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Advice about parenting a child with SEND.

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SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) resources, activities and support to help parents support their family.

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Useful information and support for parents/carers

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Raising a child or young person with special needs in Cambridgeshire? Pinpoint offers useful information for parent carers.

Can't find the information you need? Contact us and we'll put you in touch with experts and advisors who can help.

SEND Jargon Buster

Finding your way around the world and language of special needs and specialist services can be a challenge for parent carers and professionals! Here's a link to a very useful resource that lists some of the jargon and explains it in plain English:

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Raising a child or young person with special needs in Cambridgeshire? Pinpoint offers useful information for parent carers. Can't find the information you need? Contact us and we'll put you in touch with experts and advisors who can help.

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It's against the law for a school or other education provider to treat disabled students unfavourably. This includes:

direct discrimination, for example refusing admission to a student or excluding them because of disability

indirect discrimination, for example only providing application forms in one format that may not be accessible

discrimination arising from a disability, for example a disabled pupil is prevented from going outside at break time because it takes too long to get there

harassment, for example a teacher shouts at a disabled student for not paying attention when the student's disability stops them from easily concentrating

victimisation, for example suspending a disabled student because they've complained about harassment

Reasonable adjustments

An education provider has a duty to make 'reasonable adjustments' to make sure disabled students are not discriminated against. These changes could include providing extra support and aids (like specialist teachers or equipment).

Schools are not subject to the reasonable adjustment duty to make alterations to physical features, like adding ramps. They must make the buildings accessible for their disabled pupils as part of their overall planning duties.

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

All publicly funded pre-schools, nurseries, state schools and local authorities must try to identify and help assess children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

If a child has an an education, health and care (EHC) plan or a statement of special educational needs, these must be reviewed annually. From year 9 the child will get a full review to understand what support they will need to prepare them for adulthood.

Higher education

All universities and higher education colleges should have a person in charge of disability issues that you can talk to about the support they offer.

You can also ask local social services for an assessment to help with your day-to-day living needs.

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Find out about protection for disabled people from discrimination at work, in education or dealing with the police

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Children with speech, language and communication needs may have difficulties with speech and/or expressive and receptive language. These can include difficulties with fluency, forming sounds and words, formulating sentences, understanding what others say and using language socially. SLCN can occur in childhood as a primary difficulty or secondary to other developmental conditions such as autism.

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Great ideas for speech and language.

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Our Speech and Language Therapy Toolkit contains advice, activities and general resources to help with the development of children and young people's speech, language and communication skills. Not all the advice will be appropriate for your child, and we recommend discussing the advice with a speech and language therapist, health professional or education practitioner.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the Toolkit, please email Andrea Arnold andrea.arnold@nhs.net - we would love to hear from you and we are continually responding to feedback.

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Our Speech and Language Therapy Toolkit contains advice, activities and general resources to help with the development of children and young people's speech, language and communication skills. Not all the advice will be appropriate for your child, and we recommend discussing the advice with a speech and language therapist, health professional or education practitioner.

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Support for learning difficulties may be required for children who learn at a slower pace than their peers, even with appropriate differentiation.
Learning difficulties cover a range of needs, including moderate learning difficulties (MLD), severe learning difficulties (SLD) and profound multiple learning difficulties (PMLD).

Specific learning difficulties (SpLD) affect one or more specific aspects of learning. This encompasses a range of conditions such as Dyslexia and Dyscalculia. This also includes Dyspraxia (see physical and sensory section).

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Use your Cambridgeshire library card to borrow children's audiobooks for free.

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Children eAudiobooks | Cambridgeshire Libraries - BorrowBox

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Ideas for encouraging reluctant readers at home.

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Information about Dyscalculia.

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Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with mathematics. It will be unexpected in relation to age, level of education and experience and occurs across all ages and abilities.

