Oout of Authority Placements Analysis 2008
These will be published shortly on the DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS PAGE
Quality Standards link on teachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/teacherlearningassistant/qualitystandards/
RNIB survey of blind and partially sighted pupils in Britain
In 2007 RNIB commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to carry out an online survey of local authority Visual Impairment (VI) services in England, Scotland and Wales. The aim was to ascertain the numbers and characteristics of children and young people with visual impairments; identify and map the type of educational and other provision made for these children and young people; and explore how and to what extent such provision was supported.
There are three Word documents Final country report - UK, Final briefing, Final GB report.
South East Sensory Impairment Partnership (SESIP) – Eligibility Criteria
Dear Colleague
You may be aware that one of the work strands for the South East Sensory Impairment Partnership during 2008 – 2009 is on revision of the existing SERSEN Eligibility Criteria for access to SI (HI, VI, MSI) services.
These criteria, available on the SERSEN website www.sersen.uk.net, were drawn up in 2005 following national consultation and have been widely used. However, much has changed in our work since then and we have been asked to revise the criteria to reflect current services to children and young people with sensory impairment.
If you have used or are familiar with the criteria and would like to be involved in the revision, we would like to ask you to respond to some questions in a telephone interview with a member of the working group. This will take about 30 - 40 minutes of your time during September; an outline of the question coverage is provided at the end of this email. The revised criteria will be published in March 2009. Current eligibility materials can be found in the library.
If you are not familiar with the SERSEN Eligibility Criteria but would welcome the opportunity to be involved at the stage of consultation over the draft revised version during December 2008 – January 2009, please do let me know.
If, in your service, you have been using other Eligibility Criteria and you are prepared to share these with us please let me know that too. We would like to look at all examples of good practice that are available.
Please contact me, on behalf of the SE SI Partnership, at lindsey.rousseau@btinternet.com
The telephone interview:
We will wish to use any comments you make during the interview to inform the revision of the eligibility criteria. We will need to ask your permission to use what you say, anonymously, in our revision work. Asking for your consent to this will be part of the interview.
The interview questions will cover:
· Your experience / use of the Eligibility Criteria
· The Guidelines which accompany the Eligibility Criteria
· A section by section consideration of the criteria statements and scoring
· The application of the Eligibility Criteria in the allocation of service support
· Your views on the usefulness of the Eligibility Criteria
Sensory Impairment Partnership Development Day
The South East Sensory Impairment Partnership Development Day on 6th June was well attended and set the scene for the partnership work for the future, in 2008 and beyond for 2009. The SERSEN website will act as a communication tool for our activities and as a start to this the presentations from the day are accessible.
- Lindsey Rousseau sets the scene for SI activities in the context of the new regional working arrangements
- Eileen Boothroyd talks about the relevance of the SE SI Partnership to the voluntary sector work for children and young people with multi sensory impairment
- Bob Denman gives the background and demonstrates the SI provision management tool which is proving to be so useful to services and schools
- Karl Wall puts the voices and wishes of young people in the centre of our planning, with examples from the Getting There With Confidence (VI) Project
- Philippa Stobbs brings us up to date with developments for young people with SEN and disability from DCSF
Download available presentations from the event...
SENSE SITG | Getting there with confidence | DCSF SEND Presentation | SESIP
Independent Schools - Suzanne Wilkins
Story Links is a parent partnership model supporting pupils at risk of exclusion. It uses therapeutic storywriting to address behaviour issues, targeting pupils with attachment difficulties. It is also designed to develop parents’ emotional literacy skills and improve pupils’ reading. Download information and booking form.
Developing Provision Management for Children and Young People with Sensory impairment
SERSEN has a national lead within the Regional Partnerships for SI. Its work
in this area is managed through a long established SI Provider Task Group
which has wide representation from 22 LA services within the South East and
London Boroughs and also from 6 I&NMSS and 6 voluntary organisations. You can download examples from the document below.
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