DLA extracts

DLA extracts are sentences, or short passages, from your professional documents that describe your child's care needs, supervision requirements, or mobility difficulties. SENVault flags them during analysis because they are potentially relevant to a Disability Living Allowance claim.

What gets flagged

The DLA care component covers:

• Attention and supervision: the degree to which your child requires another person's attention or continual supervision to avoid substantial danger
• Personal care: help with bodily functions such as dressing, bathing, toileting, or eating

The DLA mobility component covers:

• Higher rate: inability or virtual inability to walk
• Lower rate: the need for guidance or supervision outdoors from another person

SENVault looks for sentences that describe any of these directly. For example:

• "Requires physical assistance with dressing and bathing" → care extract
• "Cannot be left unsupervised due to risk of absconding" → supervision extract
• "Needs an adult to guide him in unfamiliar environments" → mobility extract

Where to find your extracts

From your child's profile, go to DLA Helper. You will see extracts grouped by category (care/supervision/mobility). Each extract shows:

• The source document and professional
• The extracted sentence
• The category assigned
• An option to add your own notes or context

Alternatively, from any analysed document, open the DLA Extracts tab.

Using extracts in your DLA application

DLA extracts are not a substitute for writing your DLA form, they are source material. When you are completing the DLA form, use the extracts as:

1. Confirmation: evidence that professionals have documented the needs you are describing
2. Wording: professional language that reinforces your own descriptions
3. References: you can note in the DLA form that a specific professional's report supports a particular claim

The DLA Helper section of this guide explains in detail how to use extracts alongside the guided DLA questions.

Dismissing extracts

If SENVault has flagged something that is not relevant to DLA, for example, a sentence about educational provision that mentions "supervision" in a different sense, you can dismiss it. Dismissed extracts are hidden from the main view but not deleted.