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5 years 9 months ago #234976 by l.chaytor
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Hi my son has just turned 16 and has to transfer from DLA to PIP. I am his appointee I am busy sorting through the evidence I have and I'm wondering how much to send. I have reports from around 2014 onward. These are things like his EHCP from the local authority, educational psychologist reports, speech and language and OT. Just some of them are like 10 pages long. Also should i highlight any of the points raised in the reports that are evidence to the questions on the forms or just expect them to read it all. Many thanks
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5 years 9 months ago #234979 by BIS
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Hi I. Chaytor
It can be difficult to know what to include when you have a lot of evidence. The important thing is to consider what is relevant. Obviously, if you are going to quote from a report you will have to include the entire amount.
The most effective way of highlighting your evidence is when answering the specific questions. For example.
"My son is unable to prepare a simple meal because of the cognitive difficulties he has due to (medical condition) as noted in letter (additional evidence 1) from Dr X dated the 13 March 2014 - which says (quote). "
That is just a small example and if you were really replying you'd bread down more parts of the preparing a meal bit and explain why he cannot do it. I think it helps to point it out to them. Yes they are supposed to read all the reports, but just reading them blind doesn't make it always easy for them to tie up the evidence to the PIP criteria. My belief is that you make it as easy as possible for them and it's a method I've successfully used and been praised for working with a number of people. Then, of course, you can use a highlighter pen on the photocopied pages of the report if you want to specifically target bits of it as well.
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It can be difficult to know what to include when you have a lot of evidence. The important thing is to consider what is relevant. Obviously, if you are going to quote from a report you will have to include the entire amount.
The most effective way of highlighting your evidence is when answering the specific questions. For example.
"My son is unable to prepare a simple meal because of the cognitive difficulties he has due to (medical condition) as noted in letter (additional evidence 1) from Dr X dated the 13 March 2014 - which says (quote). "
That is just a small example and if you were really replying you'd bread down more parts of the preparing a meal bit and explain why he cannot do it. I think it helps to point it out to them. Yes they are supposed to read all the reports, but just reading them blind doesn't make it always easy for them to tie up the evidence to the PIP criteria. My belief is that you make it as easy as possible for them and it's a method I've successfully used and been praised for working with a number of people. Then, of course, you can use a highlighter pen on the photocopied pages of the report if you want to specifically target bits of it as well.
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