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Rothwell Cluster are another service that may be able to offer your family more support. This could be through family support, 1:1 counselling sessions for your children or signposting you to further support. If you are interested in this, please speak to Mrs Bown or Miss Potton.

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Our SEND coffee morning (27/2/24)

A huge thank you too all that attended our SEN coffee morning! What a fantastic turn out! We received lots of positive feedback and we look forward to planning our next one. We had the pleasure of meeting Shelly from SEND Navigators and Debbie and Tracey from our Rothwell cluster- their advice and information was valuable.

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Quick Guide Specific Learning Difficulty Dyslexia

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This is an short video that explains Dyslexia for both adults and children. This is something we have shared as a whole school during our Dyslexia awareness assembly.

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Please find a family friendly guide to explain some of the ways we support children in school with Dyslexia.

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Please find our schools SEND policy giving detail to what we offer to children with SEND in school.

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Miss Potton is our learning mentor. She works alongside Mrs Bown to support children across school with their learning needs, SEMH needs as well as other needs. She leads many interventions across school such as Thrive, The Emotional Well-being hub and Seasons for Growth.

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As a school, we buy in Speech and Language Therapy support from Sunrise Speech and Language Therapy. Our therapist is called Linda Gilmour. Linda is in school one full day each fortnight. If you feel your child needs support with their speech and language needs, please speak to their class teacher who will ask you to sign a parental consent form to allow Linda to work with your child.

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The Leeds Local Offer provides information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers in a single place. It shows families what they can expect from a range of local agencies including education, health and social care.

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The Leeds Local Offer provides information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their parents or carers in a single place. It shows families what they can expect from a range of local agencies including education, health and social care.

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https://leedslocaloffer.org.uk/#!/directory

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https://www.mindmate.org.uk/im-a-parent-or-carer/

Mindmate is a service that is there to support young people in Leeds to find help and support for there mental health and emotional well-being. If you have concerns about your child's mental health, please look through the website for further support.

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Whether toddlers or teenagers, children can need emotional support - and for many reasons, too. If you’re a parent or carer, we have resources which might help.

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If your child has been given a diagnosis of autism, school can refer to the STARS team for advice to ensure your child is being supported in the best possible way.

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STARS - the Autism specialist support service

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STARS - the Autism specialist support service

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STARS are a team of autism specialists who offer advice and training to mainstream settings. They work in early years settings, primary schools and secondary schools.

STARS are committed to raising expectation and achievement for all children with autism in Leeds. They aim to ensure that quality support and provision is in place for every child.

STARS are accredited by the National Autistic Society.

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As stated in the SEND Code of Practice, all teachers are teachers of SEND. Here at Rothwell Primary School we whole-heartedly believe this statement. We thrive to ensure that all children's needs are catered for in order for them to reach their potential. So you could say that all our teachers and learning support assistants are part of our SEND team. Please call on class teachers to discuss any concern you may have about your child.

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My name is Lindsey Bown and I am proud to be the Inclusion Manager at Rothwell Primary School.

I am extremely passionate about ensuring that all of our children receive the very best; in order to ensure they are able to REACH their potential.

We are proud of our inclusive ethos and of the quality of provision that we are able to offer our children in terms of supporting their SEND and SEMH needs. We recognise that all children are individuals, with different wants and needs and we strive to meet these diverse needs.

Within my role of Inclusion Manager, I am the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Designated Child Protection Officer, Attendance Manager and Pastoral/Social and Emotional Mental Health Leader. I am also the STARS (Specialist Training in Autism and Raising Standards) lead practitioner in school.

As Inclusion Manager, it is my job to ensure that the needs of individual children are being met first and foremost through adaptations within quality first teaching and, where appropriate, targeted support and intervention.

I work closely alongside class teachers, children, learning support staff and parents/carers as well as outside agencies in order to provide a child centred approach to best support the individual needs of our young people.

