Special educational needs

Guidance and services

• Children’s rights to appeal and make a claim to the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales: guidance for local authorities
  Guidance to ensure children are made aware of their rights.
• Developing as a person-centred organisation
  Guidance for schools, colleges and nurseries on how to become more person-centred.
• Person-centred practice in education
  How person-centred thinking tools can help schools, colleges and nurseries support learners.
• The role of the special educational needs coordinator (SENCo)
  Guidance to clarify the roles of SENCos and encourage the sharing of good practice.
• Guidance for school information management systems
  It helps mainstream and special schools and local authorities to collect and record accurate and consistent information.
• Assistive technology: guidance for teaching practitioners to support learners with specific learning difficulties
  An overview of available technology and how it can help learners.
• Special educational needs: guidance for carers and parents
  Includes advice on understanding, what to do if you are worried and how you can help.
• Special educational needs: code of practice
  The role of education providers in identifying and improving the experience of children with special needs.
• Securing post-16 education for young people with learning difficulties: guidance for Careers Wales
  Guidance on the assessment process and providing placements.
• Educational psychologist: guidance
  Guidance on the role of educational psychologists and the services they can provide.
• Securing post-16 education for young people with learning difficulties at specialist further education establishments: appeal form
  Use this form to appeal a decision on a funding application or other request.
• Specific learning difficulties: screening, assessment and intervention
  Guidance to help identify and support learners with specific learning difficulties.
• Securing post-16 education for young people with learning difficulties: guidance for specialist further education (FE) establishments
  Guidance for specialist FE establishments on the assessment process and providing placements.
• Specific learning difficulties framework
  Guidance to help schools understand the difficulties of learners so that they can make suitable changes.
• Securing post-16 education for young people with learning difficulties at specialist further education establishments
  Guidance for all on the assessment process, funding and reporting requirements.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Current speech, language and communication educational support
  Report
  Presentation on our study to identify speech, language and communication support for learners aged 0 to 25.
• Children’s rights to appeal and make a claim to the Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales: impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales
  An assessment of how our policy affects children's rights.
• The transition to further and higher learning for young people with special educational needs: final report
  Report
  A review of the current process and how it could be improved.
• Review of funded placements for post-16 learners with learning difficulties
  Report
  Recommendations to improve the management of placements at specialist further education establishments.