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Reflections about the High Hopes for High Needs programme

Reflections about the High Hopes for High Needs programme

The annual programme report highlights how we work with parents, councils, education settings and many other people to deliver frontline change that makes a practical and positive difference to the lives of children and young people with different needs. 

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From Derby to IMPOWER – my transition

From Derby to IMPOWER – my transition

A new way of working that enables me to support the High Needs system across the UK.

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IMPOWER announced as delivery partner to the government’s SEND & AP programme

IMPOWER announced as delivery partner to the government’s…

Working alongside three other partners, IMPOWER will provide support to the Department for Education and the local areas involved - helping to plan, design and test reforms outlined in the Government’s SEND & AP Improvement Plan.

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Parent carers – the key to prevention and early intervention in SEND

Parent carers – the key to prevention and early…

Engaging families early and drawing on their expertise about their children will, not only prevent children’s needs from escalating unnecessarily, but also help fix communication challenges.

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The SEND & Alternative Provision Improvement Plan is here – now let’s deliver

The SEND & Alternative Provision Improvement Plan is…

Today, the Government’s eagerly awaited follow up to the SEND review: right support, right place, right time and the subsequent…

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Improving the SEND System – the SEND and AP Green Paper is finally here

Improving the SEND System – the SEND and AP Green Paper is…

Read Leo Jones's blog on the new DfE Green paper on SEND.

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Guest blogpost: ‘Transforming the lives of children with SEND in Lincolnshire’

Guest blogpost: ‘Transforming the lives of children…

Blogpost written by Coralie Cross, Chair of Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum and a parent of a child with a disability

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‘She doesn’t look autistic’ – bias, and what we can do about it

‘She doesn’t look autistic’ – bias, and what we can…

‘She doesn’t look autistic’ – bias, and what we can do about it Everyone carries unconscious bias to specific stimuli….

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MJ article: Unravelling the knot of education, health and care plans

MJ article: Unravelling the knot of education, health and…

The crisis in SEND - 8 challenges that need to be addressed

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High Needs roundtable: our guest blogpost in CYP Now

High Needs roundtable: our guest blogpost in CYP Now

Co-authored by Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children at the National Children’s Bureau)

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Guest blogpost: let’s celebrate our schools as ‘healing communities’

Guest blogpost: let’s celebrate our schools as…

Never in the history of state education has work to foster wellbeing been more urgent - says Lincolnshire's Mary Meredith

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