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Regional Standards for the participation of children and young people with additional special needs and their parents in the planning and review of services
These standards are designed to support the participation of children and young people with additional or special educational needs and their parents in the planning and review of all services which they need, use or could make use of. In this context, participation is defined as a set of interactions that influence the outcomes of service planning, delivery and review.
The document sets out four principles for participation against which a number of standards have been set. It also includes an evaluation tool that local authorities, services and others can use to review their current practice.
The document is available as an interactive PDF (i.e. text can be inserted into the tables by the user0. A WORD version of the evaluation tool is also available. Both can be downloaded here.
The South West Regional Partnership believes that it is important to involve
young people with special needs in decisions that affect their lives. Young
people can also help organisations plan the services they provide and review
their effectiveness.
The Regional Partnership's R U Listening? Project is designed to promote
the involvement of young people. We have produced a pack to help local authorities,
schools and other organisations to review their current practice. Find out
more here.
You can find a variety of useful resources here.
The Resources page also includes information
on Participation in Education. This is a two year project run by the University
of Bristol to investigate the involvement of disabled children with little
or no verbal communication in decision-making processes in education.
Project report - Regional standards for the involvement of parents and carers
and young people
The initial work on developing proposed regional standards for the involvement of parents and carers and young people in the planning and review of services for young people with additional/special needs consultation information has been completed. The full project report and a summary version can be viewed here. The next phase of this project will be to pilot the use of the standards in some local authorities in the region. This will be an important part of our innovation project on Participation that will be taken forward in our Action Plan for 2007-2008.
Regional standards for the participation of children and young people with additional/special needs and their parents in the planning and review of services
Setting the Standards - progressing participation in the south west
This conference is for all those interested in developing the participation of parents and young people in decision making about policy and planning for children with additional or special needs. The conference will see the launch of regional standards on participation, which have been developed in conjunction with stakeholders across the south west. To find out more and to book your place click here.