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This statement provides Members with an update on work to deliver ALN reforms and specifically the ALN code and operational regulations. In September last year, I announced that the statutory roles set out in the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 were to commence in January 2021 and that the new ALN system will commence, on a phased basis, from September 2021\. The statutory roles are:


* Additional Learning Needs Coordinators;
* Designated Education Clinical Lead Officers; and
* Early Years Additional Learning Needs Lead Officers.


The impact of Covid\-19 has made it necessary for all of us to reprioritise our business to reflect the unprecedented nature of the crisis. However, I can confirm that the ALN code and associated regulations remain a key priority and they will be laid before the Senedd in February 2021 to enable the commencement and phased roll out of the Act to start in September 2021\.


Additionally, I can confirm that the statutory roles will commence in January 2021 as planned. To accompany that commencement, I intend to lay regulations on the ALN Co\-ordinator role and to publish guidance on all three statutory roles under the ALN system. It will include text from the aspects of the revised Code related to these roles and will clarify their responsibilities. The guidance and regulations will be informed by the responses to the consultation on the draft ALN Code and the ALNCo role regulations. Furthermore to support the implementation of the Act from September 2021, information will also be provided around the implementation and transitional arrangements.


There has been significant progress in preparing for the launch of rolling out the new ALN system in September 2021\. Throughout the Covid\-19 pandemic, work has continued in the following areas:


* our regional ALN Transformation Leads have continued to operate, working with schools, LAs and health boards remotely to conduct the groundwork needed to ensure that Wales will be ready for the launch of the new system next year;
* we are collaborating with our universities to design and author a new professional learning offer to support the Additional Learning Needs Coordinator role;
* we are developing online training packages on the new ALN system, the first of which will be available on Hwb later this summer;
* we continue to work with Cardiff University to train new educational psychologists for Wales, and
* we continue to work closely with partner organisations in early years and the third sector.


The Covid\-19 pandemic has also created some challenging scenarios for all our learners and especially those with ALN; their families; and those who work to support them. We continue to prioritise support for these learners.


The “check in, catch up and prepare” period provided us with an excellent opportunity to identify and remove any barriers to learning faced by children who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, including those with ALN. As a result of recent engagement with children, families, their representatives and education specialists; I have published supplementary guidance for the autumn term. This is specifically dedicated to the practical, emotional and learning needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged children, including those with ALN.


Finally, today I am launching a consultation on proposals to allow representatives to act on behalf of young people, and parents of children, who lack mental capacity, when exercising their rights under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018. To ensure the consultation reaches the people the proposals will most affect, we will be working with Children in Wales to ensure young people who lack capacity are targeted and supported to engage with the consultation. This forms a crucial part of the work on the ALN code and regulations.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep Members informed. Should Members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.







Translation:


 
Mae’r datganiad hwn yn rhoi diweddariad i’r Aelodau ar y gwaith o gyflwyno’r diwygiadau i’r system Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol (ADY), yn benodol felly’r cod ADY a’r rheoliadau gweithredu. Ym mis Medi y llynedd, cyhoeddais y byddai’r rolau statudol sydd wedi’u hamlinellu yn Neddf Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol a’r Tribiwnlys Addysg (Cymru) 2018 yn cychwyn ym mis Ionawr 2021 ac y bydd y system ADY newydd yn cychwyn, gam wrth gam, o fis Medi 2021\. Dyma nhw’r rolau statudol:


* Cydlynwyr Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol,
* Swyddogion Arweiniol Clinigol Dynodedig Addysg, a
* Swyddogion Arweiniol Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol Blynyddoedd Cynnar


Mae effaith Covid\-19 wedi ei gwneud yn angenrheidiol i bob un ohonom ail\-flaenoriaethu ein busnes er mwyn adlewyrchu natur yr argyfwng hwn, nas gwelwyd mo’i fath o’r blaen. Er hynny, gallaf gadarnhau bod y cod ADY a’r rheoliadau cysylltiedig yn parhau i fod yn brif flaenoriaeth gen i, a byddant yn cael eu gosod gerbron y Senedd ym mis Chwefror 2021 er mwyn gallu cychwyn a gweithredu’r Ddeddf yn raddol ym mis Medi 2021\.


