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FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan

Fact Sheet07 Mar 2019FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session PlanThe Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…→Help & Resources

CDC Winter Digest 2019

Report05 Feb 2019CDC Winter Digest 2019Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…→Help & Resources

Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation

Fact Sheet10 Dec 2018Factsheet #7: Monitoring and EvaluationThere are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…→Help & Resources

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A post card from (virtual) Serbia

Stories from the Ground20 Jul 2021A post card from (virtual) SerbiaPhillipa Stobbs, Assistant Director, Education, Council for Disabled ChildrenA recent piece of work by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (the Agency) reviews a range o…→News & Opinion

Next Steps on the SEND Review: A Blog from CDC

News08 Jul 2021Next Steps on the SEND Review: A Blog from CDCThe cross-Government SEND review was launched over two years ago. Since then a huge amount of work has taken place, ev…→News & Opinion

Lessons Learnt From Lockdown: The highs and lows of the pandemic's impact on disabled children and young people

News01 Jun 2021Lessons Learnt From Lockdown: The highs and lows of the pandemic's impact on disabled children and young peopleBetween February and March 2021, as part of the Making Participation Work programme which is funded by the Department…→News & Opinion

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