Applied Behavioural Analysis

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Dear Brent Borough Council,

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

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.

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.

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

Yours faithfully,

B Saunders

Adrian Hobbs, Brent Borough Council

Brent Council - INFORMATION REQUEST

Our Reference: 796711
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Dear Ms. Saunders

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Yours sincerely

Adrian Hobbs,
Freedom of Information and Systems Support Officer
Phone: 020 8937 4979
[email address]

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Brent Council - INFORMATION REQUEST

Our Reference: 796711
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Dear Ms. Saunders,

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is enclosed.

Applied Behavioural Analysis

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

A. 13

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.

A. None by Tribunal order and 13 without a tribunal order

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.

A.Policy document - see attached London SEN Regional Partnership
document. The decision to place in a specialist provision where ABA is
provided would be based on child's needs and the efficient use of the
authority resources.

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

A. Specialist provision required and unable to meet the needs in local
specialist provision

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Adrian Hobbs,
Freedom of Information and Systems Support Officer

Phone: 020 8937 4979
[email address]

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