Notes from a workshop about tertiary education options for young people post 16, including ‘work’ options such as supported internships and apprenticeships.
This document is an anonymised copy of an EHCP a parent had written privately, as the young person approached post 19 education. The young person involved is severely learning disabled but it might be helpful to see the language used, how the young person’s needs are described, the detail of the outcomes and how the provision is written regardless of your young person’s needs.
Notes from a workshop about tertiary education options for young people post 16, including work options such as supported internships and apprenticeships
Links to the AfC Local Offer pages on employment and training options for young people post 16. All young people in year 11 with an EHCP should be offered a Next Steps interview.
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.
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.
This page contains links to Achieving for Children (AfC) local offer pages on Post 16 education options for all young people, including young people with a Disability.