Thursday 5th March 2020
SEN Improvement Meeting
Location: Bracknell/Wokingham College
Time: 10.30-12pm
Each department present at the meeting discussed fully how the meeting could be structured in the future. We had representatives from Primary and secondary school, CCG, Social Care, Short Breaks, Integrated Therapies (OY, Physio, Speech and Language) and Bracknell Parent /Carer Forum.
It was suggested that we meet monthly and have a given area that we concentrate on and prepare to discuss before the upcoming meeting. For example, OT Provision and recruitment, Personal Health Budgets.
Attendees: Sandra Beadon and Sarah Barnett
Friday 27th March 2020
EHCP Audit Planning: Teleconference
Time: 10-12pm TBC
Attendee: Sandra Beadon
Tuesday 21st April 2020
Meeting Transport Team
Location: Time Square, Bracknell.
Time: 10-11am
Attendees: Sandra Beadon and Lenka Garcia. TBC
Friday 22nd May 2020
EHCP Audit
Location: Manor Green School, Maidenhead
Time: 10-3pm
Attendees: Sandra Beadon and Lenka Garcia
Wednesday 24th June 2020
East Berkshire SEN Committee Meeting
Time: 12-2pm
St Mark’s Hospital, Maidenhead
Attendees: Lenka Garcia and Sarah Barnett
Thursday 16th July 2020
Joint Commissioning Board Meeting
Time: 10-12pm
Location: TBC
Attendees: Sarah Barnett/Sandra Beadon
Tuesday 21st January 2020
SEN Engagement Session
New monthly meetings at Times Square, Bracknell Forest Council, with Kashif Nawaz who is Head of SEN.
Time: 11-12pm
Attendees: Sandra Beadon and Lenka Garcia
These monthly meetings will give the forum an opportunity to discuss topics regarding our children and young people which have comer to our attention via Facebook or our Website within that month from forum members.
In this initial meeting we discussed how the SEN department could share information with families with SEN in Bracknell Forest Council. Specifically, the commissioning Plan which should be available soon to parents /carers.
We also discussed the proposed “Pick Up Point” idea regarding Education Transport for SEN children and Young People. A date for the representatives of the forum to meet with the Transport team has been set for April 2020 to be confirmed.
Tuesday 21st January 2020
Steering Group Meeting
Time: 1-2pm
We discussed the planning for the upcoming IPSEA Masterclass Training in February 4th, 2020.
Minutes are on request.
Attendees: Sandra Beadon, Lenka Garcia and Sarah Barnett.
Monday 4th February 2020
IPSEA Masterclass Training on EHCP’s.
Time: 9.30am-2.30pm
Location: Easthampstead Baptist Church, South Hill Road, Bracknell.
This was well attended, and we had excellent feedback from parents/carers that attended. We hope to hold a similar event soon.
Monday 2nd March 2020
SEN Engagement Session
Time: 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: Bracknell Forest Council, Times Square, Bracknell.
We discussed how to shape these monthly meetings so that the forum could meet with the relevant departments to discuss that month’s focus for the forum’s priorities.
A meeting has been set up for April 2020 to meet with the Head of Education Transport Team Matthew Howlett and his team and is to be confirmed.
Attendees: Sandra Beadon and Lenka Garcia
