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Supporting families of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in the London Borough of Havering

Changes to the law on education, health and care needs assessments and plans due to coronavirus

by | Jun 2, 2020

Guidance on temporary changes to special educational needs and disability legislation during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

This guidance is applicable to 30 June 2020 and will be reviewed before 1 July 2020.

This guidance is for:

  • families and parent carer forums
  • SEND Information, Advice and Support Services
  • local authorities (both their SEND and social care services, at a strategic and operational level)
  • health commissioning bodies such as Clinical Commissioning Groups (at both strategic and operational level)
  • early years providers
  • schools and colleges
  • other education settings
  • mediation advisers
  • others who contribute advice and information to EHC needs assessments, such as:
    • educational psychologists
    • other health care professionals

It should be read alongside the special education needs and disability (SEND) code of practice: 0 to 25 years.

The code of practice does not reflect the temporary changes to the law described in this guidance.

We have also published related guidance on coronavirus (COVID-19) for local authorities, schools and other educational settings which you may find useful.