{"id":21572,"date":"2024-11-11T14:39:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=21572"},"modified":"2025-08-20T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:01:36","slug":"joint-assessment-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-and-learning\/how-will-school-support-my-child\/send-support-in-school\/educational-psychology\/joint-assessment-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint assessment meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68a5ab0c3efc1\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<p class=\"is-style-dcc-subheading\">Devon\u2019s SEND Local Offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joint assessment meetings (JAMs)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A JAM is lead by an educational psychologist and forms part of the statutory education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment of a child or young person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meetings are an opportunity for parents, carers and children to meet with professionals to make sure there is a shared understanding of the child\u2019s needs and the support required to meet those needs.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68a5ab0c3effb\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-68a5ab0c3fa31\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Joint assessment meetings<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-and-learning\/how-will-school-support-my-child\/send-support-in-school\/educational-psychology\/joint-assessment-meetings\/parents-and-carers\/\">A guide for parents and carers<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Read our guide for parents and carers &#8211; 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