Designated Education Clinical Lead Officer (DECLO)
The Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act explains how health services and education must work together to support learners with additional learning needs (ALN) from 0 to 25 years old.
How can the Designated Education Clinical Lead Officer (DECLO) help?
The Designated Education Clinical Lead Officer (DECLO) co-ordinates this collaborative working for the health board.
- Local authorities can contact NHS health professionals to ask for information or advice that might help learners with additional learning needs.
- Local authorities and further education institutions (FEIs) can also ask if there is treatment or service that could help a learner with their additional learning needs.
- Where the health service believes that a child has, or probably has additional learning needs, they must tell the Local Authority if this could help the child.
How to contact the Designated Education Clinical Lead Officer (DECLO)
Mrs Liz McKinney is the Designated Education Clinical Lead Officer (DECLO).
Children, young people and their families can get in touch by calling 03000 846993, or emailing BCU.DECLO@wales.nhs.uk
Useful links and resources
- Snap Cymru - Free information, advice and support for children and young people with all kinds of additional learning needs (ALN) and disabilities.
- Additional learning needs (ALN) factsheet for children, young people, parents and carers | GOV.WALES - How the ALN Act will affect children, young people, parents and carers.
- ADYaCh|Gwynedd and Anglesey - Additional Learning Needs and Inclusion website for Gwynedd and Anglesey.
- Education Services | Conwy County Borough Council - Contact the education services in Conwy County.
- Inclusion and Additional Learning Needs (ALN) | Denbighshire County Council - Information about inclusion and additional learning needs (ALN) in Denbighshire.
- Children & Young People with Additional Learning Needs | Flintshire County Council - Advice and information about additional learning needs (ALN) in Flintshire.
- Additional learning needs | Wrexham County Borough Council - Guidance for parents and carers to support children and young people with additional learning needs (ALN) in Wrexham.