Human Rights Act Advocacy: Support Needs for Families, Carers and Campaigners of SEND children Survey

Sharing your insights with us will help us show the human rights support needs for families, carers, campaigners and supporters in navigating SEND provision. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this survey and hope it helps us secure funding for direct support. Your contribution makes a difference, thank you.

Please do not include any personal, confidential or identifying information. You can read BIHR's privacy policy here.

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For signposting for human rights help please visit this section of our website. For SEND specific signposting please see the signposting section in the advocacy guide we have coproduced with the Parent & Carer Alliance here.

1.How would you describe yourself?

Parent of a child/children or young person with SEND

Other family member or carer of a child/children or young person with SEND

Campaigner for children or young people with SEND

Other supporter for children or young people with SEND

Other (please specify)

2.Do you believe the SEND child or children you advocate for have had their human rights overlooked or violated?

Yes

Unsure

3.Where in the UK do your live or work?

4.You can tell us more about this here - but please remember not to share confidential or identifying information (signposting for help is provided at the start of this survey).

5.How confident do you feel to directly name and use the rights in the Human Rights Act in your SEND advocacy? (Please be honest as it helps us show the need for support on using human rights law).

Not confident at all - I do not name the rights or duties in the Human Rights Act

1 star

I think human rights are relevant but use other language I'm more confident about

2 stars

I sometimes use the phrase human rights but do not refer to the Human Rights Act

3 stars

I can name 1 or 2 of the relevant rights in the Human Rights Act

4 stars

Very confident - I always name the rights or duties in the Human Rights Act

5 stars

6.What challenges do you face in advocating for your child's rights and needs? You can choose as many as are relevant and/or add in other barriers.

Lack of access to support to gain knowledge and confidence to use human rights law in advocacy

Lack of support for SEND advocacy generally

Poor responses from school, authorities, officials, etc.

Exhaustion / burnout / similar

Other (please specify)

7.Would you be interested in joining online workshops and receiving resources focused using human rights advocacy for SEND?

Yes

Maybe

8.How useful would such a workshop be to you in your life and/or work?

9.How do you believe attending these workshops could benefit you and your child / the children you advocate for?

Increased knowledge & confidence to use the law in your advocacy

Provides additional legal tools to challenge decisions or the system

Supporting SEND children and their families to be seen as having the same human rights as everyone else

Other (please specify)

10.Do you have any additional comments or suggestions regarding the need for human rights advocacy support for SEND parents, carers, supporters and campaigners?

Thank you so much for completing this survey.

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