What is parental advice?
Parental advice is the report that a parent or carer is asked to write for the statutory assessment. You see your child as a whole person, and it is your opportunity to add a whole picture of your child to the statutory assessment. It should be written so that someone who has never met your child would they get a clear picture of your child: their day-to-day life, their strengths and their difficulties. You should also state anyone you would like the council to contact, and attach any reports you already have that you would like to be considered as parental evidence. You will be sent guidelines to follow, which will help as memory joggers. A link to the guidelines can be found below, or can be downloaded from the ‘Leaflets’ section of the website. If you have used these guidelines to write a parental report when the statutory assessment was requested, you do not need to duplicate this report. You may give your views in a variety of ways. Your contribution can be short or long, typed or
