We are committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people and our vision is for Scotland to be the best place in the world for them to grow up in.
We will achieve this through campaigning for the provision of a wide range of high-quality, well-resourced and quickly accessible services, tailored to their individual needs.
Our members between them deliver specialist care and education services to children and young people with additional support needs.
They also provide independent advocacy, advice and representation to care experienced children and young people.
Writing in TESS, Stuart Jacob from coalition member, Falkland House School, responds to the Scottish Government's review on the presumption of mainstreaming. If it is to achieve what it was intended to do greater resourcing is required.
The Scottish Children's Services Coalition calls on the Scottish Government to urgently review how local authorities are supporting children and young people with complex and high level needs.
The Scottish Children's Services Coalition responds to the Mental Welfare Commission Scotland report on admissions of children and young people to non-specialist hospital wards for treatment of their mental health difficulties.
Writing in The Scotsman, Jackie Blair, Director of Education at coalition member, Spark of Genius, highlights that while mainstreaming of those children and young people with additional support needs is the ideal, greater resourcing is required to give adequate support.
