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12 Jan 2018
“Hey, aren’t I the most important person here?”
Hannah M from FLARE writes about her experience of her final transition meeting.
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Fact Sheet
18 Dec 2017
Factsheet #4: Barriers to Participation
All children and young people have the right to have their voice heard, regardless of their age or support needs. Howe…
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07 Dec 2017
Transition - Getting it Right
This week's guest blog comes from Amba, one of the FLARE members.
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05 Dec 2017
A Long Road Ahead – Thoughts on ‘Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability’
Jack Welch, Young NCB member and winner of Children and Young People’s Champion
Young NCB's Jack Welch on the government's new employment strategy for disabled people.
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01 Dec 2017
Knowledge is Power Toolkit
International Day of Disabled People (IDDP) 2017 sees the launch of a new training resource to build the resilience an…
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28 Nov 2017
Multi-million pound package announced to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
Department for Education
£45m of funding announced.
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23 Nov 2017
"My autism is part of me, but it does not define me"
This week's guest blogger is Alisha Adams from our FLARE group. “The naughty child”. “Attention seeker”. …
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08 Nov 2017
"Inclusive education is the best education"
This week's guest blogger is Hannah Louise from our FLARE group. Hi, my name is Hannah Louise. I hope you are…
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07 Nov 2017
Tools for Participatory Evaluation
Unicef
From Unicef.
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25 Oct 2017
"How do you define yourself?"
Carys from FLARE
Carys from our FLARE young people's group writes.
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12 Oct 2017
"Good support is like a box"
Amy from FLARE
Amy from FLARE on support in schools.
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31 Jul 2017
FLARE meeting: less jargon, more support!
Last Saturday our FLARE youth group met in London to talk about their experiences of the SEND reforms and how the proc…
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CDC Winter Digest 2019
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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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