Learning from the Aiming High for Disabled Children Programme main report
Title:
Learning from the Aiming High for Disabled Children Programme main
report
Date:
November 2011
Author:
Council for Disabled Children
Full report
Executive summary
Description of resource: This report consists
of the key points made in the Learning from the Aiming High for
Disabled Children Programmereport. The report was written by the
Council for Disabled Children and brought together the learning
from the Aiming High for Disabled Children (AHDC) programme and
local authority projects set up as part of the Lamb Inquiry[1]. It aims to place
that learning in the context of the Green Paper,Support and
Aspiration: a new approach to special educational needs and
disability.
A bit more about
it:
The material in the report is not a formal evaluation but,
rather, is designed to stimulate discussion and support planning in
response to Support and Aspirationand in a context of economic
restraint. It reflects on the rich interplay between different
aspects of service development, considered as integral aspects of a
single narrative and a single improvement cycle. The report draws
heavily on the voices of people[2] speaking in Spring
2011, as the AHDC programme was coming to an end, and so reflects
on what was learned and achieved by involvement with the
programme.
Key points in relation to
principles:
The full report contains nine sections:
- Participation in the shaping of services
- Better information for families
- Simplifying access to services and planning with families
- Supporting families through the system: key workers and lead
professionals
- National programmes as catalysts for change
- Better data
- Workforce development and training
- Leadership
- Multi-agency engagement: strategic planning and the management
of change
[1] DCSF (2009) Lamb Inquiry:
Special Educational Needs and Parental Confidence.
[2] The Council for Disabled
Children would like to thank Elizabeth Andrews for conducting the
interviews and compiling the report and would like to thank all the
advisors, parents, service managers and professional practitioners
who participated.