🌟🌟 Join us for this Thursday's check in at The Heath café with Guest Julie Hutchinson Clinical Lead Nurse – Neurodevelopment Nursing Team – Woodview 🌟🌟 … See MoreSee Less
This week’s update is packed with key information for Halton parent carers 👇
📌 SEND White Paper parent-friendly DfE guides 📌 Neurodivergence Task & Finish Group report 📌 March dates – coffee mornings, Zoom & Hummingbird 🎨🍕 📌 EHCP follow-up guide & Short Breaks update 📌 Latest Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Beyond newsletter
We know there’s a lot flying around nationally right now, so we’ve broken it down into clear, manageable updates 💬
Thank you for continuing to show up, share your views and be part of shaping local services — your voices really do matter.
Have a fantastic weekend and if anyone hasn’t had the newsletter emailed over today message [email protected] to be added to the mailing list … See MoreSee Less
-12th March- Ben Holmes, Focus: White Paper. This is your opportunity and your voice as parent’s/carers to ask questions regarding the discussions around the School Send White Paper.
-19th March Zoom Focus with Michalea Bridge. This months Zoom will have a focus on the newly released White Paper. Please submit your questions/concerns in Advance to the email on the poster and Michalea Bridge from HBC will update on the evening.
-26th March You Said, We Did, Were Doing! Event at Halton Stadium with a joint Focus from HBC and Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to.update parent carer's and provide updates around SEND improvements and provisions.
These sessions are so important: As parents it's your opportunity to hear up to date information and have your voices heard. Parent Carers in Halton Borough have 2 opportunities monthly to discuss SEND information with HBC representatives. At the Forum we ask you to use these to empower yourself with the knowledge, support and advice needed to navigate your SEND journey.🗣🫂 … See MoreSee Less
A chance to enjoy a safe, accessible and supportive group and the opportunity to connect with other SEND dads and male carers at Warrington Road and Brookvale Halton Family Hubs 🤝🧸
These sessions are delivered by the Short Breaks Service for Children with Disabilities 👫
This is your opportunity and your voice as parent’s/carers to ask questions regarding the discussions around the School Send White Paper. This months Zoom will have a focus on the newly released White Paper. Please submit your questions/concerns in Advance to the email on the poster and Michalea Bridge from HBC will update on the evening.
These sessions are so important: For working parents its your opportunity of an evening to hear up to date information and have your voices heard also all Parent Carers in Borough have 2 opportunities each month to discuss SEND information with HBC representatives, use these to empower yourself with the knowledge, support and advice needed to navigate your SEND journey.🗣🫂 … See MoreSee Less
The Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group report, published on the same day as the SEND Reform Document, was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to examine how mainstream education in England can better support neurodivergent children and young people.
The NNPCF was one of the organisations forming part of the sector engagement.
The report identifies major barriers neurodivergent learners face and sets out four priority areas for action with nine key recommendations to transform practice, policy and culture in schools and colleges.
These priorities are:
1. Timely identification of strengths and needs: focusing on needs rather than diagnoses to get support earlier and more effectively.
2. Workforce development: improving training so teachers and support staff understand neurodiversity and how to respond.
3. Inclusive learning environments and assessment: adapting curriculum, learning spaces and policies so neurodivergent learners can fully participate.
4. Funding, accountability and commissioning: ensuring funding reflects need, strengthening local planning and giving parents clear routes to resolution when challenges occur.
The report highlights the importance of listening to neurodivergent children, young people and their families and embedding their voices and lived experience into decision-making and school practice
🌟Shared from National Network of Parent Carer Forums – NNPCF🌟
Alongside the Schools White Paper and SEND Reform consultation, the Department for Education (DfE) has published a series of clear, accessible summary guides outlining the key proposals and reforms. These documents are designed to help parents, carers and professionals better understand what is being proposed — and what it could mean for children and young people with SEND.
The guides include: • What parents of children and young people with SEND need to know • What to expect from your child’s journey through education • What every parent can expect from the proposed reforms • Information for those working in early years settings • Information for mainstream school staff and leaders • Information for leaders of special schools, AP and specialist post-16 institutions • Information for those working in post-16 settings • Guidance for parents and carers of children with EHCPs • Guidance for families with children in special schools • Guidance for families whose children receive SEND support in mainstream schools and colleges
During the 12-week consultation period, the DfE has confirmed (in “What parents of children and young people with SEND need to know”) that discussions will continue with schools, colleges, early years settings and organisations such as the NNPCF, ensuring that families and professionals have ongoing opportunities to share their views and help shape the conversation.
A series of documents setting out the key information and proposed reforms in the schools white paper and SEND consultation document for parents and those working in the sector.
