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Cosma, Pandelitsa; Mulcare, Rachael – Educational & Child Psychology, 2022
Rationale: The rationale for this small-scale research project arose from discussions at a national youth offending special interest group for educational psychologists (EPs). The Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) was introduced following revisions to the SEND Code of Practice based on the Children and Families Act (2014) to support children…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Youth, Juvenile Justice, Educational Psychology
Carroll, Catherine; Brackenbury, Gill; Herbert, Elisabeth; Lee, Frances; Roberts, Amelia; Cameron, Claire; Freitag, Sara; Crombie, Kerry; Farley, Claire; Parrott, Suzanne; Pike, Jo; Prodohl, Fiona; Connolley, Kelley; MacCarthy, Barbara; Buchanan, Anne-Marie; Brian, Rachael; Lawford, Sarah; Walkey, Amy; Barnes, Kieran; Lane, Sarah; Bettencourt, Michael; Black, Emma; Bland, Michelle; Borrell, Vicky; Middleton, Serena; de Bossart, Jennie; Stanbridge, Peter – Institute of Education - London, 2018
As of March 2017, there were 72,670 children and young people in care in England. The number of looked after children has continued to increase steadily over the last eight years. Sixty per cent of these children are in care because of abuse or neglect and three-quarters are placed in foster care arrangements. Children and young people who are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Low Achievement, Student Needs
Carroll, Catherine; Herbert, Elisabeth; Lee, Frances; Dean, Simon; Coles, Martine; James, Gillian; Holder, Nicola – Institute of Education - London, 2018
As of March 2017, there were 5,955 children and young people in care in Wales. Across the Central South Consortium (Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynonn Taf and Vale of Glamorgan) there were 2,170 children and young people looked after. The majority of these children are in care as a result of birth families being unable to provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Low Achievement, Student Needs
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Reid, Ken – Educational Studies, 2010
The National Behaviour and Attendance Review (NBAR) Report for Wales was produced in 2008. Subsequently, its recommendations were accepted by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) which established an Implementation Group to prepare its response in detail. A year later in April 2009 this Group presented its findings and recommendations to WAG in the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Pilot Projects, School Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Streatfield, David; Taylor, Sue – 1984
The Education Management Information Exchange (EMIE) provides selected information on educational management to the professional staffs of local education agencies in England and Wales. The range of services provided by EMIE was developed by examining the needs of local agencies, planning ways of meeting those needs, and testing the resulting…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Management Information Systems
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Webb, Rosemary; Greco, Veronica; Sloper, Patricia; Beecham, Jennifer – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2008
Across the world countries are advocating the education of children and young people with disabilities in mainstream schools. There is also increasing interest in developing effective coordination of the specialist services pupils with disabilities receive from different agencies. This is accompanied by growing recognition that such care…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Needs
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Sanders, Robert; Colton, Matthew; Roberts, Susan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1999
A study reviewed 19 reports involving child-abuse fatality or serious child-protection concerns in Wales. Family characteristics and seven practice themes emerging from the analysis are discussed: insufficient assessment, interagency communication, responsibility, large number of professionals involved, role of general practitioners, insufficient…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Death, Family Characteristics
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Burtonwood, Ann M.; Hocking, Paul J.; Elwyn, Glyn – Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2001
Examined the experiences of a team of facilitators from the National Health Service Staff College, Wales, who participated in an effort to help general practices identify, prioritize, and implement systemic developments interlinked with individuals' professional development and become effective, interprofessional, interagency organizations.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Family Practice (Medicine)
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Radford, Julie; Law, James; Soloff, Nina; Lindsay, Geoff; Peacey, Nick; Gascoigne, Marie; Band, Sue – Educational Management & Administration, 2003
Case-study phase of a national study into provision of services to children with speech and language needs. Finds extensive recognition of the need for collaboration between local education authorities (LEAs) and speech and language therapy (SLT) providers, but wide variation in practices across England and Wales. At the strategic level, various…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Impairments
National Inst. of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester (England). – 1998
This manual is intended primarily to support policymakers and managers in local education authorities (LEAs) in carrying out their duties under Britain's Further and Higher Education Act 1992 in the new context of collaborative planning as set out in the 1998 Green Paper, "Learning Is for Everyone." Section 1 provides a summary of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Board of Education Role
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Statham, June – 1996
This 3-year study examined the implementation of the Children Act in Wales, which deals with providing, coordinating, and regulating day care and related services for children under 8 years. Data were collected through interviews with key officers and representatives of child care organizations, a national survey of day care providers, and an…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Caregivers, Compliance (Legal), Counties
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Thorne, E. Ann; Wright, Gill – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: The notion of effective strategic alliances provides the basis on which this paper proposes a framework to manage the application and outcomes of management learning. The management of key partner collaboration emerges in this paper as a major success factor in determining effective management learning. A proactive structured approach to…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Learning Processes, Management Development, Leadership Training
Powell, Robat; Seaton, Nia – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2007
Since the first toy libraries opened in the 1960s and 1970s to support families of children with special educational needs, they have expanded to serve broader communities. Toy libraries do more than lend toys: they can provide family support services and specialist support to families with children with special educational needs, benefit…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Play, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Sutcliffe, Jeannie; Jacobsen, Yola – 1998
This guide, which is intended as a resource for managers and practitioners working in colleges and local education authorities in England and Wales, presents practical advice regarding widening participation of adults with learning difficulties in continuing education. The guide begins with a brief introduction and overview of key research…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Students
Frampton, Derek; Hull, Lynn – 2000
This guide explains how staff at further education (FE) colleges throughout England and Wales can engage in the Learning Gateway, which is a program featuring personal advisers, "front end" assessment and support, and life skills training to help disengaged 16- and 17-year-olds re-engage in education, training, and employment. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills