Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) are the way to get extra support for your child in school if they need more than their school can offer. Getting a plan is a process of understanding your child’s needs, having assessments and deciding what is going to help.
These courses and webinars discuss many of the common issues which parents encounter and offer tips and advice to help, based on professional experience. You will find information on tribunals, appeals and EOTAS.
Our content is based on knowledge and experience of the English SEN system. If you live in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, whilst education policy is devolved, many of the issues parents encounter are the same.
These courses and webinars are presented by Dr Abigail Fisher, educational psychologist. If there is anything you would like to see added, please let us know.
Dr Abigail Fisher, Educational Psychologist, will help you navigate your child’s EHCP Annual Review with confidence. You’ve got the EHCP in place, but it’s only the start of the process. She describes what should happen and when, what the legal process is and what your rights are. She will share ideas about how to make the process as useful as possible, to help ensure your child is well supported and their needs are met.
This course by Dr Abigail Fisher helps parents struggling with anxiety and misinformation about the EHCP process. It enables parents to make sense of this process and understand more about what you can do to influence it. It covers 4 main areas: (1) Why do you need an EHCP? (2) What's the process (3) Essential tips on getting a useful plan (4) Look at some reports and tips on drafting a plan
In this mini-course, Dr Abigail Fisher, educational psychologist, delves into effective strategies for working hand-in-hand with school to support your child's unique needs. This course will give you insight into what's possible and help foster a positive and collaborative relationship with your child's school.
EOTAS is a provision for students whose needs cannot be met within a traditional school setting, and is a bespoke, individualised education. In this course, Dr Abigail Fisher, educational psychologist, will help you understand the process, benefits, potential costs and unexpected challenges of EOTAS.
In this webinar recording, Dr Abigail Fisher (Ed. Psych. and qualitifed teacher) and Eliza Fricker (illustrator, author and parent who has been there) discuss the EHCP process from the parents’ perspective. It’s illustrated throughout with Eliza’s brilliant cartoons.
image: Ronak Valobobhai under Unsplash. What’s the most important thing, if your child is struggling with school attendance? It’s not to force them back in as quick as possible for fear of the terrible consequences if they don’t go. It’s not to pressure them and tell them how important it is and how their life will be so much harder if they don’t go. It’s not to show them who’s boss, and set consequences for non-attendance. It’s not even to fight the school for accommodations or the LA for your EHCP.
Illustration by Eliza Fricker, Twitter: @_missingthemark "Mum is extremely anxious". When things go wrong for children at school, it's not just their behaviour which is observed. Parents get assessed too. This is what families tell me happens. When things first start to get difficult, and children are showing signs of distress, parents are told they're over-reacting & making the situation worse. 'Don't be anxious, you'll make them anxious', they hear. Even though everything about the situation is anxiety-provoking.