What does good look and feel like in co-production in SEND services?

In this report, What Works in SEND researchers at Warwick Business School aimed to advance understanding and identify what good looks and feels like in the co-production of services for children and young people with SEND to inform future collaboration and innovation in SEND services.

  • Strength: Robust
  • Breadth of Impact: Promising
  • Status: Quality Assured

In this report, What Works in SEND researchers at Warwick Business School aimed to advance understanding and identify what good looks and feels like in the co-production of services for children and young people with SEND1 to inform future collaboration and innovation in SEND services. The objectives were to:

  • Identify facilitators of effective co-production
  • Identify barriers to effective co-production. 
  • Provide examples of best practice in co-production, demonstrating how and why they are effective and conditions for effective implementation. 
  • Explore, evaluate and understand the impact of co-production with children and young people and parent carers on the planning and reviewing of SEND services.   

The research presents findings on:

  • Levers and gears (facilitators);
  • Frictions and hurdles (barriers) and;
  • Good practice case studies.

1For ease of reading, we use the term ‘SEND’ to refer to disabled children, young people and children and young people with special educational needs.