Effective Person Centred Approaches to Transition Planning

Services for Young PeopleWill Fletcher - Learning for Living and Work

Implementation Manager

January 13th 2011

Aiming High for Disabled Children Transition Planning Group

March 2010 letter to all schools from Justin Donovan , Deputy Director (Chief Education Officer) Project Group - key stakeholders including

parents/carers, schools, CSF and ACS, Youth Connexions

Bi-monthly meetings to take forward agreed work plan

Five Aiming High priority areas:◦ Participation◦ Effectiveness of personalised approaches◦ Joint Assessment◦ Realistic post 16 opportunities◦ Strategic joint partnership working

The participation strand of the core offer states that ‘disabled children have the option to be fully involved in the way services are planned, commissioned and delivered in their area, increasing their choice and control’.

The aims of the project: To use the Learning for Living and Work Framework

(LFLW) as the single multi agency transition plan To use person centred approaches to develop

solutions to transition related issues To analyse the impact of person centred

approaches on improving transition To ensure measurable evidence of the impact of

person centred approaches To contribute to the collation of evidence in respect

of current and post project experiences of transition (process and/or outcomes) for young people with Special Educational Needs / Learning Difficulties & Disabilities

Project outcomes: Established and agreed transition planning

process Development of a range of toolkits and

materials Single multi-agency transition plan All young people to have a person centred

plan Improved transition pathways for young

people with LDD

Achievements so far Synergy with SEND Annual Reviews Ensuring that statement reviews from Year

9 onwards are person centred and ensure that pupils make a full and active contribution to the process.

Draft recommendations regarding minimum standards for reviews

Single multi agency Transition Plan

The Learning for Living and Work Framework

Is based on the principles of person centred planning and gathers information to enable providers to support young people with SEND to work towards their aspirations.

Recognises that education is one part of a young person’s life and allows scope for multi agency planning to take account of and plan for all aspects and create a holistic package.

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