Empowering Parents Through SEND Advocacy
A snapshot of the Support Delivered daily by SEN Parent Support Group
📚 Free Resources & Legal Guidance
- Over 280+ downloadable templates and guides.
- Most Recent Upload: EHCP Legal Quick Reference Guide V1.
- In excess of 100 members supported daily in group
- Resources viewed and downloaded on average every 15 seconds
- No post goes unanswered. Average response time is 5 mins with next steps & attachments
🎓 CPD Accredited Training Webinars
Offering CPD-certified sessions (2 points per webinar), including:
- APDR: Assess, Plan, Do, Review
- EHCP Needs Assessment (EHCPNA)
- Draft Review & Tribunal Preparation
- SENDIST Process & Working Document Techniques
- Preparing for Mediation
- Social Care Input – Preparing for Adulthood
Each includes a 30–40 min voiceover presentation and downloadable slides.
📞 1:1 Mentorship & Draft Review Support
Personalised Mentor Support Calls for:
- EHCPNA Parental Application
- EHCP Draft Review
- Managing legal timeframes
- Tribunal readiness and procedural clarity
- Working Document
Tailored advice rooted in statutory law and practical SEND pathways at affordable subsidised rates.
📣 Parent-Led Action: SEND White Paper Response
- Created explainer video for the 2025 White Paper
- Provided template letters for official individual and group consultation input
- Led a national Call to Action for families to respond via gov.uk
🛠️ Parent Navigation Support
Tutorials and walkthroughs to:
- SEND Educational Specialists
- Access guides 1–15 and featured posts
- VLOG walkthrough: “How to Use Group Resources on Mobile”
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Understanding SEND
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- EOTAS & AP: The real legal tests and current to SEND reform comparison
- LETTER: Post 16 SECTION 19 – Formal Letter to LA or Stage 1 Complaint
- GUIDANCE: SEND Need Descriptors For IEP via APDR
- QUICK GUIDE: Example SEND Graduated Response (How APDR is approached In Schools)
- RESOURCE: Executive Functioning
Communicating With School
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- LETTER 4: To School following receipt of Formal Attendance Letter
- LETTER 3: To School Based on 3rd Attendance Letter Received
- LETTER 2: ATTENDANCE RESPONDING TO (BELOW 90% ATTENDANCE LETTER)
- LETTER 1: Responding to EARLY AWARENESS Letter from School (before 90% absence)
- LETTER: To School Requesting Reasonable Adjustment for Mobile Phone
All Things EHCP
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Attendance, Exclusions & Sanctions
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- Welsh Exclusions: What Happens, What You Can Ask For, and What Schools Must Do
- LETTER 1: Responding to EARLY AWARENESS Letter from School (before 90% absence)
- LETTER: Responding To Prosecution s444
- GUIDANCE: Exclusions Fixed Term or Permanent
- LETTER: To School When They Fail To Progress After Part Time Time-Table
Complaints
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- LETTER: To LA When They Refuse to Reassess
- LETTER: Stage 1 LA on Grounds of Maladministration During EHCP NA Process
- LETTER: Post 16 SECTION 19 – Formal Letter to LA or Stage 1 Complaint
- LETTER: To School Requesting Reasonable Adjustment for Mobile Phone
- RESOURCE: How To Write A Structured / Impactful Complaint (LA or School)
