Management Information Sheet

National

• DfE: 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Alternative Provision and Attendance Unit, March 2018 Newsletter
• DfE Press Release: New Action to Improve Outcomes for Children with Additional Needs
• NASEN (National Association Special Educational Needs):
  www.sendgateway.org.uk
• ASK Research, Coventry University and the DfE: SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges
• Communication Trust:
  • http://www.sendgateway.org.uk/resources.what-works-for-education-settings.html
  • http://www.thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/projects/what-works-for-education-settings/

Regional

• Cambridge University's MEITS PROJECT: Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies - Life at School for Bilingual Children with Autism

Local

• SEND e-newsletter - March 2018: We recommend that you read the e-newsletter and draw your attention to:
  • The SEND Sufficiency Strategy - consultation survey
  • The development of the Personalised Travel Payments (PTP) pilot
  • An Independent Review of Speech and Language Therapy Services
  • Deaf Resource Base - consultation
• EPSS (Educational Psychology and Specialist Support): Practical Strategies for Supporting Children with Challenging Behaviour in the Secondary Classroom (Twilight)
• MI Sheets:
  • 32/18 Norfolk's SEND School Funding System
  • 26/18 Future Arrangements for High Needs Funding
  • 162/17 Inclusion Helpline
  • Change to Referral Process for Nelson's Journey
• The Local Offer Website:

  The SEND Section of the Local Offer has been reviewed and is being developed. There is a new name 'Support for Learning' and a new structure with three clearly defined areas:

  • Concerns about Progress
  • SEN Support
  • EHC Plans

Recommended Reading:

• SEN Support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges - a resource for mainstream leaders, teaching and support staff working with pupils and students with special educational needs and learning difficulties and disabilities (Ask Research, Coventry University, DfE, 2017)
• Effective SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges - a guide for senior leaders in education settings (Ask Research, Coventry University, DfE, 2017)
• When the Adults Change Everything Changes - Seismic Shifts in School Behaviour (Paul Dix, 2017)

Mental Health and Well-Being

• Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper, (DfE & DoH, December 2017)
• Mental Health and Behaviour in Schools: Departmental advice for school staff (DfE, 2016)
• A Whole School Framework for Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health - A Self-Assessment and Improvement Tool for School Leaders (National Children's Bureau, 2016)
• Promoting Children's and Young People's Emotional Health and Well-Being: A Whole School and College Approach (Public Health England, 2015)