SEND resources for healthcare professionals
Updated 11 March 2016
Applies to England
This guidance is for commissioners, health and wellbeing boards (HWBs), health service providers and professionals.
SEND covers a broad range of conditions and illnesses, including:
- special educational needs
- autistic spectrum disorder
- sensory impairment
- continence difficulties (bladder and bowel dysfunction)
1. Special educational needs
Resources for commissioners and HWBs:
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Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years is the statutory guidance for organisations who work with and support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
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0 to 25 SEND code of practice: guide for health professionals
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for children and young people with literacy difficulties, specific learning difficulties and dyslexia. Also available as:
- a
- from the Council for Disabled Children
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is set up by the Department for Education and the Department of Health and contains a number of resource packs for parents, local authorities and providers, including:
- , which provides information about local SEND provision
- , which replaces learning difficulties assessments and statement of special educational needs, sets out the needs and aspirations of children and their parents and informs local authorities of their duties
- the details the funding identified by local authorities to provide a specific education, health and care (EHC) plan
- the helps different commissioners across education, health and care to join up their SEND services
- getting the to make sure the SEND reforms are acted on
- what鈥檚 required of local authorities and providers in , such as getting a job or going into higher education
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the (MAPIT) supports SEND service improvements
- NHS England guidance for commissioners is an overview of
Resources for health service providers and professionals:
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Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) provides a list of as part of the Children and Families Act 2014, Part 3
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the is an online portal offering education professionals access to information, resources and training
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e-learning about disability and disabled children and young people for the workforce
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British Academy of Childhood Disability is based on SEND and the EHC plan
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goes through the EHC plan process
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SEND guide for parents and carers explains the system that supports children and young people with SEND
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, from RCSLT, outlines how to provide safe and high quality child health services
2. Autistic spectrum disorder
Resources for commissioners and HWBs:
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an overview of from The National Autistic Society helps to understand the condition and its affects
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the from Autism Education Trust includes practical strategies to support young people on the autism spectrum deal with transition periods
Resources for health service providers and professionals:
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NICE guidance for children and young people:
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NICE quality standard for
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The National Autistic Society have a range of resources and guidance for
- 鈥楾hink Autism鈥�: an update to the government adult autism strategy sets out how the government will improve lives of people with autism, Annex C includes relevant resources, which can be applied to children and young people
3. Sensory impairment
Resources for commissioners and HWBs:
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RCSLT have , including:
- Better Communication: Shaping speech, language and communication services for children and young people
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National Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network (ChiMat), with RCSLT, have developed a
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Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) explain how the
- from The National Deaf Children鈥檚 Society (NDCS):
- , including 鈥楥ommissioning audiology services for young adults鈥� and 鈥楺uality Standards: Transition from paediatric to adult audiology鈥�
- for audiology
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paediatric audiology is included in the
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an , from RNIB
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joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) guidance for HWBs and now includes children鈥檚 eye health (chapter 6)
- research report on children who are deafblind,
Resources for health service providers and professionals:
- guidance from The Communication Trust
4. Continence
Resources for commissioners and HWBs:
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, including the Paediatric Continence Commissioning Guide
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from NHS England
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, from ChiMat, helps with needs assessments as part of children鈥檚 and young people鈥檚 planning and joint strategic needs assessments
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for support with full service integration
Resources for professionals and providers:
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NICE quality standard for
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resources for from PromoCon