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21 Aug 2019
Learning Example: Stockport Transition Pathway Pilot
Stockport has worked with partners, including parents and carers, to develop a new transition pathway to identify youn…
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13 Aug 2019
New Expert Parent Programme: Complex health needs and transition to adulthood
The Council for Disabled Children received funding from the Together for Short Lives Improving Transition for Young Pe…
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06 Aug 2019
A Guide for Dental Patients with Autism
Going to the dentist can be a cause for anxiety for most of us, but it’s a very different feeling for those with aut…
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05 Aug 2019
A Community of Schools Focused on Good Mental Health
It’s starting to be accepted that wellbeing and good mental health should be a strategic priority embedded into the…
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29 Jul 2019
Overshadowed: The mental health needs of children and young people with learning disabilities
All children and young people deserve the best possible outcomes and start in life. Those with learning disabilities a…
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26 Jul 2019
Preparing for adulthood: The role of social workers
This guide from SCIE looks at what social workers need to do to help young people with learning disabilities prepare f…
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Report
23 Jul 2019
Research evidence about services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and behaviours that challenge
Richard Hastings, Professor at Warwick University, has produced a comprehensive overview of the research evidence surr…
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Report
10 Jul 2019
It takes leaders to break down siloes: CDC's new report on integrating services
It takes leaders to break down siloes: Intergrating services for disabled children Children and young people with s…
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03 Jul 2019
NCB's trip to Parliament: Raising awareness of the gap in services for young people
On the 30th of April, the National Children's Bureau left their East London office for Parliament, to raise awareness…
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The Expert Parent Programme: Complex Health Needs and Transition to Adulthood
Are you the parent or family member of young person who has complex health needs, with a life limiting or life threate…
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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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24 Jun 2019
Healthcare standards for children and young people in secure settings
There are about 1,000 children and young people held in secure settings at any one time. They are some of the most vul…
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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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10 Dec 2018
Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation
There are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…
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20 Jul 2021
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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