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Hampshire County Council Accessibility Strategy and SEN Policy 2009 - 2012

Summary of formal consultation responses:

1. There were 22 formal responses to the consultation process. Responses were received from the following groups:

i) 17 schools - 7 infant

- 3 junior

- 3 primary

- 2 secondary

- 2 special (although 1 of the special school headteacher was also "responding on behalf of special school headteachers")

ii) 3 NHS individuals/groups

iii) 2 Voluntary Organisations - FLASH (autism support)

- The National Deaf Children's Society

2. Attempting to categorise responses leads, inevitably, to a certain degree of subjective interpretation. There were, however, 23 broadly supportive or positive comments. Where respondents made references to specific concerns or issues these are listed below with the figures on the right hand side indicating the number of times they were identified:

i) funding issues 28

ii) training (for school and other staff) 10

iii) specific condition issues (eg Down's Syndrome, ASD, HI) 9

iv) pre-school and early intervention support 5

v) ensuring that policies/strategies are actually implemented 5

vi) joint/working, inter-agency liaison, etc 4

vii) transition planning and support 3

viii) quality assurance 3

ix) communication issues 2

x) transport issues 2

xi) Early Learning Groups 2

xii) information/support for parents 2

xiii) information sharing 2

xiv) provision for children with SEN (quality, quantity and type 2

xv) integration (of SEN pupils into mainstream) 1

xvi) legislative issues 1

xvii) HIAS support to schools 1

xviii) outreach support from special schools 1

ixx) waiting lists for CAMHS support 1

xx) health and safety issues 1

xxi) provision mapping 1

xxii) therapy support 1