Education, Health and Care Plan Assessment
EDUCATION ADVICE/INFORMATION
This advice is provided to the parents/carers or child/young person as part of the Education, Health and Care Assessment and will be included as an appendices in the final Education, Health and Care Plan or Written Feedback.
An electronic copy of this advice will be kept by Hertfordshire and will be stored within the Local Authority’s electronic filing system.
Child/young person name: / DOB:School/College Setting: / SEN ID:
Address: / UPN:
NHS No:
Looked after by Local Authority? / Yes/No
Name of professional(s) completing this advice:
Role of professional(s):
Service: / Address:
Telephone: / Email:
PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT
Following agreement to an Education, Health and Care Plan assessment, professional (insert name of profession(s)) advice is requested to consider the following areas (Add here a sentence that outlines if areas are included as part of your professional overview or as a result of a discussion with parent or young person taking into account the aspirations already expressed)
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It is important that this advice should be read alongside any previous (name of profession(s)) reports dated xx/xx/xxxx and alongside the information provided by the child/young person, parents/carers and other professionals.
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Brief statement which may signpost information considered current and relevant to this advice, and providing contextual information to the assessment of need. Reference location of other detailed information (e.g. see/refer to the Great Ormond Street report dated xx/xx/xxxx).
SOURCES OF ASSESSMENT INFORMATION
It is important to state the information that has been gathered to form the basis of the advice and in particular to justify findings. Please list all of the sources of information used in preparing the advice – ensuring date and brief description of the evidence is given (e.g. Information for this Advice was obtained from: individual work undertaken with …... Observation of …… in …. (insert setting) on (insert date).
ASSESSMENT OF STRENGTHS AND NEEDS
Description of current assessment of need referencing Code of Practice ‘categories’ headings and considering the impact of these needs on «Child_Forename1»’s everyday life. Detail standardised and non-standardised (including observational) tools. As appropriate, include what tools have been used and why, relevant details of the circumstances of the assessments undertaken, the findings, and the implications for learning.
· Cognition and learning
· Communication and interaction
· Social and emotional wellbeing
· Sensory and/or physical needs
· Environmental
· Self-help and independence
· Other (if relevant)
CHILD/YOUNG PERSON’S VIEWS / PARENT/CARER’S VIEWS ABOUT MY ASSESSMENT
Reference views of child/young person and parents/carers in relation to the work undertaken, the assessment process or views not otherwise recorded (Person centred principles apply i.e. tell it once). Where you are adding to views recorded detail how these views were gained and their relevance in this assessment of need.
An example might be a parent who comments following an assessment that “They can do it at home.”
SUMMARY
This can be in the form of brief text or a series of bullet points.
SUGGESTED OUTCOMES FOR «Child_Forename1» to be discussed at the EHC planning meeting
Please identify one or more outcome as appropriate in the box below
Potential Outcome: detailsIn your professional view, why is this important to/for «Child_Forename1»?
Recommendations:
Include what will need to happen to help «Child_Forename1» achieve this, how we know this is achieved, monitoring arrangements, SPECIFIC targets/details and review arrangements. Make clear what is a recommendation for others and what the professional themselves will provide.
Signed:
Name:
Role:
Date:
cc: SEN
Parents/Carers
If you have any questions about the content of this advice, please contact the professional named above
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Education Advices format V3 Aug 15
«Child_Forename1» «Child_Surname» «ChildDOB» NHS no: