Chapter 10: EHCPs and Preparing for Adulthood
Preparing for adulthood is about much more than deciding what happens after school. It is about gradually building towards a future that reflects the young person’s aspirations, abilities, support needs and own ideas about what a meaningful adult life looks like.
EHCPs and Preparing for Adulthood brings the series towards that longer-term picture.
The guide explores the four broad areas of Preparing for Adulthood: education and employment, independent living, community participation and health. It considers how these conversations develop from Year 9 onwards and how aspirations can be translated into meaningful EHCP outcomes and provision.
It also explores the young person’s increasing role in decision-making, transitions into adult services and what happens to an EHCP beyond compulsory school age.
It includes:
- An introduction to Preparing for Adulthood
- What changes from Year 9 onwards
- Guidance on supporting the young person’s voice and decision-making
- Examples linking aspirations, outcomes and provision
- Education, training and employment planning
- Independent living and community participation
- Health and transition into adult services
- Information about EHCPs beyond age 18
- A Preparing for Adulthood planning page
- Harvard-referenced information and further support
This resource relates specifically to the SEND and EHCP system in England and provides general information rather than individual legal advice.
A future-focused final chapter designed to keep the young person at the centre of planning. Not simply asking where they will go next, but what kind of adult life they want to build and what support could help them get there.
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