The Education Health and Care Plan
An overview – from Irwin Mitchell
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An EHCP describes the educational, health and social care needs of a child or young person with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and sets out the provisions that need to be in place to help them achieve key life outcomes.
This factsheet provides further information about EHCPs including:
- Deciding whether to issue an EHCP
- Writing an EHCP
- The contents of an EHCP
- The draft EHCP Requests for a particular school, college or other institution
- Finalising and maintaining the EHCP