Neurodevelopmental Pathway: PaCC update PaCC continue to attend meetings around the neurodevelopmental pathway, both at a Brighton & Hove and a Sussex wide level. Recently, the Sussex wide meetings have been focusing on reducing the waiting times for autism and ADHD assessments and the prescribing of ADHD medication, including shared care agreements between GPs and[…]
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PaCC online surgery: Good working relationships between families and schools
Latest News Dec 01, 2022
PaCC online surgery: How good working relationships between families and schools help to create positive outcomes for children and young people. PaCC is organising an online surgery around inclusion in schools, specifically how co-productive working, between families and schools, creates positive outcomes for a child or young person. Join PaCC’s online surgery on Wednesday[…]
Helping families feel in included – our work on equality and diversity PaCC believes it is important we are representative of the diverse communities that parent-carers identify with. The PaCC Steering Group needs to be aware of key issues for parent carers across the community and be able to feed concerns back to those designing,[…]
PaCC Calendar 2023 Would you like your child to star in the Parent and Carers’ Council (PaCC) 2023 Calendar? The PaCC calendar is a way to celebrate our children, and this year theme is “Celebrating our achievements”, that can be anything big or small, as for example catching the bus for the first time, receiving[…]
Early Years & PaCC PaCC are making plans to host an early years parent carer participation event in the New Year. This coincides with the early years work PaCC are involved with in Brighton & Hove. At the beginning of next year, PaCC will be attending our first meeting that will be implementing an early[…]
Name: Ren Barrowman Parent Carer experience: I am mum to 18-year-old twin daughters. My eldest daughter (by nine minutes!) has quadriplegic cerebral palsy which means she is a full-time wheelchair user and she finally received an ASC diagnosis in 2021. My younger daughter is profoundly deaf in one ear. Both girls have always been in[…]
pacc round up september 2022 The long hot summer is already starting to feel a distant memory, and autumn clouds are already upon us, both literally and figuratively. We have heard lots of feedback about lack of respite over the summer, difficulties for children transitioning back to school, as well as the impact of high[…]
Home To School Transport – Update on how things are progressing I am Pippa Hodge, one of the PaCC Reps. My focus is working alongside the local authority around Home To School Transport (HTST). I have regular meetings with the HTST where we review how the service is performing, and how to keep the service[…]
Extra school places for autistic children and young people PaCC has been working closely with the Assistant Director for Health, SEN and Disability at the local authority, in the development of approximately 100 new school places for autistic children and young people. PaCC, alongside mASCot and other partners, has highlighted for many years the lack[…]
SEN Statutory Service Update We have raised some of the issues that families have experienced with the Head of the SEN Statutory Service. We are pleased to let parents know that the SEN Statutory Service has increased its capacity by appointing two new SEN casework officers and a SEN casework assistant. This will enable the[…]
Coffee mornings, a way to connect For the past ten years, our coffee mornings have been a place where parent carers living in Brighton & Hove have been able to meet other parents for a cuppa and a chat. Much more than that, they can help people feel less isolated, exchange experiences and ideas about[…]
PaCC’s response to the national SEND green paper consultation PaCC are very concerned by some of the SEND Green Paper proposals, which we know are shared by many parent carers. We have submitted our response to the government’s consultation, based on our experience as well as views we’ve heard from Brighton & Hove parent carers. We[…]
PaCC Round Up July 2022 The summer holidays are nearly here, and I’m sure many of you are desperately waiting for the break from school, while others are worried about how to care for your child or young person over the long summer break and how to juggle with work, other children and your own[…]
PaCConnect on Neurodevelopmental pathway and other engagements with Brighton and Hove SEND families Last week’s PaCConnect on the Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) brought together parent carers and providers from the local authority and the NHS, to explore what support and information should be available for those families who are in the process of getting an assessment[…]
PaCC work with schools Young people are expected to spend a huge amount of their time at school, and for some, it’s a place they really struggle to attend. Strong communication and relationships between home and school are so important to get the best for children and young people – particularly those with special educational[…]
Name: Vicky Lloyd Parent Carer experience: I am the mother of two daughters aged 19 and 17. My younger daughter has Down Syndrome and associated communication and learning needs. Until the age of 16 she was in mainstream education with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) provision and support. This has not always been[…]
New PaCC Reps! PaCC is very pleased to welcome four new additions to our Steering Group – Rennell, Sian, Vanessa and Victoria have just joined us and will soon represent you and your family when attending meetings with the local authority or health services. PaCC is a pan-disability forum, which means we want to[…]
Hidden Children – PaCC second surgery session Inclusion in schools: what does good practice look like for learners with SEND? As Brighton & Hove City Council is about to start work on an Inclusion Charter for Brighton & Hove educational settings, we thought inclusion would be the perfect theme for the second Hidden Children termly online[…]