SEN Support: Schools should recognise that SEND causes behaviour problems, not blame behaviour on poor parenting SEN Support: Parent involvement in child’s support is not consistent across schools and year groups, and should be encouraged SEN Support: School staff need to recognise parents’ concerns and talk to them as equals and be honest. SEN Support: Dyslexia guidance has been developed as part of the Local Offer but uses the Rose definition of not responding to interventions, and often interpreted as having to be at least 2 years behind peers to have any chance of being identified as dyslexic. Also fails to recognise that 95% plus of children with dyslexia, with high quality teaching, do learn to read but are still dyslexic and may not understand why they are struggling as they are not identified as dyslexic. Assessment and acknowledgement of problems when a child is unable to attend school because of MH problems is not being dealt with quickly enough. Often approach is to threaten parent with legal action rather than support the child/YP Please tell us how well you think your child/young person's needs have been identified by : Education – Very well 18%, Quite well 33% Not very well 47%, N/A 2% Health – Very well 17%, Quite well 35%, Not very well 31% N/A 17% Social Care – Very Well 9%, Quite well 22%, Not very well 26%, N/A 44% SEN Support: Dyslexia Guidance developed 2015/16 by LA with some input from parents. Workshops held for parents (and SENCOs/schools). However, not very dyslexia friendly as have to download 98 page pdf with both guidance and research.
PfA: Need to develop a road map to clarify process for education, health and social care. No cliff edge and clear understanding of what happens next! PfA: Need to address gap in health services between 16 – 18 years old and transition from children’s to adult’s health services. Please tell us how well your views were taken into account when your child/young person's needs were identified by: Education – Very well 20%, Quite well 30%, Not very well 46%, n/a 3% Health – Very well 18%, Quite well 35%, Not very well 28%, n/a 18% Social Care – Very well 10%, Quite well 21%, Not very well 24%, n/a 45% How satisfied are you with the ongoing monitoring and assessment of your child/young person's needs? Education – Very satisfied 17%, Fairly satisfied 37%, Not satisfied 44%, n/a 2% Health – Very satisfied 15%, Fairly satisfied 35%, Not satisfied 33%, n/a 18% Social Care – Very satisfied 9%, Fairly satisfied 22%, Not satisfied 24%, n/a 45% Post-16 Strategy group in place with parent and college representation. CAMHS Task & Finish group looking at services around 17 years old
Overall, how well do the services your child/young person uses help them to do the best they can in: Educational Progress: Very well 15%, Quite well 22%, Satisfactory 24%, Poorly 35%, Don’t know 2%, n/a 2% Taking Part in Community Activities: Very well 7%, Quite well 14%, Satisfactory 22%, Poorly 34%, Don’t Know 4%, n/a 19% Leading a Healthy Life: Very well 8%, Quite well 20%, Satisfactory 29%, Poorly 22%, Don’t Know 4%, n/a 18% Getting Ready For Adulthood: Very well 4%, Quite well 12%, Satisfactory 19%, Poorly 34%, Don’t know 9%, n/a 22% How well do services and professionals work together to support your child/young person? Very well 5%, Quite well 20%, Satisfactory 20%, Poorly 50%, Don’t Know 5% Local Offer: Needs more promotion and some features need improvement, like search capability and information on social activities, transport, etc. It’s hidden on the LA website – need a SEND button, improve links between main site and LO. There’s a lot of information and it needs to be summarised and made clearer. Survey Questions on Local Offer: How easy do you find it to get information about what services are available and what they do? Continuous work to improve LO, have a LO Working Group with parent involvement, developed a jargon buster