The child or young person should remain at the centre of any assessment or planning process and they should be involved in any decisions that are made about them.
Schools and settings must ensure that they seek the child or young person’s views and use these to inform the assess, plan, do, review cycle. The child or young person should be involved in setting their outcomes and planning the provision and strategies that will be used to support them. They should also be involved reviewing the impact of this support, and contribute to decisions that are made about next steps.
See the working in partnership with children and young people section of the Ordinarily Inclusive Education Framework for some ideas on involving the child or young person.
Person centred planning aims to put children and young people at the centre of planning and decisions that affect them. When children are meaningfully involved, this can change their attitude, behaviour and learning and make them active partners who work with adults to bring about change.
Council for Disabled Children