Mathematics difficulties are best thought of as a continuum, not a distinct category, and they have many causal factors. Dyscalculia falls at one end of the spectrum and will be distinguishable from other maths issues due to the severity of difficulties with number sense, including subitising, symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude comparison, and ordering. It can occur singly but often co-occurs with other specific learning difficulties, mathematics anxiety and medical conditions.

(BDA Definition)

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Dyscalculia - British Dyslexia Association

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What is Dyscalculia? Dyscalculia is a specific and persistent difficulty in understanding numbers which can lead to a diverse range of difficulties with...

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Children may experience a wide range of social and emotional difficulties which manifest themselves in many ways. These may include becoming withdrawn or isolated, as well as displaying challenging or disruptivebehaviour. These behaviours may reflect underlying mental health difficulties such as anxiety or depression, self-harming or physical symptoms that are medically unexplained. Other children and young people may have disorders such as ADHD.

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The UK's leading charity for children's mental health.

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It's okay to reach out for help. Your situation is unique and no parent has all the answers. We all need a little extra support sometimes, and we hear from parents and carers just like you all the time.

So, if you're worried about the mental health and wellbeing of a child or young person up to the age of 25, you can chat to us by phone, email or webchat.

Our Parents Helpline is also accessible for those who are hard of hearing or speak English as an additional language. If English is not your first or preferred language, we can arrange for a language translator to support you on a call with one of our helpline advisers. Or if you would like to use our webchat or email service, we offer a digital translation service.

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Parents Mental Health Support | Advice for Your Child

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Practical tips, advice and where you can get help if your child or teenager is struggling with their mood, feelings, or their behaviour seems different.

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Parent information and advice.

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Cambridgshire Speech and language therapy services

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A children's communication charity - UK wide

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Android apps for dyslexia/literacy difficulties

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Android apps for dyslexia/literacy difficulties

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Ipad apps for dyscalculia/maths difficulties

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Ipad apps for dyscalculia/maths difficulties

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Children with physical and/or sensory needs includes children with sensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments or multi-sensory impairments and physical difficulties which may require ongoing support and specialist equipment.

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Video outlining key features.

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Dyslexia Awareness Part 1: Module 1 - About Dyslexia

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This website provides ideas for therapeutic activities to help your child develop their fine motor skills.

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Site provides information to parents on activities they can do at home with their child to develop fine motor skills, self help skills, pre writing skills, handwriting, sensory processing and other developmental skills needed for success in school.

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Parent information and resources
https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk/cambridgeshire-children%27s-occupational-therapy

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To find what you need simply use the search bar above or click on any of the picture tiles below. If you would find it useful, click the link to view our 'how to use this site' video. Please remember If you can't find the help you need you can call us 0300 029 50 50 Option 3.
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To find what you need simply use the search bar above or click on any of the picture tiles below. If you would find it useful, click the link to view our 'how to use this site' video. Please remember If you can't find the help you need you can call us 0300 029 50 50 Option 3.

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Your child may struggle with clothing, particularly school uniform. due to their sensory needs. Below you will find a range of websites which cater for this and look to provide suitable alternatives.

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Adaptive Clothing for Kids | Assisted Dressing | M&S

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Discover adaptive clothing for kids in our easy dressing range. You'll find carefully crafted garments and soft cotton materials in the range at M&S

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The local offer will develop and improve over time in response to feedback and consultation with parents, carers, children and young people and partners.

Services included in our local offer are developed as part of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and joint commissioning arrangements. Please visit our joint commissioning page for more information, including how decisions about services are made.

What information is included in the local offer?

how early years providers, schools and colleges identify and support children with SEND

specialist services that support children and young people with SEND

childcare and funding

health services and support

Education, Health and Care assessments and plans and personal budgets

school and college transport

schools and college funding for children and young people with SEND

how local services are planned and delivered (joint commissioning)

strategies and plans for supporting children with SEND

Service and support directory

Young offenders and young people released from custody

Support for young offenders and young people released from custody with SEND is coordinated by the Youth Offending Service (YOS). If a young person is in custody, the YOS Education, Training and Employment Co-ordinator will ensure that a copy of their latest statement or Education Health and Care (EHC) Plan is sent securely to the relevant institution.

