SEND News and Update 20.04.22
Date Added: 20/04/2022
Welcome to this extra edition of the SEND News Bulletin
SNAP Parent Carer Forum Annual Survey
Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the SNAP Parent Carer Forum survey. The views of parent carers about the services they receive are extremely important to us in helping to shape practice and the future delivery of services.
We know the improvements we are seeking to make take time to deliver, and we are disappointed that parents are not seeing a difference yet. The Council and our partners are committed to improving the outcomes of children and young people with SEND and their families and have made extensive changes over the last couple of years. Although progress against the Written Statement of Action has been made, we know that there is more to do, and we will continue to use parent feedback to ensure service improvements are based on the lived experiences and impact of changes on the lives of children and young people with SEND.
We will be reviewing the recommendations made in the report as a partnership, working closely with SNAP to co-produce a clear plan of action which we will publish by the end of May 2022. The action plan will contain information on how we intend to address the issues that have been raised, along with timescales and how we will measure the impact of the changes made in response to the feedback from the survey.
Sarah Ferguson Anne Murray
Deputy Director of Children’s Services Chief Nurse, BLMK Clinical Commissioning Group
SNAP Parent Carer Forum have published their SEND Survey Report
Read the full report
To become a member of SNAP you must be a parent of a child or young person with SEND aged 0 - 25 and live in Central Bedfordshire. Fill out a SNAP Membership Form to join.
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We hope you have found the information in the bulletin helpful. We would love to hear your feedback and what you would like to see in future editions. Please let us know by emailing [email protected]
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