Yn ogystal, gallaf gadarnhau y bydd y rolau statudol yn cychwyn ym mis Ionawr 2021 yn unol â’r cynllun. I gyd\-fynd â hyn, rwy’n bwriadu gosod rheoliadau ynghylch rôl y Cydlynydd ADY a chyhoeddi canllawiau ar bob un o’r tair rôl statudol o dan y system ADY. Byddant yn cynnwys testun o’r Cod diwygiedig sy’n ymwneud â’r rolau hyn, a byddant yn rhoi eglurder o ran eu cyfrifoldebau.  


Bydd y canllawiau a’r rheoliadau yn seiliedig ar yr ymatebion i’r ymgynghoriad ar y Cod ADY drafft a’r rheoliadau ynghylch rôl y Cydlynydd ADY. Er mwyn helpu i roi’r Ddeddf ar waith o fis Medi 2021, darperir gwybodaeth hefyd ynghylch y trefniadau gweithredu a phontio.


Mae llawer iawn wedi’i wneud i baratoi ar gyfer lansio'r broses o ddechrau gweithredu’r system ADY newydd ym mis Medi 2021\. Drwy gydol pandemig Covid\-19, mae'r gwaith wedi parhau yn y meysydd canlynol:


* mae ein harweinwyr trawsnewid ADY rhanbarthol wedi parhau i weithredu, gan gydweithio o bell ag ysgolion, awdurdodau lleol a byrddau iechyd i gynnal y gwaith paratoi sydd ei angen i sicrhau y bydd Cymru yn barod i lansio'r system newydd y flwyddyn nesaf;
* rydym yn cydweithio â’n prifysgolion i lunio ac ysgrifennu cynnig dysgu proffesiynol newydd i gefnogi rôl y Cydgysylltydd Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol;
* rydym yn datblygu pecynnau hyfforddiant ar\-lein ar y system ADY newydd, a bydd y cyntaf o'r rhain ar gael ar Hwb yn ddiweddarach yr haf hwn;
* rydym yn parhau i gydweithio â Phrifysgol Caerdydd i hyfforddi seicolegwyr addysgol newydd i Gymru, a
* rydym yn parhau i weithio'n agos gyda sefydliadau partner yn y blynyddoedd cynnar a'r trydydd sector.


Mae pandemig Covid\-19 hefyd wedi creu amgylchiadau heriol ar gyfer ein holl ddysgwyr, ac yn arbennig y rhai ag ADY, eu teuluoedd a’r rhai sy’n gweithio i roi cymorth i’r dysgwyr hynny. Mae cynorthwyo’r dysgwyr hyn yn parhau’n flaenoriaeth i ni.


Rhoddodd y cyfnod "Ailgydio, Dal i Fyny a Pharatoi" gyfle ardderchog i ni nodi unrhyw rwystrau i ddysgu sy’n wynebu plant agored i niwed neu difreintiedig, gan gynnwys  rhai ag ADY, a chael gwared ar y rhwystrau hynny.  O ganlyniad i'r trafodaethau diweddar â phlant, teuluoedd, eu cynrychiolwyr ac arbenigwyr addysg, rwyf wedi cyhoeddi canllawiau atodol ar gyfer tymor yr hydref. Mae’r rhain yn ymdrin yn benodol ag anghenion ymarferol, anghenion emosiynol ac anghenion dysgu plant agored i niwed a difreintiedig, gan gynnwys  rhai sydd ag ADY.


I gloi, rwyf un lansio heddiw ymgynghoriad ar gynigion i ganiatáu cynrychiolwyr i weithredu ar ran pobl ifanc, a rhieni plant, nad oes ganddynt alluedd meddyliol, wrth arfer eu hawliau o dan Ddeddf Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol a Thribiwnlysoedd Addysg (Cymru) 2018. Er mwyn sicrhau bod yr ymgynghoriad yn cyrraedd y bobl y bydd y cynigion yn cael yr effaith fwyaf, byddwn yn gweithio gyda Phlant yng Nghymru i sicrhau bod pobl ifanc nad oes ganddynt alluedd yn cael eu targedu a'u cefnogi i ymgysylltu â'r ymgynghoriad. Mae hyn yn rhan hanfodol o'r gwaith ar y cod a'r rheoliadau ADY.


Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i Aelodau. Os bydd Aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.