My Rights, My Say

Every child in Scotland has the right to be involved in decisions about their learning

My Rights, My Say helps 12–15-year-olds with additional support needs to use their rights and have a say in decisions about their education.

The service is free, confidential, and completely independent.

Hear from Susie to find out more:

Susie:

My Rights, My Say is a service that helps 12 to 15 year olds with additonal support needs to get the kind of support they need in school and we do that in a number of ways.

So that can be kind of direct support for young people in school. So that could be advocacy support. Kind of independent advocacy to help young people express what their rights are, what they need in terms of support in school and kind of help the adults in school who are responsible for that get on board with providing that.

It can be legal representation for young people whose cases have kind of been escalated to courts. It can also be representation of children’s views whenever they maybe have a cases that’s been brought to an education tribunal or, sorry, an education dispute or an additional support needs tribunal.  We also provide a service that basically gets their views directly into those kind of tribunal spaces as well 

So that is how we support young people directly but we also do quite a lot of other stuff around helping parents and carers with kind of information and support and also helping professionals with their training needs as well

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What can My Rights, My Say do for you?

Find further information about each of the four services that make up My Rights, My Say and their role in promoting the rights of children and young people in education.

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Children’s Views

Find out about the My Rights, My Say Children’s Views service and how it can help children aged 12–15 to have their say.

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Independent Advocacy

Find out about My Rights, My Say’s Independent Advocacy service and how it can support children aged 12–15 to have their say.

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Legal Support

Find out about My Rights, My Say Legal Support and how it can help children aged 12–15 to make sure their rights are being met.

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Advice and Information

Find out about our advice and information and how it can help children aged 12–15 and their families to make sure their rights are being met.

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The My Rights, My Say Young Advisors are a collective of young people aged 12–22 who help shape how children’s rights are understood and respected in Scotland.

They share their experiences, give honest feedback to our staff and work alongside key decision-makers to ensure young voices are heard at every level.

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