SEND – Nystagmus Network

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Reform for children and young people with SEND

As part of a SEND reform, which the UK government describes as ‘ambitious’, a green paper has been published as part of a consultation on a stronger national system for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), boosting parent confidence.

Better support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is at the heart of a new national plan to level up opportunities, with a key focus on ending the postcode lottery that leaves too many with worse outcomes than their peers.

The Government’s SEND and alternative provision green paper, published on 29 March, sets out its vision for a single, national SEND and alternative provision (AP) system that will introduce new standards in the quality of support given to children across education, health and care.

The ambitious green paper is the result of the SEND Review, commissioned to improve an inconsistent, process-heavy and increasingly adversarial system that too often leaves parents facing difficulties and delays accessing the right support for their child.

The plans to reform the system will be open for a 13-week public consultation, giving families frustrated by the existing, complicated and bureaucratic system of support the opportunity to shape how a new system will work in the future – and give them confidence that their local school will meet their children’s needs so they can achieve their full potential.

More details on the gov.uk website here

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Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI)

Defining specialist skills development and best practice support to promote equity, inclusion and personal agency.

Overview of the CFVI

The Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI) has been developed to support children and young people with vision impairment access an appropriate and equitable education.

The framework presents outcomes within 11 teaching areas:

Facilitating an Inclusive World
Sensory Development
Communication
Literacy
Habilitation: Orientation and Mobility
Habilitation: Independent Living Skills
Accessing information
Technology
Health: Social, Emotional, Mental and Physical Wellbeing
Social, Sports and Leisure
Preparing for Adulthood.

It provides a shared vocabulary to be used by children and young people, their families and professionals in the UK who work with them. A shared vocabulary supports both better communication and purpose.

Parents and carers

The CFVI can be used to enable parents and carers to understand the pathways of support for their child and the services who may be involved in providing that support within a given nationwide context.

This increased understanding of the areas of focus for a child’s learning, development and wider participation and the common language and shared vocabulary that the CFVI provides, should enable parents to feel more comfortable and confident when meeting professionals to discuss their child’s progress and participation in education and the wider world.

Join RNIB for the Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI) Live Q & A Session

This is an opportunity to address the CFVI project team directly with any questions you may have about the framework itself, it’s development or its use in practice.

Book your free place

The Curriculum Framework for Children and Young People with Vision Impairment (CFVI) live Q and A is a free, online event taking place on Wednesday 4 May from 12 to 1.30pm.

You can book your free place by registering on Zoom.

Please submit any questions you would like to be considered by emailing [email protected]. The closing date for question submissions is Monday 2 May 2022.

Parent Power April

The Nystagmus Network is delighted to be able to offer parents and carers of children and young people with nystagmus the opportunity to attend a further session in our series of Parent Power webinars.

Each webinar, led by Karen, from IPSEA (the Independent Provider of Special Education Advice), supported by the charity’s volunteer education advocate, Claire and Sue from the staff team, introduces parents to the special educational needs support available in schools and early years settings and empower you to access it for your child. We’ll even introduce you to EHC plans.

The one day webinars (10am to 2.45pm) are FREE to attend.

The next workshop takes place on Friday 29 April

Book your FREE place here

Members of the Nystagmus Network can request advice from our volunteer education advocate, Claire or ask for a referral to our Education Advocacy Service for one to one support with casework.

More Parent Power coming soon

The Nystagmus Network is delighted to be able to offer parents and carers of children and young people with nystagmus the opportunity to attend our periodic Parent Power webinars.

The one day webinars (10am to 2.45pm) are FREE to attend.

Dates for our next Parent Power workshop will be announced soon.

Members of the Nystagmus Network can request advice from our volunteer education advocate, Claire or ask for a referral to our Education Advocacy Service for one to one support with casework.

Parent Power this February

Thanks to a grant from our friends at the Thomas Pocklington Trust, the Nystagmus Network is delighted to be able to offer parents and carers of children and young people with nystagmus the opportunity to attend one of a brand new series of Parent Power webinars.

The one day webinars (10am to 2.45pm) are FREE.

Places on the next February workshop are open for booking.

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