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SEND News - 16 December

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Wishing you happy holidays this festive season!

Festive tips for parents of SEN kids

Christmas crowds, lights, smells and lack of routine can make the holidays a challenging time for autistic children. Help keep the whole family happy during the festivities with practical tips from parents from the disability charity Scope’s online community.

View the full list of festive tips from parents
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A sensory retelling of the Christmas Nativity story

What can you do with 2 wooden spoons, a torch, 2 jars of spices, a woolly hat and a bowl of dry breakfast cereal? Retell the Christmas Nativity Story of course!
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Experts by Experience social media takeover: 11 - 15 January

Hi, Georgia and Chloe here – we’re 2 young people who are taking over the HAND Facebook page and @SENDHerts Twitter on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council, from 11 -15 January. We were chosen for the job as we both have SEN issues.
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Healthy Start Food and Vitamins Promotion – great success but more to do!

As a result of our campaigning, in partnership with Early Years, health visitors and others, the number of families in Hertfordshire getting the vouchers has increased from 3,555 to 4,871 in just 1 month. As a percentage of those entitled, we have gone from being 10% below the national average in September to being 15% above it by November. We now have almost 66% of eligible households getting the vouchers they are entitled to. The annual gain in extra income for these families since September is over £300,000!
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SENDIASS/KIDS HUB consultation - where to now . . .

SENDIASS/KIDS HUB consultation - an update on next steps . .
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COVID-19 information for people with learning disabilities

The Keep Safe website has lots of useful information for people with learning disabilities about COVID-19, including voice recordings and pictures of the info provided.

Visit the Keepsafe website
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Annual health checks for young people - your questions answered

Research shows this pandemic has made it more important than ever for people with learning disabilities to get extra help to stay healthy.

But currently only 53% of people with a learning disability get the annual health check they are entitled to. Contact is urging families to ensure their child does not miss out.

View Contact's frequently asked questions about Annual Health Checks
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Specialist nurseries survey

We are currently running a survey to determine the demand for specialist nurseries in the county. If you are a parent/carer of a child under 5 with SEND we would really like to hear from you. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and will inform the future development of this provision.

Complete the specialist nursey survey by 21 December.

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Contact Money Matters

The charity Contact has produced this Guide to Money Matters which covers: disability and sickness benefits, carer’s allowance, universal credit, benefits if you’re out of full-time work, money and vouchers for having children, working tax credits, at school, help with rent, mortgage and council tax, transport, grants and loans and other help.
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Every EHCP should help a child or young person to develop and live the life they want to live. However, we often hear about how much plans can vary in quality. We want to create a shared definition of what ‘good’ looks like, that all services will work to. Find out more about this and what else we are doing in our blog.

3 ways we are improving the quality of EHCPs in Hertfordshire

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