Ask the Minster

 

 

Relaunch of our Ask the Minister section

Back by popular demand – the chance for you to pose a question on SEN and disability policy to Minister Edward Timpson. 

Would you like to ask the Minister a question about the Children and Families Bill? Or about another area of policy that impacts on the families and young people you work with?

If you have something you’d like to ask, please send through your question to jcrangle@ncb.org.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 5th November.

The answers to these questions will be printed in the December issue of our Digest.You can see an example of the Ask the Minister section in the May 2012 edition of the CDC Digest.

Please note that CDC do not guarantee a response to all queries. Questions will be collated by CDC and may be adapted to incorporate similar questions.

SE7 Pathfinder Fact Sheets

Each month, the SE7 Pathfinder produces a fact sheet on the progress of the Pathfinder

 

These can be found here

 

SE7 Information Packs

New information packs are available now.  

 

*  Joint Commissioning

*  Engagement of Children, Young People and Parent/Carers

*  Local Offer

*  EHC Plan and Integrated Assessment

*  Personal Budgets

*  Preparing for Adulthood

 

SE7 Local Offer – August 2013

SE7 have produced some useful resources – for families, practitioners and one especially for Education Settings.  

 

SE7 Information for Education Settings

 

SE7 Final Local Offer Framework

 

SE7 briefing paper on the Local Offer 

 

More information on the Local Offer can be found here

Edward Timpson, MP – letters to CDC and NNPCF

Edward Timpson has recently written to the Council for Disabled Children and the National Network of Parent Carer Forums

The letters can be read in full here:

Council for Disabled Children – July 2013

National Network for Parent Carer Forums – July 2013

Working Together – our experience of co-production

 

Contact a Family, Strengthening Parent Carer Participation, SE7 SEND Pathfinder and National Network of Parent Carer Forums have produced a video showing their experiences of co-production.

Have a look and share it with your colleagues.

Evaluation of the SEND Pathfinder – June 2013

The Department for Education have published the research and analysis of the first 18 months of the SEND Pathfinder programme

You can find this in our Useful Links – Legislation and DfE Links or on the Government’s website

SE7 Regional Updates

SE7 produce regular updates to keep you updated on the activites in your area.

May 2013

SE7 publications

SE7 have several publications available for download.   These include: Assessment and Planning Framework Co-production with parent carers – the SE7 Experience Choice and Control  Explaining Personal SEN Budgets Joint Commissioning for Children and Young People   Find them all in our SE7 Documents

Easy Read Guide to Children & Families Bill

The DfE have launched an easy-read guide to the Children and Families Bill.

The link to this can be found here