Additional Support for Learning survey
The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 was introduced to improve the system of providing additional educational support for those children and young people who require it.
The Scottish Government has recently reviewed the Act and has made quite a lot of changes. But they still need to tell local authorities and schools how to make the changes happen. There are other things that need to be changed so that children and young people get the support they need.
The 'for Scotland's Disabled Children' coalition has designed this survey for parents and carers of children and young people with additional support needs. We want to know about your experiences of the Additional Support for Learning legislation and how it is working for you.
'for Scotland's Disabled Children' is a coalition campaigning for rights and justice for disabled children and young people. The aim is to enable families with a disabled child to have the same quality of life as other families. One of the issues we campaign on is education.
We will take the information we  gather from this survey to the Scottish Government, to tell Ministers what still needs to be changed to make the Act work as effectively as possible and to allow children and young people to access the support they need.
This survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
PERSONAL DETAILS
  How old is your child?
  Is your child
  What local authority do you live in?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  What local authority is your child's school in?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  What type of school does your child attend? Please tick all that apply.
 
EDUCATION (ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LEARNING) (SCOTLAND) ACT 2004
  Do you understand what the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is about? (Also known as the Additional Support for Learning Act)
 
  Have you received any written guidance or information about the Additional Support for Learning Act?
  Who did you receive written information or guidance about the Additional Support for Learning Act from? Please tick all that apply.
 
  How satisfied are you with the information you received?
  Do you know how to appeal against a decision made about your child's education?
  In terms of the Additional Support for Learning Act, are you aware of how the following work in your area?
       
  The 'staged intervention' system      
  Mediation services      
  Tribunals      
  Dispute resolution/ Independent adjudication      
  Have you been involved in any of the following?
       
  The appeal process      
  Accessing mediation services      
  The Additional Support Needs Tribunal      
  Dispute resolution/ Independent adjudication      
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS

Under the Additional Support for Learning Act, any child who needs more or different support to what is normally provided in schools or pre-schools is said to have 'additional support needs'.
  What is the nature of your child's additional support needs? Please tick all that apply.
 
  What is your child's diagnosis? Please tick all that apply.
 
  Who started the process of identifying your child's additional support needs?
 
  How satisfied are you with the assessment process?
 
INDIVIDUALISED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES (IEPs)

An Individualised Educational Programme (IEP) is an educational plan or programme which is prepared for certain children and young people with additional support needs by their school.

It is used as a planning,  teaching and reviewing tool and contains details of targets and actions for individual children and young people that are different from or additional to those in place for the rest of the class or group.

An Individualised Educational Programme is not a legal document, which means that the local authority does not have to produce a plan or make sure that a child or young person receives any support outlined in the plan. However, in practice many schools do.

The terms for Individualised Educational Programmes can vary across local authorities. They are also known as Additional Support Plans (ASPs); Individualised Support Plans (ISPs); Group Support Plans (GSPs); or Multi-agency Support Plans (MASPs).
  Does your child have an Individualised Educational Programme, or equivalent?
  Are you involved in preparing your child's Individualised Educational Programme, or equivalent?
  Are you satisfied with your involvement in developing your child's Individualised Education Programme, or equivalent?
  Which of these services has helped to plan your child's Individualised Educational Programme? Please tick all that apply.
 
  How satisfied are you with your child's Individualised Educational Programme?
 
  Do you consider that the targets set in the Individualised Educational Programme are appropriate for your child?
CO-ORDINATED SUPPORT PLANS (CSPs)

A Co-ordinated Support Plan is an educational plan which outlines a child's additional support needs, the educational objectives that have been set for the child to achieve, and the support required to enable the child to fulfil these objectives. A Co-ordinated Support Plan is a legal document which means that the relevant local authority must make sure that the child receives any support outlined in the plan.

The Additional Support for Learning Act states that a child should have a Co-ordinated Support Plan if their additional support needs arise from complex or multiple factors, are likely to last for more than one year, and they require a high level of support from education and one or more 'appropriate agencies'.

A Record of Needs was used before the Additional Support for Learning Act to record the assessment made of a child with additional support needs in his or her early years, and to set out the provision which should be made.
Record of Needs are no longer used.
  Did your child previously have a Record of Needs?
  Does your child currently have a Co-ordinated Support Plan?
  Were you involved in deciding whether your child should have a Co-ordinated Support Plan?
  What services does the Co-ordinated Support Plan state that your child SHOULD be receiving? Please tick all that apply.
 
  What services does your child CURRENTLY receive? Please tick all that apply.
 
  Are there any additional services that you think your child should be receiving?
 
TRANSITION

The Additional Support for Learning Act says that when children move from one type of education to another, such as from primary to secondary education, or are leaving school, they should get support to do this.

The Act also says that planning for leaving school should begin at least 12 months before the young person is expected to leave school and that the parents' and young person's views should be listened to and taken into account during this process. You should also be informed about post-school options such as further or higher education, training or work placements.
  In the last two years, has your child moved from one type of education to another or left school altogether?
  How would you rate your child's experience of this 'transition'?
  Would you be prepared to take part in a different survey about your and your child's experience of this 'transition'?
 
PROFESSIONALS WORKING BETTER TOGETHER

Allied Health Professionals and Education Partnership Working Project is a project set up by the Scottish Government. It supports people working in education and in health areas like speech and language therapy and occupational therapy. They want these people to work better together to meet the needs of children. This is knows as partnership working.

They want to know about parents' experiences of when people work together and have asked us to include these questions in our survey.
  Please rate your experience of each of these people working together.
             
  Education staff and speech and language therapists            
  Education staff and physiotherapy            
  Education staff and occupational therapy            
 
FINAL COMMENTS

We want to know what you think of your child's experience of the Act and the additional support needs framework.
  Read these statements and tick the appropriate box.
         
  My child's education is supported well under the Act        
  My child enjoys good learning opportunities in the classroom        
  My child has good opportunities to learn in other ways , eg by mixing with other children, going on school trips        
  The Act is allowing my child to get a better education, eg getting to sit more exams or learning more life skills        
  Generally my child's experience at school is good under the Act        
 
  for Scotland's Disabled Children (fSDC) would like parents, disabled children and young people to support its' work. Would you like to find out more about the campaign coalition?
 
Thank you very much for your time.
 
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