Thread by @SimonMorton93

Evidence from 6 visits to local areas, looking at their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision between 5 and 14 October 2020: Overall, children, young people and their families have had mixed experiences
through this period. #SEND

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Some families have felt isolated, with limited contact from
schools and services. Others shared a huge amount of praise for the health practitioners, social workers, local authority family support workers and school staff
who had supported their children.

Many of the practitioners spoke about the difficulty of trying to continue all of the
services a young person might have received, including therapies, medical assessment and short breaks.

However, there was also a clear commitment to
finding new ways of working to improve this, using online appointments or outdoor
face-to-face meetings and groups providing opportunities for social interaction and respite for families.

Although most leaders and practitioners have worked hard to support the children
and young people in their care, the pandemic has presented serious and far-reaching challenges for families, which have not all been possible to resolve.

The visits found examples of responsive and flexible service and effective use of technology to lessen the impact of these. However, significant challenges remain.

Leaders and practitioners said their priorities and plans focused on access to assessment and
support, creating systems to ensure that feedback was collected from families and encouraging multi-agency collaboration to try and improve support for C&YP with SEND in the future.

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