The right help at the right time in the right place: strategy for the learning provision for children and young people with complex additional support needs 2017-2026

Scope of Services to be commissioned

The Strategic Commissioning Project Board (SCPB), informed by the work of the Doran Workstreams and Needs Analysis^[11] identified that the following services are all within the scope to be commissioned.

Direct education, care and health services for children and young people with complex additional support needs; 

Research related to children and young people with complex additional support needs that provides a sound evidence base, alongside other sources of evidence to support national policy development and service provision to improve educational outcomes for children and young people with complex additional support needs;

Sustainable, child and young person focused learning and development for those supporting children and young people with complex additional support needs aligned to a mechanism for sharing practice; and,

Broader services which support the education of children and young people with complex additional support needs including services provided across a number of authority areas, provided by local authorities or voluntary organisations which taken across Scotland may constitute a national need.