Dear Ms Abdulle

 

Request for Information RFI-6919-23 Re: ABA therapy programme in Schools

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to ABA therapy
programme in Schools which was received on 16 July 2023.

 

In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
the council will respond to your request within 20 working days, saying
whether we have the information that you want, and if there will be any
charges. 

 

If, for any reason, we cannot provide you with the information, we will
tell you why.

If we need to clarify your request, we will contact you again.

 

In the meantime, if you need to contact me about your request, please do
so quoting the above reference number.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Fakhara Qanwal

Assistant Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Ms Abdulle,

 

Request for Information RFI-6919-23 Re:ABA therapy programme in Schools

 

I write to acknowledge and apologise for the delay in responding to your
request relating to ABA therapy programme in Schools. As you know, the
council is required to respond to all requests for information under the
Freedom of Information Act within 20 working days, unless a ‘qualified
exception’ applies that requires the consideration of the Public Interest.

 

Walsall Council takes its obligations under this legislation extremely
seriously and I am sorry that in this case we have not met this timescale.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to assure you of our best
intentions in this regard. I can confirm that a full reply to your request
will be sent to you as soon as is possible.

 

If you have any queries in regard to this process, please do not hesitate
to contact us.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Yvonne Jackson

Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

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Dear Ms Abdulle,

 

Freedom of Information Request RFI-6919-23 Re: ABA therapy programme in
Schools

 

Further to your request for information about ABA therapy programme in
Schools, I can tell you the following:

 

1.     How many children are on ABA therapy programme currently that the
LA is paying for?

 

None

 

2.     How many children in mainstream schools are currently receiving ABA
therapy through LA?

 

None

 

3.     How many children in special schools are currently receiving ABA
therapy through LA?

 

None

 

4.     What are the reasons other than the child not requiring ABA therapy
for LA to stop providing ABA therapy altogether?

 

Unable to answer as we have do not have any children on ABA

 

5.     How long can a child remain on the ABA therapy programme?

 

We do not hold this information

 

6.     How many parents have applied for ABA therapy through personal
budget and been accepted?

 

None but we do not have a policy against supplying ABA

 

7.     How many hours of ABA therapy do children receive once on the
programme?

 

Not applicable

 

8.     How many children on the ABA therapy get assessed each year before
being accepted for a new academic year?

 

None

 

9.     Does the ABA therapy programme get renewed automatically each year?

 

Not applicable

 

10.  How many children in secondary school currently receive ABA therapy?

 

None

 

11.   How many children currently receive ABA therapy with alternative
provision through LA?

 

None

 

 

12.  How many children currently receive ABA Therapy with EOTAS through
LA?

 

None

 

13.  How many children currently have ABA Therapy written in section F of
their EHCP?

 

None

 

14.  How many children currently have ABA Therapy written in section B of
their EHCP?

 

None

             

15.  How many schools were unable to meet the needs of children with ABA
therapy written in their EHCP?

 

Not applicable

 

16.  How many special schools have specialist training in ABA therapy to
provide ABA therapy successfully?

 

Not applicable

 

17.  How many tutors are currently delivering ABA to children. in school
that is closely followed, reviewed and overlooked by a ABA consultant from
LA?

 

Not applicable

 

18.  Did the LA funded ABA therapy programme help with the overall
development of children that were in receipt?

 

Not applicable

 

19.  What were the overall benefits seen in these children?

 

Unable to answer as progress would be through progress scores in school.
If a child is making progress this would be discussed at the annual review
and plans to maintain for the following year

 

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Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection.  In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Walsall Council. The copyright
in respect of other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated.

 

You are free to use any information supplied to you in response to this
request for your own non-commercial research or private study purposes.
The information may also be used for any other purpose allowed by a
limitation or exception in copyright law, such as news reporting.
 However, any other type of re-use, for example by publishing the
information in analogue or digital form, including on the internet, will
require the permission of the copyright owner.

 

I hope that the information provided is useful to you. However, if you are
dissatisfied, you should set out in writing your grounds for complaint and
send to: Corporate Assurance Manager, Resources & Transformation, Civic
Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, WS1 1TP.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision.
Please remember that, generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you
have first exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF. [1]https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

 

Yours sincerely,

Yvonne Jackson

Assurance Officer

Walsall Council 

0800 0856018

[2]www.walsall.gov.uk 

 

[3]Walsall Council, Proud of our past, our present and for our future 

 

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