SEND Academy: Accessibility

This workshop focuses on ensuring our Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plans are accessible and user friendly for children and young people and their families. The session will explore what we mean by accessibility needs, with a focus of accessible language and effective signposting and methods of support.

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Explain what is meant by the term accessibility

• State how to identify and support accessibility needs that families may have

• State how to appropriately support and signpost children, young people and families with accessibility needs

• State how to identify language that is inaccessible

• State how to improve language to ensure it is understandable and accessible

• Explain how EHC Plans can be made available in alternative formats