PART 2Detained persons with special educational needs

Assessments

Provision of advice, information and support to the appropriate person9

When securing a detained person's EHC needs assessment the home authority must consider whether the detained person or, where the detained person is a child, the child's parent requires any information, advice and support in order to enable them to take part effectively in the assessment, and if it considers that such information, advice or support is necessary, it must provide it.