Copyright IPSEA 20111. IPSEA - Who we are An Indpendent charity Provide legally based advice &...

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IPSEA - Who we are

• An Indpendent charity

• Provide legally based advice & support

• Parents who have a child with SEN &/ or a disability

• Navigating the education system


How we do it?

• Over 160 volunteers throughout England & Wales

• All different backgroundsParents who have been through the

systemPeople with legal backgroundProfessionals with experience of SEN/

disability


What do our volunteers do?

Provide support to families through our:

• Advice Line

• Tribunal Helpline

• Tribunal Support service


What do we do with what parents tell us?

It is evidence of how the system is working for children, parents, schools & LAs:

1.We lobby government to influence policy

2.Support legal challenges to refine the law


“Essentials” for supporting Pathfinder parents

1. Be clear that joining a Pathfinder pilot is optional

2. Provide written details of the scheme you are piloting

3. Provide a named contact within your Pathfinder team to co-ordinate parents

4. Detail exit criteria from the pilot – notice period etc.


5. Be clear that the existing LA statutory duties under the SEN legal framework still apply

• To have regard to the SEN C. o P.

• To identify children with SEN• To assess the needs of children

with SEN• To make and maintain a

statement of SEN• To arrange the provision in a

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How IPSEA will support the Pathfinder projects

• Provide advice & support to parents considering opting into a Pathfinder pilot

• Provide advice & support to parents who have opted into a Pathfinder pilot

• Provide information & support to LAs on fulfilling their existing statutory duties

• Provide evidence of the experience of parents contacting us from Pathfinder LAs


What IPSEA would like the Pathfinder pilots to achieve

• Tangible evidence of how proposed changes being piloted will positively benefit children & why

• Evidence of what does not work & why

• Assessment of the importance of existing statutory duties

It is all about the child!


Jane McConnellChief Executive

www.ipsea.org.uk


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