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01 Jul 2019
Government announces group for improving support for students with disabilities in higher education
The Universities Minister announced that a new group will be created to improve support for students with disabilities…
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27 Jun 2019
The Government publishes guidance on supporting children and young people who are at risk of restrictive intervention
The Government published today non-statutory guidance on how to support children and young people with learning disabi…
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26 Jun 2019
New government drive to tackle barriers faced by disabled people omits children and young people
The Prime Minister launched yesterday new measures that aim to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people, in the wo…
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30 May 2019
Give it back - new campaign from the Disabled Children's Partnership
Today, as part of the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) we’re launching a powerful new campaign – Give It Ba…
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28 May 2019
First Joint Ministerial SEND Roundtable
We are pleased to announce that on Monday the 20th of May the first Joint Ministerial SEND Roundtable took place at th…
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28 May 2019
British Academy - Experiences of children and young people on Childhood
NCB are delighted to be working in partnership with the British Academy to gather the views and experiences of childre…
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20 May 2019
Amendment to the Mental Capacity Act becomes law
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act On 16th May 2019 the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act gained Royal Assent, follo…
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02 May 2019
CDC Spring Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC Spring Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: Successful conferences on a wide ra…
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01 May 2019
CDC's joint conference puts the spotlight on discussing sex and relationship with young people with disabilities
On the 29th of March, CDC joined forces with the Sex Education Forum to bring together professionals and parents, for…
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30 Apr 2019
Case Law Update 41 – NHS West Berks CCG v FTT – CCG not joined as party to Tribunal appeal
In this update the Upper Tribunal rejected an application for judicial review challenging a decision by the First-tier…
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30 Apr 2019
Case Law Update 40 – AD v Hackney (HC) – Challenge to local authority policy for provision of support to children with SEND
In this update two policies adopted by a London borough in relation to the provision of support for children with SEND…
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30 Apr 2019
Case Law Update 39 – Hollow v Surrey – Unsuccessful challenge to local authority budget which included savings on SEND provision
In this update, the court ruled that there was nothing unlawful about the decision by Surrey council to set a budget w…
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07 Mar 2019
FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan
The Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…
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05 Feb 2019
CDC Winter Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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A post card from (virtual) Serbia
Phillipa Stobbs, Assistant Director, Education, Council for Disabled Children
A recent piece of work by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (the Agency) reviews a range o…
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08 Jul 2021
Next Steps on the SEND Review: A Blog from CDC
The cross-Government SEND review was launched over two years ago. Since then a huge amount of work has taken place, ev…
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01 Jun 2021
Lessons Learnt From Lockdown: The highs and lows of the pandemic's impact on disabled children and young people
Between February and March 2021, as part of the Making Participation Work programme which is funded by the Department…
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