This policy has been co-produced with young people and parent carers.
Find an easy-read version of our SEND participation and co-production policy.
Participation
Participation means involving children and young people and their parents and carers in the decisions that affect them and their lives.
Every child and young person with SEND, and their parents or carers, has the right to be involved in decisions about them and to have the help they need to make decisions.
The law tells us we must listen to the views, wishes and feelings of a child and their parents, or of a young person.
Co-production
Co-production is all about the idea that the people who use a service are best placed to help design it.
The term 'co-production' refers to a way of working where the people who use services (in this case children and young people with SEND in Dorset), their parents, carers and service providers all work together to create a service that works for them all.