ALT Beyond Diagnosis: Rethinking SEND Categorisation, Identification and Support SAVE THE DATE Tuesday 12 January 2027 🕐 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm Refreshments from 12.30pm onwards 📍 St Alban’s Church Hall, Holborn, London, EC1N 7RD Please join us for an afternoon seminar exploring current debates about the role of categorisation and diagnosis within Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) policy and practice. The seminar will bring together leading researchers, policymakers, parents, charities and practitioners to examine emerging approaches that seek to move beyond diagnosis-led systems towards models that focus more directly on children’s strengths, needs and educational participation. Contributors will consider developments in England and internationally, including needs-based approaches, the potential contribution of frameworks such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and lessons from policy and practice in other jurisdictions