is working well? Red: What would be helpful or needs to change? Blue: What are the priorities for XX in the next year?

Education, Health and Care Plan 0 – 25 yrs City of York Council Septembers 2103

Coordinating Support

Education, Health and Care Plan our aim is to provide a more person centred approach with the co-production of plans not about substituting one set of paperwork for another but taking a different approach underlined by the key principles set out in the Bill development work started with families York model built on good practice from Early Support and Preparing for Adulthood currently being trialled with families by Specialist Teaching Team, Educational Psychologists, Early Years Service City of York Council Septembers 2103

Young people photo contribution

Young people photo contribution

Young people photo contribution

Feedback from families For me it was really straightforward and simple. Very easy. My friend went through the previous system and I thought it was going to be awful. This is the best meeting I have ever been to. All of the points of concern were covered: Dad I was worried it would be going over the past again and I was really pleased it was focusing on the future: Mum Just wanted to say that from a family point of view we think Lily’s plan is excellent. It so clearly shows Lily as an individual, her strengths as well as her needs. Her needs are clearly expressed and actions targeted against them, and they cover the areas that are important to her/us not just educational aspects. Although we still have a way to go in toileting the additional help the school put in to help with social skills mean that she now makes friends and is so much happier.

Quotes from professionals The family centred and child centred nature of the MSPs and EHCPs is fantastic, and will I'm sure change the focus of how we make provision for children, and give parents ownership, break down barriers etc The very positive aspects of the plans are the contributions they facilitate from young people. I have been stunned by the detail and perceptiveness of my students in analysing their own needs and for me this is by far the most positive thing about the EHCPs so far. I am sure there will be lots more issues  as we trial the plans but my verdict is despite the workload they are definitely worth it, a huge improvement  and a much more holistic way of working with young people. Thank you to everyone for their support so far.

How you can get involved? What Next? How you can get involved? Who might help you? Any queries?