Applied Behavioural Analysis Request

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Cameron North-Bates

Dear Denbighshire Council,

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.

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?

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. Are your criteria for
awarding ABA laid out on your SEND Local Offer page?

Yours faithfully,

Cameron North-Bates

Shannon Mcguire, Denbighshire County Council

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FOI Acknowledgement - 638

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    Dear Mr North-Bates,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your recent request for information held by Denbighshire
County Council received 24/02/2016 regarding APPLIED BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS.

As set out by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 it will be our aim to
respond to your request by 23/03/2016. In some cases, however, we may be
unable to achieve this deadline. If this occurs we will advise you of the
likely timescale within which the response will be provided.

Under the Freedom of Information Act the Council may charge for
disbursement costs (e.g. photocopies, postage). However should there be
any such costs, you will be notified of this prior to the commencement of
any work.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for further advice or guidance
relating to the above.

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb i unrhyw
ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at unrhyw oedi. We welcome
correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to any correspondence in Welsh
which will not lead to a delay.

Yours sincerely

Kerry Standen
Swyddog Mynediad i Wybodaeth / Access to Information Officer
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council
Ffon / Tel: 01824 708242
E-bost:[email address]
E-mail:[email address]
Gwefan http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk Website
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk

 

Cameron North-Bates

Dear Denbighshire Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Denbighshire Council's handling of my FOI request 'Applied Behavioural Analysis Request'.

The response to my request has been delayed. By law, I should have received an answer by the 24 April 2016. Please provide me with an answer to my request and an explanation for the delay.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

Cameron North-Bates

Kerry Standen, Denbighshire County Council

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Complaint Acknowledgement 638

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Dear Mr North-Bates,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter received 24/02/2016 requesting that
we review our response to your request for information concerning APPLIED
BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS. My understanding is that the issues you have raised
are as follows:

Our response is late and you would like an explanations.
A review will be conducted in accordance with the Act and we aim to
respond to you by 03/05/2016 . However, if we are unable to complete the
review by this date we will advise you accordingly. I did, in fact,  issue
another reminder to the Service on the 30th March and hope to have a
response for you shortly.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact
me.

If you have any queries regarding this response, please do not hesitate to
contact me at the following address: Access to Information Officer,
Corporate Information Team, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, LL15 1YN.
If you are not content with the outcome of the review, you have the right
to apply to the Information Commissioner whose address is Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb i unrhyw
ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at unrhyw oedi. We welcome
correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to any correspondence in Welsh
which will not lead to a delay.

Yours sincerely

Kerry Standen
Swyddog Mynediad i Wybodaeth / Access to Information Officer
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council
Ffon / Tel: 01824 708242 E-bost:[email address]
E-mail:[email address]
Gwefan http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk Website
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk

 

Kerry Standen, Denbighshire County Council

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Internal Review 638

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Dear Mr North-Bates,

Following your request for us to review our handling of your request for
information received 24/02/2016 concerning APPLIED BEHAVIOURAL ANALYSIS -
I can advise you that the Corporate Information Manager has completed the
review. Please see the attached response to your request and the response
to your complaint below.

We regret there was a delay in responding, as it took longer than expected
to gather the necessary information and to consider the associated privacy
issues.  We endeavour to respond to all such requests within their
associated timescales but sometimes this is not achievable.

 

Yours sincerely

Craig Berry
Rheolwr Rheoli Gwybodaeth Corfforaethol / Corporate Information Manager
Gwella Busnes a Moderneiddio/ Business Improvement & Modernisation
Symudol / Mobile: Ffôn/Telephone: E-bost:[email address] /
E-mail:[email address]

If you remain dissatisfied with our response or have any concerns about
the manner in which the Council has dealt with your request, you have the
right to refer this to the Information Commissioner whose address is
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF who will consider
your complaint.

If we can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact
me.

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ymateb i unrhyw
ohebiaeth yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd hyn yn arwain at unrhyw oedi. We welcome
correspondence in Welsh. We will respond to any correspondence in Welsh
which will not lead to a delay.

Yours sincerely

Kerry Standen Swyddog Mynediad i Wybodaeth / Access to Information Officer
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych / Denbighshire County Council
Ffon / Tel: 01824 708242 E-bost:[email address]
E-mail:[email address]
Gwefan http://www.sirddinbych.gov.uk Website
http://www.denbighshire.gov.uk