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This page includes the latest SEND news from Suffolk County Council and our partners. If you wish to feature an item, please email content to LocalOffer@suffolk.gov.uk. 2023 Children’s expert brought in to strengthen council’s focus on real-life experiences of children with special educational needs An…What’s on - Get involved
Get involved in local events, stay up to date with the latest news, surveys and opportunities in Suffolk, meet other parents and tell us your views. If you would like to include information on this page, please email localoffer@suffolk.gov.uk.Proposed new model for Children, Young People and Families Mental Health services in East and West Suffolk
There are new proposed plans for mental health services for children and young people in East and West Suffolk. The plans are being made together with East and West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) and partner orgainsations who work with…Life in Lockdown - interviews with parent carers
When Britain locked down in March 2020, life as we knew it took a strange and new turn. We wanted to know how families of children with SEND were finding things, so between April and June 2020 we asked any parent carers who wanted to,…Life in Lockdown - interviews with young people
Over the summer of 2020 we worked with the team at the Engagement Hub to chat to some young people with SEND about how they’d found lockdown. You can find out what they told us by clicking the tabs below. If you are a young…DfE/DHSC Ministerial Letter to children and young people with SEND, their families and those who support them
September 2020 Please see the joint open ministerial letter from Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, and Helen Whately MP, Minister of State for Care, to children and young people, their families and those who support them. Click here to…Delay in SEND Strategy Launch
Dear Parent, Carers and Families As you may be aware, an Independent Review of aspects of Suffolk’s SEND Services has been commissioned by Suffolk County Council. The Review started on 21/6/21 and will be completed within six weeks. A final report on the SEND Review…Could you help us improve SEND Services in Suffolk?
We believe that the best outcomes for children and young people with SEND occur when young people, parents/carers and professionals work together to jointly design, commission and review services, recognising each other’s experience, expertise and knowledge. Following the closure of the Suffolk Parent Carer Network,…Review of Education Services for Children and Young People with a Hearing Impairment
In 2018 Suffolk County Council commissioned a review of its services for children and young people with a hearing impairment in partnership with the National Deaf Children’s Society. A copy of the review report is published below along with the Council’s response to the recommendations…Time To Listen Events
In 2021, we published the final report following the independent review of SEND Services in Suffolk undertaken by Lincolnshire County Council. You can read more about the review here. One of the things families fed back to us as part of the review was that you wanted…