Nursery World - New report reveals crisis in SEND but highlights 'innovative approaches' to solve the crisis

Some children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are waiting years for assessments, according to a new report from a thinktank, which puts forward a new evidence-based plan to identify SEND earlier and cut assessment times.

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The report by Child of the North/ Centre for Young Lives, run by former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield, makes a series of recommendations for the new Government to deal with the SEND assessment and support crisis.

These include using new early identification tools and making CPD courses on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) mandatory for education professionals.

The report reveals how the crisis in SEND is affecting families with the stress of trying to receive an EHC plan, with some begging councils for help and others talking about the impact on their finances and mental health.

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