CO-OPERATION, CO-ORDINATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

Overview

The involvement of key stakeholders is an essential feature of effective inclusive education. The alignment of standards and practices across service providers will ensure students who experience SEND and their families receive the best possible provision of programmes and services.

EDUCATION PROVIDERS, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS SHOULD:

6.1 Consult and collaborate with parents and caregivers of children who experience SEND to ensure appropriate and adequate provisions, accommodations and services are provided, including involvement in: i. the use of assessment procedures ii. education service planning iii. the evaluation of education services iv. the evaluation of support and assessment services.

6.2 Collaborate to ensure all students, particularly those who experience SEND, are well prepared with the skills and abilities to take on further education, training, employment and community engagement.

ALL RELEVANT AUTHORITIES SHOULD:

6.3 Work together to monitor and evaluate the quality of services provided to students and their families who experience SEND.

6.4 Establish standards and procedures for licensing assessment clinics and education and health intervention services.

6.5 Implement a system of integrated services to ensure information about, and services for children and their families who experience SEND, is appropriately shared and utilised to the benefit of the child and their family.