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Conference Call
There are still places left at the Enquire 2010 conference - Families as Learning Partners - which takes place on the 9th March in Hamilton. Further information on Enquire's conference can be found here.
A major conference run by Children in Scotland - Children's Rights - looking ahead with 2020 vision - takes place in Edinburgh on 23 February 2010.
If you would like further information about the Children's Rights conference, please click here.
8 February 2010
Enquire marks 10th anniversary
At the end of last year we were proud to celebrate our 10th anniversary. During the past ten years we have been providing advice and information to parents of children with additional support needs, children and young people themselves and the professionals who work with them. We have been contacted by over 12,600 people with enquiries about education. We also wrote and distributed publications, including 77,000 copies of our Parents' Guide, and provided training to parents and professionals.
14 January 2010
Young people’s blog – an online conversation
Comments are a really important part of the Enquire young people’s blog*. Anyone can leave a comment. This means young people who visit the site have an easy way to have their say. Comments also give the blog authors feedback and a sense of audience, which helps their confidence and communication skills.
We hope the blog is a useful and appealing part of the site for children and young people. We are also using it to highlight information on the rest of the website, such as this end-of-term post for young people going to secondary school or leaving school.
The blog is already getting lots of hits and we’re hoping to increase the number of comments. If you’d like to help, please visit the blog*, leave a comment and encourage any young people you know to do the same!
9 July 2007
Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004
The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 came into force on 14 November 2005. The Scottish Parliament passed this Act with the aim of creating a stronger, better system for supporting children’s learning. The Act introduces a new framework for providing for children and young people who require some additional help with their learning. It aims to ensure that all children and young people are provided with the necessary support to help them work towards achieving their full potential. It also promotes collaborative working among all those supporting children and young people. The Act also gives parents rights. It gives them more say in their child’s education and more opportunities to express their views about the support they feel their child needs. It helps them in all their dealings with the local authority. The Act entitles children and young people to have the opportunity to have their views considered in the significant decisions that affect their education.
One year on ...
It is now a year since the new Additional Support for Learning Act came into force. Education authorities have been assessed by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) to find out how well its pre-schools, schools and all professionals working with children have included the new law into their daily practice. HMIE will be publishing its interim findings shortly, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the new system.
More on the Act
You can view the Act on-line by clicking here and paper copies of the Act can be obtained from: The Stationery Office Bookshop, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ Tel: 0870 606 5566 You can also view the Act on-line by clicking here.*
The Scottish Government has produced a Guide for Parents which sets out information about the Act, including information on parental rights. The leaflet entitled "Guide for parents" leaflet can be downloaded from here.*
A Summary Handout was also produced for practitioners with an interest in the Act. The summary handout is available from this website*
A Code of Practice — Supporting Children's Learning has been produced by the Scottish Government and provides guidance to local authorities and other agencies with functions under the Act. The Code of Practice can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here.*
