The SEN Green Paper: implications for children and families

4 April 2011, 11am- 1pm
£99+VAT (10% discount for Friends of The Campaign)
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This session, led by Chris Waterman, Editor of Children’s Services Weekly, will look at the implications for children and families of the proposals in the long-awaited Green Paper, Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability.

The timeliness of the session means delegates will have the opportunity to discuss the issues and develop their responses to the consultation that ends 30 June 2011.

Proposals in the paper include:

• a new approach to identifying SEN through a single Early Years setting-based category and school-based category of SEN;
• a new single assessment process and Education, Health and Care Plan by 2014;
• local authorities and other services will set out a local offer of all services available;
• the option of a personal budget by 2014 for all families with children with a statement of SEN or a new Education, Health and Care Plan;
• give parents a real choice of school, either a mainstream or special school; and
• introduce greater independence to the assessment of children’s needs.

This session will be chaired Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive of the Campaign for Learning and there will be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussions.

Looking at the Early years

8 April 2011, 11am- 1pm
£99+VAT (10% discount for Friends of The Campaign)
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Dame Claire Tickell’s review of Early Years Foundation Stage is due out at the end of March and will cover four main areas:

• Scope of regulation – whether there should be one single framework for all Early Years providers.
• Learning and development – looking at the latest evidence about children’s development and what is needed to give them the best start at school.
• Assessment – whether young children’s development should be formally assessed at a certain age, and what this should cover.
• Welfare – the minimum standards to keep children safe and support their healthy development.

Chris Waterman, Editor of Children’s Services Weekly, will examine in detail the implications on children’s learning support, the impact on families and suggested changes for professionals working in this area.

This session will be chaired Tricia Hartley, Chief Executive of the Campaign for Learning and there will be plenty of opportunity to discuss the changing landscape of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Discounts are available for voluntary sector organisations and sole trading consultants, please contact Katie Bloom for further details.