Special
Educational Needs / Disability Help, Advice & Downloads for Parents
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Disability concerns - tailored to your exact specific needs.
We can assist with all
ages, ability levels, subjects, Special Needs and Disabilities: including
SEN/Disability Tribunals, SEN Code of Practice issues, Statements of Special Educational
Needs and all associated processes and paperwork preparation etc.
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Downloads
and Links
Below you will find some
links to essential documents and websites* related to SEN and Disability.
Where possible, documents
linked to are available for you to download FREE direct from BPEC.net.
All files available for
download from BPEC.net are provided as Adobe .pdf files. Please click
here for more information on Adobe .pdf files or to download the FREE Adobe
Reader software, with which you will be able to view, read and print the files.
*Please
note: while we check our site regularly to ensure that all links are current and
active, due to the dynamic nature of websites and the Internet there is always
a possibility that content on websites external to BPEC.net may be moved, modified
or removed.
1. The 'Special Educational
Needs Code of Practice' (also known as the 'SEN Code of Practice')
Anybody interested in or
concerned about Special Needs or Disability must read this key document:
it details schools' responsibilities and the often highly complex processes leading
up to and including Statutory Assessments for Statements of Special Educational
Needs.
Use the link below to view
or save the .pdf file to your hard disk (opens in a new window):
The Special Educational
Needs Code of Practice - Click Here to download .pdf now
2. The Equality &
Human Rights Commission (EHRC) 'Code of Practice for Schools'
The Disability Discrimination
Act Part 4 'Code of Practice for Schools' sets out to prevent discrimination against
disabled people in their access to education.
It contains a wealth of
useful information, not least of all examples on the important Disability Discrimination
issues in school of 'Less Favourable Treatment' and 'Reasonable Adjustment'.
For
more expert information about these and other key SEN and Disability Discrimination
details, please read your
 Parent's Guide to SEN
& Disability Discrimination in School ...
...
or see inside the
SENCO's Guide to SEN, Disability
& Every Child Matters
Use the link below to visit
the EHRC's website, where this document can be downloaded (opens in a new window):
The
Disability Discrimination Code of Practice for Schools - Click Here to visit the
EHRC's website now
3. How to Appeal an SEN
Decision: A Guide for Parents
The Special Educational
Needs & Disability Tribunal Service (SENDIST) is independent of central and
local government and covers the whole of England. SENDIST hears parents' appeals
against Local Education Authority (LEA or LA) decisions on children's Special
Educational Needs and their right to access to funding and suitable schooling/provision
etc. SENDIST also hears parents' claims regarding Disability Discrimination in
schools.
Their booklet entitled 'How
to Appeal an SEN Decision: A Guide for Parents' provides information on when parents
can appeal to SENDIST and how to go about it. It explains the decisions against
which parents can appeal and covers the appeal process.
Use the link below to visit
SENDIST's website, where this document can be downloaded (opens in a new window):
How to
Appeal an SEN Decision: A Guide for Parents - Click Here to visit SENDIST's website
now
Information
on Adobe .pdf Files & Adobe Reader
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.pdf files are 'cross-platform' and can therefore be viewed and printed using
PCs or Apple Macs. etc.
They offer a widely adopted,
robust, high quality solution for delivering and storing documents rich in both
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about any printer and page layouts, text and tables etc. will always appear
and print correctly!
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do not have the FREE Adobe Reader software yet, you can download it now from
Adobe.com or via the following image link (click on the image - page opens in
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