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A variety of guides and templates with regards to exclusion can be found on Ambitious About Autism's website by clicking here. School admissions, children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs by the Council for Disabled Children. The admissions system is designed to make sure that all children can exercise their right to education and that they all have the same opportunity to attend a good school that makes appropriate provision for them.
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Finding the right information about Care and Treatment Reviews CTRs is something many families have told us they struggled with. As part of our Stronger Together work, we have worked with families who have tonnes of personal experience of CTRs and we are so grateful that a team of them have spent hours for us putting this Guide together. You can access the Guide below, by clicking here. We hope it helps to alleviate any queries people may have about what we do and what to call us for. Statutory guidance on the exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units.
To access the document titled: Exclusion from maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units in England click here. Guidance to support advocates in challenging decisions or actions with or on behalf of individuals. To have a read click here. The Law Society has published a practical guide on the law on deprivation of liberty for Under 18's. The deprivation of liberty safeguards are there to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our health and care systems.
It is essential that any restrictions on their day-to-day lives are demonstrably proportionate and in their best interests. To view the guide, click here. There is no legal obligation to send your child to school however if you choose not to do this then you must provide a suitable education at home. For more information please click here. To view our Factsheet please click here. Parent support groups can be a great way to meet other parents and carers whose experiences may be similar to yours and for you to share practical and emotional support. To read our full article please click here.
For most people it will be a single monthly payment, which merges together some of the benefits and tax credits payments that they might be getting now. Most Children and Young People enjoy going to the cinema but for a number of reasons it can sometimes be difficult for them to go. To make this activity a little more accessible and enjoyable for your child or young person, we have created an article with some suggestions and tips. To read the article, click here. The Fragile X Society have produced an easy read guide which looks at various aspects of Fragile X, providing an overview of its characteristics.
It also includes some practical strategies for managing anxiety, making friends, and learning. To download the document, click here or call For many children with dysgraphia, tasks like holding a pencil and organising letters on a line are difficult. They may also struggle with spelling and with processing their thoughts and writing them down.
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However, if their needs are quite complex then you can also ask for them to go to a special school. If you do not currently have a statement in place — or will be applying for the new EHCP once they come in to affect — please see our Educational Terms Explained here and Independent Advice: In the Statement — and eventually the EHCP — there will be a blank section for you to say what school you want your child to go to either mainstream or special , or how you want them to be educated out of school.
Your local council must agree to send your child to the school you want as long as:. When choosing a school for your child we would recommend visiting any potential schools and asking any questions that you think may be important. Visiting a number of schools will help you to get a good view of the provisions that may be available for your child — and which school may suit their needs best. If you are not sure where to start or what questions to ask the schools you would like to visit then this booklet will help you get started, click here.
This page details all the maintained provision in Hampshire; including mainstream, resourced units in mainstream schools and special schools: The current Special Educational Needs Code of practice can be found at: An easy read, free to download guide explaining anxiety, it's symptoms and how to stop it from seriously impacting on your life. To view the guide click here. It uses the iPad as a musical instrument together with specially composed backing tracks.
Click here for more information. There are specific health issues that some people with Downs Syndrome should have monitored and reviewed by their GP. Click here to download your Health Book. It is recognised that children and young people with SEND are more likely to be excluded from school than their peers but there is still some confusion around the way that these exclusions are used and the legalities of a child or young person not being able to attend school.
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Exclusion is the most extreme sanction available to a head teacher. To read our full Factsheet please click here. Dosh have created a series of factsheets for family carers who are involved in managing money for a relative and these can be downloaded for free by clicking here. You can view it here. A child who does not sleep well can affect the whole family.
Parents can be left exhausted, unable to think clearly and struggling to cope with their daily activities. The child can be left feeling either tired or over-active, both signs of lack of sleep. To download the guide, click here. This is a guide for disabled people thinking about studying in higher education starting September It deals with common questions such as whether the college or university will be accessible, how to choose a course and what support will be available.
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To view this guide please click here. Arranged into local authority areas, the Guide provides contact details for Inclusive Fitness Initiative IFI Facilities, sports clubs and local sports development and governing body officers. This will ensure that the people close to the child can intervene at an early stage with simple measures to help them poo.
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This guide focuses on young people who are preparing for adulthood — those aged who will be transferring from a statement of special educational needs SEN or are receiving support at college following a Learning Difficulty Assessment LDA. To view the full report please click here. Mencap have produced a guide for parents with learning disabilities, explaining changes to the special educational needs and disabilities SEND system.
To view the guide please click here. You will find this guide useful if you are a parent and you want to understand how the changes will affect you and your child. It has been jointly developed by the Department for Education and Mencap, with help from parents and young people with learning disabilities. An easy-read guide for children and young people is also available Please click here to view.
Guide for children and young people with learning disabilities on changes to the special needs educational and disability SEND system. You will find this guide useful if you are a child or young person and you want to understand how the changes will affect you and your family. This guide has been jointly developed by the Department for Education and Mencap, with help from parents and young people with a learning disability.
An easy-read guide for parents is also available to view please click here. My Aspergers Child have created a letter or email that you can send to relatives and hosts of holiday gatherings who might need a crash course in what to expect from your Aspergers or high functioning autism child. To copy or print the letter, please click here. A reminder that Making it Personal: The tools are full of exemplars and case studies to give real life examples of how personal budgets can work in practice and how to get the best out of the new system. They have also created a new set of e-learning modules to support the tools.
