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Let's talk about anxiety

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Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal emotion - it's one of our body's natural reactions to stress.

For young people, some level of anxiety is normal as they grow up and learn to navigate the world.

However, it's important that they have the tools to manage feelings of anxiety, and can tell the difference between normal emotions and more severe anxiety which is interfering with their everyday life.

The 'Let's talk about anxiety' animation, and accompanying resources for school staff, will help students aged 11 to 13 to normalise, understand and manage anxious feelings.

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Let's talk about anxiety: animation and teacher toolkit

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The Let's talk about anxiety animation and resource toolkit helps students aged 11 to 13 to normalise, understand and manage anxious feelings.

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Autism Central  -England's Peer Education Programme

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Autism Central  -England's Peer Education Programme

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Autism Central - England's Peer Education Programme

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Autism Central offers a wealth of resources for parents, carers and personal assistants of autistic people in England - from articles and learning materials to signposting you to services and support in your local area.

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The neurodiversity support hub is an advice service offering support, signposting and guidance about a whole range of things relating to ADHD and Autism. The phones are answered by a team of parents and carers of neurodivergent children and young people and your child doesn't need a diagnosis for you to use this service.

What kind of things can we help with?

We can:

Explain more about neurodiversity and what it means

Signpost you to the right support

Provide strategies you can use to support your child's development or behaviour

We can help with questions you may have about: We can't help with:

Recommending private assessors

Updates to EHCPs

Fast-tracking assessment or letting you know where you are on the waiting list

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Your guide to ADHD and autism support in Hertfordshire and information about the Neurodiversity Hub support service. Our animation is a speedy guide to the types of support available to you in every aspect of your family's lives.

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Mrs FitzGerald is our in-house Assessments Officer. If you have any queries, please contact her on; afitzgerald@stgeorges.herts.sch.uk
or 01582 716244

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special educational needs and disabilities

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The Local Offer lets parents and young people know what special educational needs and disabilities services are available in Hertfordshire, and who can access them.

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Emotionally Based School Avoidance Guidance for Parents

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Emotionally Based School Avoidance Guidance for Parents

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If you need any support, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our SENDCo is Miss Linsell. She can be contacted on tlinsell@stgeorges.herts.sch.uk.

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https://www.hertssendiass.org.uk/about-us.aspx

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We are trained by IPSEA through the National IASS network. Each of our team members complete 90 hours of accredited legal training, so that we can give you information based on legislation rather than local policy.

Our team members

Karen Edwards - Service Manager

Jane Swift - Adviser

Tanya Dance - Lead Information Officer

Kaylie Wildash - Lead Information Officer

Simone Stevens - Information Officer

June Anderson - Information Officer

Charlotte Survilla - Information Officer

Bianca Allsop - Information Officer

Hazel Gostling - Helpline Information Officer

Glenn Pantelli - Helpline Information Officer

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We are trained by IPSEA through the National IASS network. Each of our team members complete 90 hours of accredited legal training, so that we can give you information based on legislation rather than local policy.

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Regulations and Guidance - JCQ Joint Council for Qualifications

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Exams Office " Access Arrangements, Reasonable Adjustments and Special Consideration " Regulations and Guidance

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...gather examples showing your child's difficulties. That could include:

school work and homework, school reports, test results

details of support they may have had at a previous school.

...write a list of your concerns. That might cover:

school work and behaviour at school

concentration, physical skills, relationships

behaviour and mood at home.

...write down any questions. For example:

What assessments have the school done to find out about my child's difficulties?

What extra help does my child get?

How do you measure my child's progress? Is he/she making the progress you'd expect?

What can I do at home to help my child?

...check the school's SEND Local Offer - the school or education provider's SEN provision information, reports and/or policies should be on their website.

Create an SEN support plan

The SENCO will work with you to identify your child's needs and create a support plan. That includes what goals your child will work towards, who will work with your child and exactly how the school will support.

You should get a copy of the plan in writing.

If the school or education provider needs additional help to support your child, they can request support from specialist education and health services, for example, educational psychology or speech and language therapy.

School puts the plan into action

Your child's teacher will often work with teaching assistants or specialist staff to put the plan into action. Everyone working with your child should be made aware of their needs and the plan's aims.

Review progress

You'll agree when to review your child's progress against the plan. You should meet at least 3 times a year (in addition to parents evenings).

The school or education provider should provide a progress report every year.

Next steps

If your child hasn't made reasonable progress, or you're unhappy with the support, it'll be important to agree what should happen next.

Sometimes it helps to involve other professionals in further assessment.

Your child's needs might have changed or the support needs to change.

If your child's needs can't be met by SEN support, the next step might be to seek an education, health and care needs assessment. That will identify whether an education, health and care plan is required.
More about Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)

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