Best Practice

Autism best practice and the new SEN Code of Practice

As nominations open for this year’s Autism Professional Awards, Carol Povey outlines some of the key changes within recent SEN reforms and what they mean for young people with autism.

Autism affects more than 1 in 100 people in the UK so teachers, teaching assistants and other educational professionals are bound to come across children and young people with the condition in the classroom during their career.

Last month, reforms to the SEN system and a new SEND Code of Practice came into place. These are set to change the way educational professionals in England identify and meet the needs of all pupils with SEN up to the age of 25. The reforms bring an opportunity for all schools to re-evaluate the arrangements they make for children and young people who may have SEN.

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