The Regional Partnerships: case studies
Click on the case studies to read more about the work of the Regional Partnerships. All downloads are pdf files.
SEN and the postcode
lottery
Case study 17: This case study discusses the issue of the postcode lottery of
provision and the methods the Regional Partnerships have historically used to
redress this problem. It also describes the pilot regional centres of expertise
being developed across England by the Regional Partnerships to meet the needs
of pupils with low-incidence SEN.
A model of best practice
Case study 16: This case study highlights the various factors identified by
NFER as contributing to the Regional Partnerships' success story, and
examines why the model of Regional Partnerships has been so central to their
effectiveness.
Impact
Case study 15: Both this case study and case study 14 focus on the impact the
Regional Partnerships have had on raising standards in schools. Examples of the
work from the Regional Partnerships are detailed.
Impact
Case study 14: Both this case study and case study 15 focus on the impact the
Regional Partnerships have had on raising standards in schools. Examples of the
work from the Regional Partnerships are detailed.
Working with parents and
carers
Case study 13: This case study gives details of the ways in which the Regional
Partnerships have worked with and supported Parent Partnership Services
throughout England. A particular focus is given to the development of PPS
benchmarking and measuring performance and evaluating impact.
Inclusion
Case study 12: This case study views a selection of examples of best practice,
to examine the impact of the Regional Partnerships' work on inclusion at
different levels: individual pupil, their parents and carers, school, local
authorities regionally and nationally.
Improving the quality and efficiency
of out of authority placements
Case study 11: This case study explains what the National Contract for the
placement of children and young people in out of authority care is. It examines
a 2004 report into SENRPs and out of authority placements, and includes
guidance on best practice.
Benchmarking
Case study 10: The benchmarking work completed by the Regional Partnerships has
had a significant influence locally, regionally and nationally. This case study
gives details of their regional and national benchmarking work.
The SEN Regional Partnerships and the
voice of the child and young person
Case study 9: Children with special educational needs have a right to express
their views about their own lives and have those views taken into account. This
case study details what the Regional Partnerships have done to reinforce this
message including devising innovative ways of gauging the views of those with
severe learning difficulties.
The role of continuing professional
development in the work of the SEN Regional Partnerships
Case study 8: This case study describes and discusses the broad range of
continued professional development organised by the Regional Partnerships and
highlights their impressive track record of organising and providing
well-received training.
Transition planning
Case study 7: This case study details how inter-regional collaboration has been
used to support the development of new and innovative practice at regional and
national levels to support transition to adulthood.
Establishing disagreement resolution
services
Case study 6: This case study is an account of the origins and nature of
disagreement resolution services, the role of the Regional Partnerships in
their establishment and lessons learned during the process.
Improving educational arrangements
for children and young people in public care in the East Midlands
Case study 5: This case study focuses on the pioneering work of the East
Midlands Regional Partnership to develop a regional protocol that improves the
way in which education arrangements are made for looked-after children when
they move from one local authority to another within the region.
Developing a regional consultancy
partnership in Yorkshire and Humberside
Case study 4: This case study gives an account of Yorkshire and
Humberside's progress towards developing a consultancy partnership and
reflects on the proposed model.
Developing a regional strategy for
promoting inclusive education in the north east
Case study 3: This case study gives details of the North East's blueprint
for inclusion, the key building blocks that need to be in place, to take
forward effective regional planning.
The use of out-county and out-city
provision in the east of England
Case study 2: In 2001 local authorities in the east of England collaborated to
establish how much they were spending on placements in non-maintained and
independent special schools — £28m. This case study details what
they did next.
Developing services for children and
young people with ASD in the West Midlands
Case study 1: In 2000 the West Midlands Regional Partnership completed one of
the UK's biggest-ever surveys of parents and carers of children with
autistic spectrum disorder. This case study examines the process, outcomes and
implication for participating local authorities and their key partners.
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