Apply with email direct to
[email protected]
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🌟HUMMINGBIRD 13th MARCH🌟
Please Email Charlie on the email address on poster to secure your place 🍕 🖍🎨👩🎨👨🎨 … See MoreSee Less
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🌟🌟 Join us for this Thursday's check in at The Heath café with Guest Julie Hutchinson Clinical Lead Nurse – Neurodevelopment Nursing Team – Woodview 🌟🌟 … See MoreSee Less
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📩 New PCF Newsletter
This week’s update is packed with key information for Halton parent carers 👇
📌 SEND White Paper parent-friendly DfE guides
📌 Neurodivergence Task & Finish Group report
📌 March dates – coffee mornings, Zoom & Hummingbird 🎨🍕
📌 EHCP follow-up guide & Short Breaks update
📌 Latest Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Beyond newsletter
We know there’s a lot flying around nationally right now, so we’ve broken it down into clear, manageable updates 💬
Thank you for continuing to show up, share your views and be part of shaping local services — your voices really do matter.
Have a fantastic weekend and if anyone hasn’t had the newsletter emailed over today message [email protected] to be added to the mailing list … See MoreSee Less
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🌟What's on in MARCH🌟
-12th March- Ben Holmes, Focus: White Paper. This is your opportunity and your voice as parent’s/carers to ask questions regarding the discussions around the School Send White Paper.
-19th March Zoom Focus with Michalea Bridge. This months Zoom will have a focus on the newly released White Paper. Please submit your questions/concerns in Advance to the email on the poster and Michalea Bridge from HBC will update on the evening.
-26th March You Said, We Did, Were Doing!
Event at Halton Stadium with a joint Focus from HBC and Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to.update parent carer's and provide updates around SEND improvements and provisions.
These sessions are so important:
As parents it's your opportunity to hear up to date information and have your voices heard. Parent Carers in Halton Borough have 2 opportunities monthly to discuss SEND information with HBC representatives. At the Forum we ask you to use these to empower yourself with the knowledge, support and advice needed to navigate your SEND journey.🗣🫂 … See MoreSee Less
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NEW SEND Dads Group in Halton! 🎉🧑
A chance to enjoy a safe, accessible and supportive group and the opportunity to connect with other SEND dads and male carers at Warrington Road and Brookvale Halton Family Hubs 🤝🧸
These sessions are delivered by the Short Breaks Service for Children with Disabilities 👫
Book a place by emailing [email protected] 🖊️🗓️
#dadsupport
#SENDSupport
#peersupport
#haltonfamilyhubs
Parents In Mind Dads & Partners Halton & St Helens
Halton SEND Parent Carers Forum
Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action
Halton Carers’ Centre … See MoreSee Less
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🌟ZOOM FOCUS: White paper concerns🌟
This is your opportunity and your voice as parent’s/carers to ask questions regarding the discussions around the School Send White Paper. This months Zoom will have a focus on the newly released White Paper. Please submit your questions/concerns in Advance to the email on the poster and Michalea Bridge from HBC will update on the evening.
These sessions are so important:
For working parents its your opportunity of an evening to hear up to date information and have your voices heard also all Parent Carers in Borough have 2 opportunities each month to discuss SEND information with HBC representatives, use these to empower yourself with the knowledge, support and advice needed to navigate your SEND journey.🗣🫂 … See MoreSee Less
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🌟Shared-National Network of Parent Carer Forums 🌟
The Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group report, published on the same day as the SEND Reform Document, was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to examine how mainstream education in England can better support neurodivergent children and young people.
The NNPCF was one of the organisations forming part of the sector engagement.
The report identifies major barriers neurodivergent learners face and sets out four priority areas for action with nine key recommendations to transform practice, policy and culture in schools and colleges.
These priorities are:
1. Timely identification of strengths and needs: focusing on needs rather than diagnoses to get support earlier and more effectively.
2. Workforce development: improving training so teachers and support staff understand neurodiversity and how to respond.
3. Inclusive learning environments and assessment: adapting curriculum, learning spaces and policies so neurodivergent learners can fully participate.
4. Funding, accountability and commissioning: ensuring funding reflects need, strengthening local planning and giving parents clear routes to resolution when challenges occur.
The report highlights the importance of listening to neurodivergent children, young people and their families and embedding their voices and lived experience into decision-making and school practice
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🌟Shared from National Network of Parent Carer Forums – NNPCF🌟
Alongside the Schools White Paper and SEND Reform consultation, the Department for Education (DfE) has published a series of clear, accessible summary guides outlining the key proposals and reforms. These documents are designed to help parents, carers and professionals better understand what is being proposed — and what it could mean for children and young people with SEND.
The guides include:
• What parents of children and young people with SEND need to know
• What to expect from your child’s journey through education
• What every parent can expect from the proposed reforms
• Information for those working in early years settings
• Information for mainstream school staff and leaders
• Information for leaders of special schools, AP and specialist post-16 institutions
• Information for those working in post-16 settings
• Guidance for parents and carers of children with EHCPs
• Guidance for families with children in special schools
• Guidance for families whose children receive SEND support in mainstream schools and colleges
During the 12-week consultation period, the DfE has confirmed (in “What parents of children and young people with SEND need to know”) that discussions will continue with schools, colleges, early years settings and organisations such as the NNPCF, ensuring that families and professionals have ongoing opportunities to share their views and help shape the conversation.
Link: … See MoreSee Less
Every child achieving and thriving and SEND consultation supporting information
www.gov.uk
A series of documents setting out the key information and proposed reforms in the schools white paper and SEND consultation document for parents and those working in the sector.1 CommentsComment on Facebook