I am happy to discuss any concerns or support your child may require.

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Cygnet parent training is offered for parents with a primary school aged child with a diagnosis of autism .
For more information, please visit the 'Parents' tab on the STARS webpage: http://www.starsteam.org.uk/support-for-parents-of-children-with-autism

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We offer parent carer support through our free eLearning and workshops.

STARS bite-sized eLearning videos and resource packs for parents and carers are available, via Bite-sized parent eLearning videos | Leeds for Learning.

Free parent carer workshops 23/24:

9:45am - 11:15am
email SEND@leeds.gov.uk to book
Please be aware that due to unprecedented demand for these workshops, we are having to cap numbers attending and turn requests to attend down. Please do not book a place on a workshop unless you intend to take it up. If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend, please email STARS and let us know, so we can offer your place to someone else. Many thanks.

2023

Sept 8th Overview of the Autism Education Trust Making Sense of Autism Training (School Age)

Oct 6th Supporting children to use a symbol exchange system as part of their total communication

Nov 10th Emotionally Based School Avoidance and Autism

Dec 1st A basic introduction to Intensive Interaction

2024

Jan 12th Developing confidence and independence in the community

Feb 2nd Anxiety driven work avoidance

March 1st Neurodiversity in the Early Years

April 19th Transition: Supporting key transition stages from Early Years to Adulthood

May 3rd Visual supports in the home

June 7th Understanding and supporting play and interaction in the Early Years

July 5th Relationships, sex, and consent

Please refer to our flyer for more details on workshops above - to book email SEND@leeds.gov.uk

Useful Resources

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STARS Autism support - Support for Parent Carers - Leeds

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STARS are a team of autism specialists who offer advice and training to mainstream settings. We work in early years settings, primary schools and secondary schools.

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Sunrise Speech and Language Therapy leaflet for parents

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Sunrise Speech and Language Therapy leaflet for parents

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STARS also offer a 'drop-in' service which schools and parents/carers can access to have a conversation with a member of the STARS team to discuss a child with or without a diagnosis. Please find more information about this on the STARS website by clicking the link above.

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Our Drop-in advice clinics are usually run twice a month (term time only). This is currently taking place via telephone or video consultation, from 9:45am - 12:00pm. If you would like to request an appointment please contact the STARS Team on starsteam@leeds.gov.uk. /media/DROP-IN Flyer 2022-23.docx

The drop-in dates for 2022 - 2023 academic year are:

Wednesday 21st September 2022

Friday 7th October

Wednesday 19th October

Friday 4th November

Wednesday 16th November

Friday 2nd December

Wednesday 14th December

Friday 6th January 2022

Wednesday 18th January

Friday 3rd February

Friday 3rd March

Wednesday 15th March

Wednesday 21st April

Friday 5th May

Wednesday 17th May

Friday 9th June

Wednesday 21st June

Friday 7th July

Wednesday 19th July

Professionals and parents/carers are welcome to attend our Virtual Drop-in and book telephone/video appointments.

Drop-in Training Workshops:. 9:45am - 11:00am

Oct 7th Early Years AET Tier 1

Oct 7th School Aged AET Tier 1

Nov 4th Students Voice

Dec 2nd Understanding Sensory & Emotional Development

Jan 6th Using PECS at home. Stage 1 & 2

Feb 3rd Autism & Emotional Well-Being

March 3rd Introduction to Intensive Interaction

April 21st Transition Early Years - Adulthood

May 5th Diagnosis Acceptance & Awareness

June 9th E-Safety

July 7th Autism and LGBTQIA

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Our Drop-in advice clinics are usually run twice a month (term time only). This is currently taking place via telephone or video consultation, from 9:45am - 12:00pm. If you would like to request an appointment please contact the STARS Team on starsteam@leeds.gov.uk.

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As part of the educational psychology offer, they provide consultation / problem solving sessions between school and families. School may suggest this as tool to support your child.