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Request
for Representation on new
SEND
Moderation Panels
 Message from Velda Woodruff | SEN Commissioning Team Manager, 0-25 SEN Team
School representatives
from primary and secondary are
being invited to be part of the Local Authority SEND
Moderation Panels. The SEND team will also be inviting representation from other
partner SEN support services to include Babcock
LDP, Health and Care colleagues. Both Health
and Care are looking at how they effectively contribute to the EHCP
process and how they will contribute to the moderation.
Panel meetings take
place at County Hall, Exeter and are arranged as follows:-
Mondays
Weekly | 10.00am-12.00pm | to moderate
our 6 week decision making (whether EHCP
needs assessment is required)
Forthcoming dates: 5 Dec, 12 Dec, 19 Dec
Wednesdays Weekly
| 9.00am-12.00pm | to moderate 16 week decisions (whether to
issue an EHCP or not)
Forthcoming dates: 7 Dec, 14 Dec, 21 Dec
Thursdays Half-Termly |9.00am-12.30pm |
Placements Panel
Forthcoming dates: TBC
We would like to
invite secondary headteachers to
participate and contribute to
the meetings for the remainder of this term
and possibly extending into the start of 2017. Nominations from
secondary SENDCos are also welcome for the weekly Monday and Wednesday meetings
but headteacher representation is preferred for the half termly panel.
We will
then agree a point to evaluate the arrangements (this
may need to be extended depending on availability of colleagues). Please
note that the 0-25 SEND team are initially seeking up to 10 headteachers and up
to 4 SENDCos from secondary schools to attend
on a rotational basis to promote continuity.
See links to Moderation Panel Arrangements & Moderation Panel dates for further information
and the Threshold and Criteria document.
Note that these panels
replace the E3 moderation meetings, the last one having been held
on 16 November 2016. Valuable feedback has been received and we would like to
thank SEND Reference Group members, headteachers and SENCo
volunteers who have contributed to these meetings which have run for a year.
If you are interested
in taking part in these new Moderation Panel meetings as detailed above,
please send your name, contact details and also indicate your availability for
the December dates to the DAPH Office by
email (daph@devon.gov.uk)
no later than Friday 2 December 2016.
Your details will be
forwarded to the 0-25 SEND Team, who will then contact you to finalise arrangements.
Further dates for 2017 will be confirmed in due course.
In the event that we receive more nominations than required these will
considered on a first come first served basis.
Contact | Velda Woodruff
| velda.woodruff@devon.gov.uk
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