Children and Young People's Voice Toolkit

Practitioners working with children and young people (CYP) with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have developed a set of engagement tools to capture the voice of the child or young person.

This is not an exhaustive list of tools and the key factors are looking at the individual needs of children and young people, their preferred communication method and working with those that know them best.

These tools are intended to:

• enable the child or young person to have a voice which is listened to and acted upon
• enable the child or young person to give their view on the support they receive
• enable the child or young person to identify what help they would like and who from
• enable the child or young person to identify and share what is important to them
• enable practitioners to build positive relationships and gain a better understanding of the child or young person to best support their needs
• enable the child or young person to give their views on actions for change
• enable the child or young person to review what has worked or not worked for them
• improve outcomes and evidence what differences listening to the child or young person has made