Area 1: Legislation, Rights and Supporting Information

England

• Thomas Pocklington Trust: Children's Rights Information for Parents (Knowledgeable and empowered family around the child) (External) Webinar hosted by Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and Council for Disabled Children (CDC) for professionals and  families discussing learners' rights in school. Applies to England only. 
• Guide Dogs: Self-advocacy for young people with a vision impairment (External)  A guide on how to self-advocate for young people and for parents to share with a younger child, to give them tips for when you’re not around.
• NATSIP: A series of documents relating to The Equality Act 2010 (External). This suite of documents explore the implications for those with sensory impairment in education.
• NATSIP: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (External). This suite of documents collected by NatSIP relate to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the implications for people with Sensory Impairment in education.
• NATSIP: Briefing note on the impact of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Children and Families Act 2014 (External). This discusses the impact of these two Acts on professionals dealing with young people with sensory impairment and/or special educational needs.
• NATSIP: A checklist for aligning service provision to legislation (External). This 2017 checklist allows SEND services to check their provision aligns with key duties in legislation/ government guidance.
• NATSIP: EHC plan Assessment Framework - Better assessment, better plans, better outcomes (External) This 2016 resource has been produced to support practitioners in carrying out assessments for Education, Health and Care Plans.
• NATSIP: Applying the assess-plan-do-review cycle (External). This 2015 document explores the graduated response to meeting the needs of learners.
• NATSIP: Writing more effective EHC plans (External). This 2016 document is to help ensure each section of the EHC plans contains the information mandated by the SEND COP 2015.
• NATSIP: A checklist for writing more effective EHC plans (External). This checklist is designed to be used with the guidance from NATSIP on Writing more Effective EHC plans.
• NATSIP: Model EHC Plans (External) A series of model EHC Plans (2017) representing children of different ages.
• NATSIP: Parents' Briefing Note, contributing to an EHC Plan (External). A 2016 document exploring how parents can contribute to an EHC plan.
• NATSIP: Creating Confidence in Local Services (External) Guidance (2014) to support the development of the Local Offer for children and young people with sensory impairment.
• NATSIP: Including Sensory Services in the Local Offer (External). This 2014 document aims to ensure that local authority / Clinical Commissioning Group officers understand the importance of maintaining specialist services for children and young people (CYP) with sensory impairment (SI). It sets out the key information on services for CYP with SI and their parent/carers.
• NATSIP: Finding the Right Support - information for parents (External) Guide (2015) for parents on how to find information via the Local Offer document.
• NATSIP: Personal Budget Guidance (External). Primarily aimed at commissioners (2015).
• Guide Dogs: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools (External). Designed to help teachers, schools and local authorities ensure that the 41,000 children and young people with vision impairment across the UK have access to better support throughout their education: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools - England 2024 

Northern Ireland

• Department of Education, Northern Ireland: SEN Legislation for Northern Ireland (External). The site includes all legislation relating to SEN and disability, including a link to Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (External).
• Northern Ireland Direct Government Services: Learning Your Rights (External). An overview of the rights of children and young people with SEND under Northern Irish Legislation.
• Department of Education, Northern Ireland: Consultation and DRAFT Special Education Needs (SEN) Code of Practice (External). Details of consultation of draft SEN Code of Practice (COP) in Northern Ireland and copy of draft COP.

Scotland

• Scottish Government/Riaghaltas na h-Alba:  Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 (External). Link to Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009.
• Scottish Government/Riaghaltas na h-Alba: Additional Support for Learning Statutory Guidance 2017 (External). Statutory guidance to the amended Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. Published 2017.
• Guide Dogs: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools (External). Designed to help teachers, schools and local authorities ensure that the 41,000 children and young people with vision impairment across the UK have access to better support throughout their education: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools - Scotland 2024 

Wales

• Llywodraeth Cymru/Welsh Government: The Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (External). This link is to a suite of documents. Alongside the Act there are practitioner, parental, children and young people’s guides and factsheets relating to its implementation.
• Llywodraeth Cymru/Welsh Government: The Additional Learning Needs Code for Wales 2021 (External). Statutory guidance for meeting the additional learning needs of children and young people in Wales
• Guide Dogs: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools (External). Designed to help teachers, schools and local authorities ensure that the 41,000 children and young people with vision impairment across the UK have access to better support throughout their education: Reasonable Adjustments in Schools - Wales 2024 and Addasiadau Rhesymol mewn Ysgolion - Cymru 2024

Downloadable Resources 

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