A bit of a brain dump from a parent about Post 19 education options - including local day colleges / residential colleges / 24 hour curriculum / supported living and local college.
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.
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 document is a planning tool for disabled young people who are at a residential college to support their return to home when their course finishes. It looks at preparing for employment, supported living, health and accessing the community.
It is written for those professionals who might be involved with your young person’s move from college to home – so that includes the college itself, social care, etc.