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It offers young people five powerful diary entries and short stories that aim to raise awareness of bullying and give readers a greater understanding of what life is like for other children: For more information and to download the free series click here. The information provided by the local offer should be clear, easy to understand and parents and carers should be able to access this without difficulty.
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Sense has produced a new information pack for hospital staff supporting multi-sensory impaired children in hospital. Because of their limited sight and hearing - often combined with other disabilities - they can easily become frightened and disorientated. The new information pack explains what is meant by multi-sensory impairment - and how it affects children and their families. It offers practical tips and ideas to help make the hospital stay less stressful and includes resources for staff who want to know more. The booklet is available for download and would be of interest to all hospital and community medical and support staff and to parents.
To download a copy of the booklet, please click here. On this page, other resources are available for parents to use to help hospital staff understand the needs of their child. If you do not have access to the internet, call The Children's Sleep Charity is the only charity in England and Wales who offer sleep support to families using a cognitive and behavioural approach.
They work in close partnership with the medics at Sheffield Children's Hospitals sleep unit to ensure that the work that they carry out is clinically safe. Many of their practitioners are also parents of children with disabilities who have previously suffered from sleep deprivation so have true empathy for the families that they work with. They have produced a booklet which can be downloaded free of charge, please contact them on or email info thechildrenssleepcharity.
For more information on the charity, please click here to view their website. In collaboration with Mencap, they have produced guides which are accessible for both parents and children with a learning disability. To view the child's guide click here. To view the parents guide click here. Wizzybug is a fun and innovative powered wheelchair designed specifically for children under five. Even those as young as 14 months can operate its simple controls, allowing them to zip around with their peers, developing spatial awareness, social interaction and independence.
The Wizzybug addresses the needs of children with conditions such as cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, spina bifida and muscular dystrophy. They are now available on loan, free of charge, to disabled children in mainland UK for as long as the child can benefit. To start the application process, please contact Designability's Occupational Therapist, Rae Baines on who will work with you and your referring therapist to determine if Wizzybug would be suitable for your child. Do you know your rights to requesting flexible working? Parents, and other people who combine work with caring for dependants, have some specific rights protected by law.
These include various types of leave and the right to be considered for flexible working. To view the guide click on the link below or call their helpline Other printed guides available from their helpline and website are: The guide aims to give people the information they need to understand banking, know what they should be getting and know how to ask for it. This guide will help everyone to get past these problems by knowing what to say and what they should be getting, so that they can work together to find solutions.
Along with the full guide, there is a short help sheet for you to take with you on trips to the bank as a quick reminder. For full details, please visit the website here. You can find the guide here and helpsheet here. The guide explains some of the reasons why parents learn BSL and outlines the support that might be available to them from their local authority. It also describes the barriers some parents have faced in learning BSL and how access could be improved through the forthcoming Special Educational Needs reforms.
The report contains examples from around England of NHS Continuing Health Care teams and people from specialist learning disability services working together to better integrate health and care support for individuals. For more information and to read the report, please click here to visit the TLAP website. The LAD will provide information about many local issues including support groups, activities, schools, employment, housing, developments taking place across SHIP and neighbouring counties.
It also has clear and simply written autism research articles to help people stay up to date with new approaches and helpful information. It is very much a combined and joint approach to give information and support to people with, and connected to, autism. Jewish Blind and Vision Impaired Community.
A Facebook group for Jewish people who are blind, vision impaired and their families. A group for networking, sharing information, discussion and advocacy in the Jewish community. The publication sponsored by Tough Furniture explores the impact that challenging behaviour can have on a person with autism or learning disabilities and offers a variety of ways that it can be mitigated and reduced. It is a first-hand account of the different challenges and worries he faced making the transition from school, and the support he has received along the way.
To view and download "Doing Sport Differently" click here. To read about, and purchase a copy of, "Holidays in the British Isles" click here. The books are used for visual support to create a calmer environment and help manage daily routines and activities which can often result in difficult situations. These resources offer the latest thinking, support, information and empirically-validated research to the children's sector workforce. You can find a downloadable copy of the guide near the bottom the page here. This guide explains how to go about getting direct payments and how they work in practice.
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You can access the list by clicking here If you are over 19 and no longer eligible for a Gateway card, you can find information on what a a Yellow Card is and how to apply by clicking here The local offer has a lot of information on Gateway and Yellow cards, as well as an abundance of information on short break providers, education and childcare, respite, and much more.
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This guide will help you work out if you should challenge the decision, as well as show you how to do it and win" To access this guide click here. Variety of Exclusion Resources In July, the government released new exclusions guidance. School Admissions Guide School admissions, children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs by the Council for Disabled Children. Your Guide to Getting Justice for all Unlawfully Excluded Children 'Ambitious about Autism have been working closely with the government since to influence the new Children and Families Act and make sure it considered the rights of children and young people with autism.
Statutory Guidance on School Exclusion Statutory guidance on the exclusion of pupils from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units. Guidance to Support Advocates in Challenging Decisions Voice Ability have created a useful booklet: Guidance to support advocates in challenging decisions or actions with or on behalf of individuals To have a read click here.
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Into Higher Education This is a guide for disabled people thinking about studying in higher education starting September NHS Care Guide NHS Choices has produced a guide to care and support for people who have care and support needs, their carers and people who are planning for their future care needs. Social Care in England: Childcare for families with disabled children. Hampshire Care Act Advocacy. Sport Hampshire Disability Guide Arranged into local authority areas, the Guide provides contact details for Inclusive Fitness Initiative IFI Facilities, sports clubs and local sports development and governing body officers.
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