Prior to a young person being released from custody, the YOS team will contact the education department of the secure estate to ensure the right kind of support is provided for a good resettlement and smooth transition into education or training within the community.

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SENDIASS offer information, advice and support for parents of children with SEND.
The service is free, impartial and confidential.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/children-and-families/local-offer/local-offer-care-and-family-support/send-information-advice-and-support-service-sendiass

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The Parent Partnership Service providing Cambridgeshire's SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) offers impartial and confidential information, advice and support to parents and carers who have a child or young person with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability or have concerns that their child has special educational needs. They also offer impartial and confidential information, advice and support to young people and children with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability or who have concerns they may have special educational needs.

SENDIASS can help you with

Confidential support and someone to talk to in confidence

Advice and information about special educational needs

Independent Support for children, young people and families as Statements are transferred to EHC Plans

Preparing for meetings with your child's school or with professionals who are working with your child

Information on your rights and responsibilities as a parent, children's rights and SEN law and guidance

Information about local support groups and voluntary organisations

Childcare Specialist Information Adviser

If you need help with finding a childcare place for your child, contact the Family and Childcare Information helpline on 0345 045 1360. You may be put in touch with the specialist childcare adviser. The Childcare Specialist Information Adviser helps parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs or Disabilities (SEND) find childcare. Childcare covers things like nursery places, child minders, preschool and after school clubs as well as holiday clubs. Finding childcare can be more difficult if your child has SEND. The Childcare Specialist Information Adviser will work with you to help you find childcare for your son or daughter.

Videos, policies, reports and information leaflets

Four videos about the SENDIASS service

SEND Tribunal videos

Cambridgeshire SENDIASS, along with other SENDIASS in the Eastern Region, have been working with Suffolk to produce videos for parents providing information and advice about appealing to SEND Tribunal. The first two series are now available.

Where any reference is made to Suffolk SENDIASS or departments you should refer to Cambridgeshire SENDIASS - contact details are at the bottom of this page.

SENDIASS information leaflets

SEND Information, Advice and Support (SENDIASS)
Cambridgeshire County Council, ALC2630, New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, PE28 4YE

Email - sendiass@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Confidential helpline open during term times: 01223 699 214

Outside of term time please leave a message as a small number of staff are available to answer queries but it will take time for them to respond to your enquiry.

SENDIASS was previously called Parent Partnership.

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SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)

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The Parent Partnership Service providing Cambridgeshire's SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) offers impartial and confidential information, advice and support to parents and carers who have a child or young person with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability or have concerns that their child has special educational needs.

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What is an Information, Advice and Support (IAS) service?

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Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (known as IPSEA) is a registered charity (number 327691) operating in England. IPSEA offers free and independent legally based information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
https://www.ipsea.org.uk

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(IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

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The pandemic has seriously affected IPSEA's ability to fund our advice and support services

If you want to make a real difference to children and young people's lives, then volunteering with us could be for you

All the fundraising inspiration you need to get started, helping us to support even more families of children with SEND

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(IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

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The pandemic has seriously affected IPSEA's ability to fund our advice and support services If you want to make a real difference to children and young people's lives, then volunteering with us could be for you All the fundraising inspiration you need to get started, helping us to support even more families of children with SEND

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Welcome to The Bellbird Primary School's SEND padlet. Here we aim to provide you all of the information you may need to support your child.

For any further information please contact us on office@thebellbird.cambs.sch.uk

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Adaptive Clothing For Kids | Adaptive School Uniform | George at ASDA

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Discover adaptive clothing & school uniform for kids, featuring soft seams, elasticated waistbands & easy-close fastenings to support independent dressing.

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Mrs Waddingham has been SENDCo since September 2020.