Education Health and Care Plans

The new statutory frameworks for SEND

The Children and Families Act 2014 came into force on September 1st 2014 The SEN Code of Practice issued in January 2015 provides statutory guidance on the Act for all schools, colleges and othereducational settings, local authorities and related health andcare services. Both the Act and the Code refer to person centred approachesas an integral part of the changes being introduced…..

Education, Health and Care Plans

• EHCP are statutory plans and will replace theStatement of Special Educational Needs • Children and young people with statements will

continue to have the same rights and supportthrough their statement of SEN up to thepoint that this is replaced by an Education,Health and Care Plan (EHCP)

Education, Health and Care Plans

• An EHCP is for children and young people aged between 0-25 who are in early years settings, school, colleges and othertraining such as apprenticeships who have special educationalneeds and / or disability that require additional support.

• For young people aged 19-25 years old, an EHCP would only bemaintained with specific educational provision was needed tohelp them achieve their outcomes in their plan providing theychoose to continue in education or training (includingapprenticeships) to help them achieve their ambitions.

What do EHCP look like?

•Lets look at the plan

All plans need to be reviewed and monitored

Over the next 2 years we have a Transition Plan inplace and all remaining statements of SEN will beconverted to EHCP. All new assessments will be under the new Code of Practice. In the meantime all Plans will be reviewed at least annually through: Statement reviews Transfer reviews Review of Education, Health & Care plan

Transfer Reviews

• Your child’s statement will be converted to a plan through a one offmeeting called the Transfer Review, All relevant professionals will beinvited to attend This will replace the annual review.

• An EHCP brings together your child’s education, health and social care needs into a single legal document. It is hoped that the new system will bean improvement and will help children and young people and their familiesto support them in their journey towards preparing for adulthood.

• The plan will coordinate the support available to families across theirchild’s education, health and social care from birth – 25 years old.

Transfer Reviews • The meeting will run in such a way to ensure that you are able to join

in. You will also be asked to contribute to the meeting discussing andagreeing an accurate description of your child’s needs and support.

• There may be a series of flip charts around the room which everyoneattending the review can offer suggestions, these are discussed andare pulled together into information to support the EHCP.

Possible Transfer Review Headings

Who’s at the meeting What we like and admire about …….

My Views, interests & aspirations

And those of parents/carers.

SEN

Communication & Interaction

Cognition and learning

Social, emotional & mental health difficulties

Physical sensory

Health needs

Provision

Social Care needs

Provision

Outcomes Special Educational Provision

Teaching approaches & focused interventions

Staffing arrangements

Facilities and equipment

Support from other agencies

SEND Transport

Informal support

Possible Transfer Review Headings Nursery / School / College placement

Personal Budget Questions to answer / issues to resolve

Action Plan

Outcome Steps to achieve outcome

Who will support & how

By when

Learning & work

Independence Friends/relationsh

ips & Community

Health

Outcomes

The EHCP will describe what Outcomes we all want for your child,what support is needed to achieve these outcomes, who will provide the support and when the support will happen. Some discussions will

need to take place around identifying ‘Outcomes’ as opposed to objectives

3 key elements Outcomes should be discussed and agreed with the child or young

person: What the C&YP needs to do in order to progress to the next stage or

phase Written in term that are meaningful to the child or young person and which are realistic, achievable and broadly measurable

Examples of educational outcomes

Communication and Interaction • To talk to my friends and join in with their games at break time • To use my timetable to say what I am doing next Cognition and learning: • To retell the story from my reading book using complete sentences • To counts sets of objects up to 10 Social, emotional and mental health • To ask an adult for help when I get stuck • To listen to others and take turns when working in a group Sensory and physical • To be able to find my way around school by myself • To get dressed by myself

Examples of health outcomes

• (Asthma) To know how to use my inhaler

• (Incontinence) To go on the school’s residential trip

• (Hearing impairment) To join in class discussions

• (Visual impairment) To find my way around school by myself • (Expressive language disorder) To talk to my friends and join in with their games

at break time

• (Dyspraxia) To get dressed by myself

• (Diabetes) To manage my condition so that I can take part in PE

• (ADHD) To listen carefully to my teachers in my lessons

What will happen following the Transfer Review?

• After the meeting all the information on the flip charts will be collected and typed up and copies will be sent to everyone who attended and a copy will be submitted to the Local Authority. Theywill write everything that was discussed into a first draft EHCP.

• Once it is complete, they will send it to you for your comments. Youwill have 15 days to get back to them to request changes where required

• Once everything has been agreed, the Local Authority will send youthe final plan.

• EHCP’s are subject to a yearly reviews to make sure they are up todate with your child’s needs, just as the statements are currently

Further Advice & Support

Parents can seek independent advice on how best to prepare for the review and supporting you through the process from: • North Lincolnshire Special Educational Needs and Disability, Information,

Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) • sendiass@northlincs.gov.uk • help@nlsendiass.org.uk • 01724 277665 (direct line/24 hour answer phone) • 07717 587621 Mobile/text • Hewson House

Station Road BriggNorth Lincolnshire DN20 8XJ