SEND & EHCP

A new journey or a difficult incident calls for an individual plan. Share what the child needs with the school, transport operator and local authority travel team, and make sure the plan reaches replacement staff.

An annual review is a chance to check whether an education, health and care plan still describes the child or young person accurately and whether the specified support is actually happening. Take the latest final plan and recent evidence into the meeting.

An anonymous parent's account of an earlier refusal to assess, a later final EHC plan, and a free adapted example of the paperwork journey.

An anonymous parent's account of a school police restraint, the questions left after a complaint, and what the latest use of force figures do and do not show.

I became a mother as a teenager. This is my experience of how assumptions about my age made it harder to have my son's autistic needs understood, and what I hope changes.

Compare the final plan with what your child receives, record the gap and its impact, and ask the local authority how it will secure the missing provision.

A practical guide for parents and schools to recording, parent notification and learning after restraint or seclusion under the England guidance effective April 2026.

An alternative provision placement does not erase an EHCP. Check the named setting, the special educational support being delivered, and the plan for the next placement.

An anonymised SEND taxi journey shows how noise, airflow and an inaccessible way to ask for help can become a safety issue. Questions for a safer individual transport plan.

The Williamson Method in practice: behaviour as communication, SEAT, health and sensory needs, autonomy, prevention and reflective incident learning, with real examples from transport and supported living.

An evidence trail should make patterns easier to understand, not create a second full-time job for families. A focused workbook helps capture needs, provision, impact and follow-up in a consistent way. Includes practical checks, the matching download, course and review support.

Preparation helps families and professionals use limited meeting time well. A structured pack can bring together concerns, strengths, recent evidence, questions and the actions that need clear ownership. Includes practical checks, the matching download, course and review support.

A useful EHCP meeting record should make the child or young person’s views visible and preserve the contribution of parents or carers without merging different perspectives into one account. Includes practical checks, the matching download, course and review support.

A practical England guide to preparing for an EHCP annual review: what to evidence, the 12-month and four-week timelines, how to ask for specific provision and what happens next.

A practical guide to evidence for an EHC needs assessment: needs, barriers, support tried, progress, reports, views, outcomes and provision required.

When an autistic child or adult shows distressed behaviour, check health, pain, sensory load, communication, demands, trauma, change and the response around them.

Questions for parents and professionals after police or school restraint of an autistic child: necessity, proportionality, SEND adjustments, records, injury and review.