SEND EHCP Advocate

🚨 **THE EHCP MASTERCLASS TOOLKIT IS NOW LIVE IN MY STORE!** 🚨

After months of development, I am delighted to announce that my **EHCP Masterclass Toolkit** is now available to purchase.

📚 Designed to help parents, carers, and professionals better understand EHCPs, identify unlawful wording, strengthen Sections B, E and F, and navigate the SEND system with greater confidence.

🔥 **SPECIAL LAUNCH OFFER** 🔥

The **first 10 copies** are available for just **£24.99**

💷 **Recommended Retail Price: £29.99**

If you have attended one of my **EHCP Masterclasses in the community** or joined one of my **webinars**, this is your opportunity to grab a copy before they all go.

There were originally **50 launch copies available**, and they are already flying out quickly!

⏳ **Once the final launch copies are gone, the toolkit will revert to its full retail price of £29.99.**

📦 Please note: If you have signed up in May 2026 or onwards as a **Full EHCP Application Client**, your complimentary toolkit has either already been sent or is on its way to you.

This toolkit brings together years of lived experience, advocacy knowledge, SEND law training, and practical strategies that I have used to support hundreds of families through the EHCP process.

Inside, you'll find practical guidance, checklists, examples, and easy-to-understand explanations designed to help you feel more confident when dealing with Local Authorities, schools, Annual Reviews, assessments, draft EHCPs, and the wider SEND process.

Whether you are applying for an EHCP, reviewing a draft plan, preparing for an Annual Review, or simply want to understand your child's rights, this toolkit has been designed to put that knowledge directly into your hands.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey. From parent advocate to trainer, mentor, published writer, and now toolkit creator, it has been an incredible journey—and I am so excited to finally share this resource with you.

🛒 **Grab your copy while the launch offer is still available in my store**
www.rebekahherbertadvocacyltd.co.uk

✨ Successes This Week ✨

Some weeks remind me exactly why I do what I do.

✅ An agreement has been reached with HCC for a bespoke educational package to remain in place until September 2027, ensuring the young person continues to receive the provision they need to thrive.

✅ Following a Draft EHCP Checking Service and follow-up advice, an SLD specialist placement has now been named by GCC, securing an educational setting capable of meeting the child's complex needs.

✅ On a personal note, I received confirmation that my first article will be published in the July/August edition of SEN Magazine. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to share my knowledge, experience and passion for SEND advocacy with a wider audience.

Every success represents a child or young person being better understood, better supported, and given the opportunity to reach their potential.

Thank you to the families who trust me to walk alongside them on their journey. Your resilience, determination and commitment to your children never cease to inspire me.

Here's to continuing to make a difference, one child at a time. ❤️

A great first day working with Islington Council as a Co-Designer for Change Futures for Children and Young People.

Over the coming 6 months, I will be helping to explore and research what needs to change across a range of areas affecting children, young people, and families. This work is about listening to the experiences of our community, identifying gaps in support, and ensuring that local voices help shape future services and decision-making.

For me, this is a fantastic opportunity to bring together the voices of parents, carers, children, and young people, particularly those with SEND and additional needs, to help influence meaningful change.

If you live in Islington, I would love for you to be part of this journey. Over the coming months, I will be inviting families, professionals, children, and young people to share their experiences, views, and ideas through research and engagement activities.

Your voice matters, and together we can help shape a better future for children and young people in our community.

Watch this space – I'd love for you to get involved.

Find out more: https://www.rebekahherbertadvocacyltd.co.uk/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-posts-mobile&utm_campaign=751551d1-6516-4b16-935d-5b79a479f6e0

Over the last 20 years, my journey into SEND advocacy did not begin through a career pathway — it began as a parent navigating the complex SEND system for my own child.

Like many families, I experienced first-hand the emotional exhaustion, confusion, delays and battles that come with trying to secure the right support for a child with additional needs. Over time, I immersed myself in SEND law, policy, EHCP processes and strategic advocacy, not only to support my own family but to help other parents who felt lost within the system.

Today, I am an Independent SEND Advocate supporting families across the UK with EHCPs, Annual Reviews, specialist placements, EOTAS, refusals, tribunals and school breakdowns. I have built a community of thousands of parents and continue to work closely with families who simply want someone to help them understand what to do next.

✨ 30 Minute SEND & EHCP Support Calls Now Available ✨

One thing I hear repeatedly from parents is:

🗣️ “I learned more in 20 minutes speaking to you than I have in years trying to navigate the system alone.”

These calls are not just about signposting or quoting legislation.

They are about helping parents:
✔️ Understand the system clearly
✔️ Know their rights and options
✔️ Learn the best strategic approach
✔️ Avoid unnecessary delays
✔️ Build stronger evidence
✔️ Move cases forward faster and more effectively

The SEND system can feel overwhelming, isolating and emotionally draining. Sometimes one focused conversation can completely shift your understanding and confidence.

