rocesses, so that children and young people receive regular information about the decisions being made about their lives, so they are clear what is happening and why. Decisions are explained sensitively to children and young people and attention is paid to barriers that children with special educational needs and disabilities may face in receiving and understanding information and decisions being made about their lives. • Every area listens to the views of families and family networks when children and young people need to be cared for by the local authority, so that appropriate plans, which are in children and young people’s best interests, can be made. Clear and sensitive information and advice is able for families and family networks to understand the decisions being made for children and young people. • Every area recognises, and has clear expectations and processes, so that the important insights of kinship carers, foster carers and residential children’s home staff and supported accommodation providers are used to helping inform plans and decisions for children and young people. • Every area gives children and young people regular opportunities to share their hopes, dreams, and aspirations, and this informs individual support and the design and commissioning of local services. This includes through the provision of children in care councils. • Every area invites children and young people to be involved in identifying training, development and support needs for foster carers, residential children’s home staff, supported accommodation providers and key workers. They are given opportunities to be involved in the programmes that support carers to improve their knowledge and skills to provide better standards of love, care and support. 52 • Every area supports children