Extracts from a guide about SEN Law written by a specialist legal firm relating to the terms waking day curriculum / 24 hour curriculum. It may be one of the reasons you are requesting a residential placement for your young person. Full document on the above link.
Notes from a workshop about tertiary education options for young people post 16, including ‘work’ options such as supported internships and apprenticeships
A list of specialist colleges attended by young people from LB Richmond. I have provided some basic info about each college in this document.
This document has information about local colleges that can be accessed on a day basis from LB Richmond. Information has come from the college website
This is a privately written report by a clinical psychologist from the Down’s Syndrome Association to support Sue’s application for a residential college placement for her daughter (19 at the time of the report).
Teresa Jones, Mencap, and Sue Robson delivered a workshop in January 2022, repeating in January 2024, about how to go about researching colleges. This document is drawn from the slides and speaker notes of that workshop.
This is a document written by a parent to discuss what the terms 24 hour curriculum or waking day curriculum mean. These terms and what they mean are especially relevant for parents considering a residential college for their young person’s post 18 or post 19 educational placement.