Applied Behavioual Analysis

Dear Mr Saunders

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your information request - it has been allocated reference FOI63202.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 provides public authorities with 20 working days to process requests - this period expires on 29 July 2011.

Regards

Martin Tubbs
Information Management Team Manager
Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

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Dear Sir/Madam

Further to your Information request FOI63202, please find your questions
and our response below:

Please can you tell me how many children are receiving any Applied
Behavioural Analysis provision.

Response: 7

Please can you then tell me how many of them had Applied Behavioural
Analysis due to a tribunal order and how many receive this without a
tribunal.

Response: 1 with a tribunal order, the rest without

Please can you forward me any policy documents that are associated with
the awarding of any Applied Behavioural Analysis provision and demonstrate
how the decision is made.

Response: There are no such documents

Finally, please can you explain your rationale for awarding Applied
Behavioural Analysis without tribunal orders.

Response: Decisions are made entirely on a case by case basis when a
parent asks for ABA as part of their child's education through the
statement of SEN considering the individual assessment reports collected
as part of the assessment of the child's special educational needs. If we
agree that ABA would both meet the child's need and is the most cost
effective way of meeting a child's needs is through an ABA programme
(comparing the costs of the ABA programme with the costs of other
provision that could be made), then the parents' request is agreed to.
Senior officers have to agree to any such decision.

This concludes your request FOI63202.

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not hesitate the contact us.

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your request please write to:

Information Management Team Manager

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St Ives Road

Maidenhead

SL6 1RF

or send an e-mail to [email address]

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Yours faithfully

Chris Daniels

Information Management Officer

Legal Services

Resources Department

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead

Town Hall, St.Ives Road

Maidenhead SL6 1RF

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