Whether you are:
▪️ Applying for an EHCP
▪️ Facing a refusal to assess or issue
▪️ Preparing for an Annual Review
▪️ Looking at specialist placements
▪️ Considering EOTAS
▪️ Struggling with school support
▪️ Or simply don’t know where to begin

💻 30 Minute Support Calls — £25
(Usually £30)

My free consultation spaces are now fully booked for May and June.

For further services and pricing, please head to my website.
www.rebekahherbertadvocacyltd.co.uk
Email me : [email protected].

Rebekah Herbert
Independent SEND Advocate

How to Get a Good EHCP | Rebekah Herbert Advocacy Ltd Learn how to get a good EHCP with Rebekah Herbert Advocacy Ltd. Specialist support for families navigating the process.

Educational Psychologists must have the capacity to apply their psychological expertise to work with children and families.

The King’s Speech included a commitment to reform the SEND system.

Deputy Chair of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology Dr Joanna Hill highlights findings from our recently commissioned research with the Education Policy Institute showing rising demand and a shortage of Educational Psychologists is placing pressure on services.

Full response: https://www.bps.org.uk/news/bps-welcomes-government-commitment-send-reforms

🚨 Parent Question – Has Your LA Changed the 4 Areas of Need in Your Child’s EHCP? 🚨
I’m starting to hear increasing concerns from families that some Local Authorities are proposing changes to the traditional 4 areas of need within EHCPs.
For example:
🔹 Communication and Interaction becoming broader terms such as Community and Friendship
🔹 SEMH being changed to wording like Maintaining Good Health
🔹 Sensory and/or Physical Needs being reframed as Independence and Independent Living
As parents, this raises important questions:
❓ Is your LA changing the format or headings within EHCPs?
❓ Have the descriptions of needs become more vague or less specific?
❓ Do you feel the language is watering down your child’s actual difficulties and provision needs?
❓ Has this impacted Sections B, F or outcomes within the plan?
❓ Were parents properly consulted before these changes?
The legal framework under the Children and Families Act 2014 and SEND Code of Practice still refers to the four broad areas of need:
✔ Communication and Interaction
✔ Cognition and Learning
✔ Social, Emotional and Mental Health
✔ Sensory and/or Physical Needs
While EHCPs can be personalised, concerns are being raised about whether changing terminology could blur legal clarity around identifying needs and securing provision.
I’d really like to hear from parents across different Local Authorities:
📍 Which LA are you in?
📍 What changes have you noticed?
📍 Have schools or SEN teams explained the reasons behind the changes?
📍 Do you feel it has helped or hindered your child’s support?
Please share examples (anonymised if needed). This is an important discussion for the SEND community.

⚠️ HOME EDUCATION LAW CHANGES – PLEASE READ BEFORE PANICKING ⚠️
The final wording of the new changes linked to home education has now been published as part of the UK Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026. However, it is really important families understand that these changes are NOT being brought in immediately. The law has passed, but much of it still requires regulations, guidance and consultation before being enacted.
There is understandably a lot of fear, confusion and misinformation circulating online right now. Please take time to read the actual proposals carefully before reacting.
Some of the proposed changes include: ▪️ Mandatory registers for children not in school
▪️ New duties on parents to provide information to local authorities
▪️ Potential home visit powers
▪️ Changes to School Attendance Order processes
▪️ Additional permissions for some families linked to social care involvement
At present, these measures are expected to take time to implement and consultations are still anticipated before guidance is finalised.
For many families, home education has been a lifeline due to unmet SEND needs, EBSA, trauma, bullying and failures within the education system. Families deserve transparency, lawful practice and respectful dialogue moving forward.
Please stay informed, stay calm and make sure you are reading trusted sources rather than social media panic posts.

Useful links: 📌 educationalfreedom.org.uk
📌 legislation.gov.uk

As always, I will continue sharing updates relevant to SEND families and those navigating EOTAS, EBSA and alternative education pathways.

✨ EXCITING NEWS ✨
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Some of you have followed my journey from the very beginning — from late nights creating content, supporting families voluntarily, building my Masterclass, and dreaming of something bigger for SEND families.

Today, I can finally share that after pitching with Allia and Peabody — and WINNING funding support — I was able to take my vision from simple content ideas to a professionally designed and published resource. 💚

📘 My EHCP Toolkit is officially coming to life.

This toolkit has been created to accompany my EHCP Masterclass and support families navigating the EHCP process with more confidence, understanding, and empowerment. It has been built from both professional knowledge and lived experience as a parent advocate.

This will initially be EXCLUSIVE and LIMITED for:
✔ Families signed up to my full EHCP support package
✔ Families attending my EHCP Masterclass

🚀 The Toolkit + Masterclass bundle will be going live to purchase together in June!

This has been such a huge personal journey for me — turning years of experience, advocacy, setbacks, passion, and determination into something tangible that I hope will genuinely help families feel less alone in the SEND system.

Thank you to everyone who has supported, encouraged, believed in me, shared my posts, attended workshops, trusted me with your children’s journeys, and stood beside me while I built this from the ground up.

This is only the beginning. 💫