Education, Health and Care plans are often known as EHCPs.

For some children and young people with SEND, the support that a nursery, school or college can provide is not enough to help them. These children and young people may need support through an EHCP.

The pathway regards behaviour as communication of underlying needs, views or causes.  It summarises support approaches associated with each step and gives some links to associated resources.

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support is the extra help educational settings (schools, early years, or post-16 providers) use to meet the needs of children or young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEN).  It will help them to learn and make progress in their learning alongside other children of the same age.

A huge thank you to everyone who completed the Cumberland Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Partnership surveys earlier this year.

Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share their views with us recently. We have received feedback from our:

The strategy is owned by the Local Area Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) Alternative Provision Board. The strategy reflects the views of parents and carers raised in response to our annual SEND survey.

The newsletter will give you useful information/updates from across the SEND Alternative Provision Partnership.

Cumberland Council support a number of participation and engagement groups for children and young people, known collectively as Cumberland Youth Voice.

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The HHTS supports 7 to 16 year olds who cannot attend school due to a medical condition.