This event is for SI heads or senior leaders of schools and support services, heads and managers of VI, HI/deaf, SI resource base provision and colleagues in organisations working with children and young people with sensory impairment in schools and settings.

About the event:

Within the Government’s SEND reforms, the Experts at Hand policy, funding and new guidance have significant implications for Sensory Impairment provision. 

Specialist teachers of SI are specifically mentioned in the guidance. Experts at Hand (EaH) are expected to work directly with children and, more commonly, groups of children within mainstream settings. 

We know that the EaH offer must be commissioned jointly by local authorities and integrated care boards within the  local area SEND partnership joint commissioning arrangements and be additional to existing services and not replace EHCP provision. 

While these new arrangements offer potentially increased support for children and young people with SI, the rules governing how the money is used and the process for identifying where it should be invested are not straightforward. There are already varied views and interpretations circulating. 

For more information on this event, including a booking form, please see here.