Dear Cameron,

Thank you for your request for information regarding ‘Applied Behavioural Analysis’ (our reference FOI-00279). Your request was received on the 24/02/2016 and I am dealing with it under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
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Dear Cameron,

Thank you for your request for information regarding ‘Applied Behavioural Analysis’ (our reference FOI-00279); please see our response below. If you have any queries regarding your request for information then please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Please can you tell me how many children are receiving any Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA) provision - whether it is provided in an ABA/VB* home programme, in an ABA/VB primary or secondary special school or alongside mainstream school at any age in a part-time home/school programme. *ABA is sometimes called VB or Verbal Behaviour. 0 children are receiving ABA in the authority.

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. If without a tribunal, had parents initiated legal action but reached settlement with you for ABA before tribunal took place? N/A

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. We do not have a policy in relation to ABA

Finally, please can you explain your rationale for awarding Applied Behavioural Analysis without tribunal orders. Are your criteria for awarding ABA laid out on your SEND Local Offer page? N/A

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Information Governance Team
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

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