6:18. When a child with special educational needs or his or her family does not have English or Welsh as a first language, the timescale for planning the annual review should take into account the need to:

? translate any relevant documentation into the family's mother tongue

? ensure that interpreters are available to the child and family both in the preparatory stages to the review meeting and at the review meeting itself

? ensure that any professionals from the child's community have similar interpretation and translation facilities in order that they may contribute as fully as possible to the review process, and

? ensure that, where possible, a bilingual support teacher and/or teacher of English or Welsh as a second language is available to the child and family.

6:19. Where a child or his or her family have a communication problem because of a sensory or physical impairment, similar attention should be given to the availability of all information and to representation at the review meeting through interpreters.  Where alternative communication systems are used, the timing of the meeting should take into account the need to provide sufficient time for translation.  Where a child or family has a visual impairment, similar attention should be given to the provision of all relevant information in Braille, large print or on tape as appropriate.

6:20. Where the child with a statement is subject to a care order, the local authority designated by the order will have parental responsibility (see Glossary) for that child.  Such a child might be looked after by the local authority in a residential or foster placement, or might live at home.  The extent of the contribution to be made by the child's parents and the child's carers - the residential social worker or foster parents - should be determined by the local authority in consultation with the social services department.  If both the carers and the parents will be attending a review meeting, LEAs should consider involving social services in preparing parents and carers for the review and providing support before and after the review itself.  Where the child with a statement is looked after by the local authority but is not subject to a care order, the child's parents still retain parental responsibility for that child.

6:21. Where a child is subject to a care order, an education supervision order, or is looked after by the local authority, the local authority social services department must include information on the arrangements for the education of the child within his or her Child Care Plan, as required under the Arrangements for Placement of Children Regulations made under the Children Act.  The social services department must review the Child Care Plan and involve the child or young person in that process.  As the Child Care Plan must include the educational arrangements for the child, LEAs and social services departments may wish to link the annual review of the statement with a review of the Child Care Plan in order to provide an integrated approach to meeting the child's needs.