Following the arrival of Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs) in September 2014, it is reassuring to know that the myth-creation industry remains alive and well.
Incorrect information such as "you can't have an EHCP without a social worker", from a social worker to the parent of a seriously disabled 21-year-old young person. Or "you can't have an EHCP because he doesn't need an education". Others we have heard of include:
This is all misinformation. The legal test is whether provision is "necessary" and the expectation is that all children or young people who would have continued with a Statement will have an EHCP (SEND Code of Practice, Para 9.4 and 2.3, Department for Education (DfE) Statutory Guidance, August 2014).
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