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Contents

Introduction

Section 1: What we did: Evidence base of visits and meetings undertaken to identify the issues and current good practice

Section 2: What we found: Features of good practice
2.1 Leadership
2.2 Processes and the delivery of services
1. Understanding roles
2. Joint strategic planning
3. Jointly planning the delivery of service at school level
4. Joint planning to meet the needs of individual children and young people
5. Joint working to improve outcomes for children and young people
6. Parents as partners
7. Joint training and continuing professional development
8. Self-evaluation for improvement: how good are we at working together?
2.3 Impact and outcomes for children and young people
1. Improving outcomes for children and young people
2. Adherence to statutory principles and fulfilment of statutory duties

Section 3: Conclusion

References

Appendix 1: Practice Matrix: Universal, targeted and specialist roles of AHPs

Appendix 2: Legislative and policy context for the Guidance on partnership working between allied health professions and education

Appendix 3: Issues to consider and signposts for improvement

Consultation Information

This draft document has been produced for consultation by the Scottish Government. We are keen to hear your views on a range of aspects of the guidance and have produced a consultation response form at the back of this document for this. This includes some questions on specific aspects which we would like you to consider. Please also provide us with any other relevant comments. The deadline for consultation responses is 4 February 2010. These should be returned with a consultation response form to:

Nicola Robinson

You may also email your response to Nicola at Nicola.robinson@scotland.gsi.gov.uk but please ensure that you provide all of the information requested in the consultation response form to ensure your response is dealt with appropriately.

Thank you