Change for Inclusion

The National Development Team for Inclusion Children and Young People’s Team have many years of experience developing inclusive education provision, at a strategic and practitioner level.

Our team includes nationally recognised experts in the SEND world across education, health and children’s and adults’ social care. Most have direct experience of developing and managing services and many have experience of using services – either directly or as family members. NDTi people understand what works. They seek out and share evidence and insights that reduce complexity and make sense. We think and do differently and when faced with limits, we find smart and pragmatic solutions.

Find out more about the work of our Children and Young People's team.

• A shared understanding of a vision for inclusion across your stakeholders
• A shared understanding of the benefits of inclusion for quality of life, social cohesion, a sense of belonging in the community and value for money.
• A shared understanding of who is responsible for what when delivering this inclusion vision.
• A shared understanding of how stakeholders can help one another with what they are responsible for.

• > Local areas interested in reviewing and changing their SEND offer.
• > Local areas preparing for good outcomes for inspections of SEND services
• > Local areas interested in support for delivering on their strategic goas in terms of investment of national funding.

The local area will name a site lead who will be:

Those leading local area services for Special Educational Needs

Those in strategic positions in local areas SEND teams.

Those tasked with bringing about change in local authority SEND services.

Local Authority Strategic Leads for SEND

Local Authority Heads of SEND

Change for Inclusion works with all stakeholders in your local area involved in supporting children and young people with SEND as well as their families and carers. The site lead will be driving the change in partnership with NDTi to facilitate work with schools, parent carer forums, health and social care teams, specialist professionals such as Educational Psychologists and any local organisations involved with supporting children and young people with SEND and their families.

As part of the programme, you will be working with NDTi's Children and Young People team:

NDTi Staff Team

Our team includes nationally recognised experts in learning disability, ageing and older people, mental health and children and young people

Associates

Our network of associates bring particular expertise that is specific to our areas of work.

Change for Inclusion has two programme streams:

Getting Ready for Change

> Data analysis of where your area sits against SEND policy and practice within the context of national and local issues and challenges with a range of local stakeholders. (On Site / online)

> Listening exercises to understand the lived experience of local stakeholders in your SEND system. (On site)

> Design of action plan and impact framework. (Online)

> Vision day for inclusion for senior leaders, including elected members, families, and young people. (On site)

Putting Change into Action

In addition to the outcomes and activities of the Getting Ready for Change programme steams, Putting Change into Action includes:

Opportunities for site leadership support might include a mixture of online and on site opportunities:

> Developing a shared framework for Inclusion

> Developing sustainable co-produced approaches to create real change for children and young people with SEND.

> Building a shared understanding of children’s human rights to inclusive education and the benefits for all.

> Impact review sessions

Opportunities for bespoke training package for stakeholders might include:

> Disseminating a local vision for Inclusion and Belonging

> Rights and equality

> The Mental Capacity Act (Liberty Protection)

> Developing the ordinarily available offer in schools

> Developing integrated approaches across education health and care

> Preparing for Adulthood

> Good quality SENDIAS

> Assessments and good conversations

> Writing plans

> Supporting engagement with young people with complex needs