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What is Autism and ADHD?

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More than 1 in 100 people are autistic. Being autistic affects people in different ways. It can bring strengths but also some challenges that can impact on how comfortable, healthy and happy you feel.

Typical signs of Autism include:

Difficulty talking to or being around other people

Having unusual interests or interests that are more intense than others

Sensitivity to certain tastes, textures, noises etc.

Preferring to follow the rules

Attention to detail

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Northumberland's SEND local offer is here to help you to find the right support for children, young people and adults aged 0-25 years

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Northumberland’s SEND local offer is here to help you to find the right support for children, young people and adults aged 0-25 years.

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Family Hubs are spaces to meet, learn, take part in fun activities and access help and information. They provide support to parents and carers at their network of Family Hubs across Northumberland.

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Family Hubs in Northumberland, previously Sure Start Children’s Centres

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Family Hubs Northumberland, previously known as Sure Start Children’s Centres, are spaces to meet, learn, take part in FREE activities and access help and information. We’re here to support parents and carers of children or young people between 0-19 years, or 25 with additional needs.

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• To share information about the role of CYPS, and the assessment process

• To provide families with details of local and national sources of support including Northumberland Graduated Response information.

• To offer advice and guidance to families/carers

• Commence assessment

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Northumberland Supporting Families Partnership aims to help families facing problems, by providing thorough intensive support through existing services.

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How do I know whether my information could be shared?
Families working with the partnership and that meet two or more of the criteria could have their information shared.

Please click here to see the 'how we may use your information' leaflet.

How are you using our information?
If your family is considered for support through the partnership, we may share your personal information (name, address, DOB, identification numbers if held) for research purposes only. These are used by the government to evaluate the effectiveness of the support.

How will it affect me?
It will not affect your benefits, services or treatments. Details will be provided in accordance with the law and will be anonymous once processed.

Why is my information being shared?
We share information to help us to improve future services. We use your information to find out how support can help families.

You can opt out of this arrangement by speaking to the worker supporting your family or telephone the Northumberland County Council contact centre on 03456 006400.

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How do I know whether my information could be shared? Families working with the partnership and that meet two or more of the criteria could have their information shared. Please click here to see the 'how we may use your information' leaflet. How are you using our information?

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What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

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What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

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Approximately 2.8% of the world’s population is affected by ADHD. Although ADHD is something that is present throughout life, many people start to develop their own strategies for coping in adulthood therefore the degree to which ADHD affects you often decreases as you get older.

Typical signs of ADHD include:

Difficulty concentrating

Being impulsive– doing things without thinking about them

Easily distracted

Poor memory

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We're here to help the 700,000 autistic people in the UK and their families. Be it running specialist schools, campaigning for improved rights or training companies on being more autism-friendly, we are dedicated to transforming lives and changing attitudes.

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We are the UKs leading charity for autistic people and their families. Since 1962, we have been providing support, guidance and advice, as well as campaigning for improved rights, services and opportunities to help create a society that works for autistic people.

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The Curly Hair Project is a social enterprise that supports people on the Autistic spectrum and the people around them, founded by Autistic author Alis Rowe. Alis has a 1st class degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree, she received a diagnosis of Aspergers at the age of 22. The Curly Hair Project uses things like animated films, comic strips and diagrams to make their work interesting and easy to understand. The project is also on all Social Media platforms which can be accessed via the website.

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MindEd: elearning to support young healthy minds

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MindEd: elearning to support young healthy minds

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MindEd is a free learning resource about the mental health of children, young people and older adults

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MindEd is suitable for all adults working with, or caring for, infants, children or teenagers, adults and older people, including people with a learning disability and autistic people; all the information provided is quality assured by experts, useful, and easy to understand. We aim to give adults who care for, or work with people:

the knowledge to support their wellbeing

the understanding to identify a child, young person or adult at risk of a mental health condition

the confidence to act on their concern and, if needed, signpost to services that can help

MindEd is multi-professional, and can be used by teachers, health and mental health professionals, police and judiciary staff, social workers, youth service volunteers, school counsellors among others to support their professional development.

All registered learners can access a learning path tailored to their needs.

Throughout the MindEd site we make use of images and videos. In all cases, except where specifically noted, these images and videos use actors and are not intended to represent any specific person.

Disclaimer

Please note that the advice provided on MindEd is written and quality assured by experts in mental health and is accurate and comprehensive as possible. It is however only general advice and should not be used as a substitute for any individual advice you might receive from consulting your own doctor/mental health professional. Please use your own judgement when deciding how best to apply our information to any specific situation or proposed treatment. This applies to any clinical professionals, who should use their own clinical judgement when interpreting the information on MindEd and deciding how to best apply it in the treatment of patients.

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MindEd is suitable for all adults working with, or caring for, infants, children or teenagers, adults and older people, including people with a learning disability and autistic people; all the information provided is quality assured by experts, useful, and easy to understand.

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The center provides a range of very practical "hands-on" services to children with autism, their parents, wider family, carers, and supporting professionals. It is the only one of its kind in the country. Currently offering a variety of free webinars about autism for families.

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The Toby Henderson Trust | Autism charity providing advice & support in Northumberland

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The Toby Henderson Trust is an independently funded charity supporting children and young adults with autism, their families, and carers in the North East.

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Pathways 4 All is a parent-led charity, providing play and leisure services for disabled children and young people, situated at the Tim Lamb Children’s Centre.  We support hundreds of disabled children/ young people and their families from across Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and Country Durham.

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Although we largely support families, we also work with a number of special schools in the area, in addition to a range of other local charities and community organisations that work with disabled children too.

Pathways 4 All offer a range of services including family-focused events and seasonal parties; supervised youth activities for children, teens and young adults, plus very popular Easter and Summer holiday playschemes.

Pathways 4 All also work with wider family members too, providing family carers with the opportunity to come together for parent-to-parent support at our regular term-time coffee mornings.

We know that having a disabled brother or sister can impact on family life, so we offer support to siblings through social activities just for them.

The majority of our services operated from our specialist play and leisure provision, the Tim Lamb Children's Centre.

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Welcome Making a Difference in Disabled Children's Lives Pathways 4 All is a parent-led charity, providing play and leisure services for disabled children and young people, situated at the Tim Lamb Children's

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This registered charity provides free zoom webinars on various topics to support your child with autism. They also offer more individualised support including a one-to-one session and 2 hour course for families based in Newcastle and North Tyneside. For young people  age 5 and under with a diagnosis or under the diagnostic pathway they also offer toddler groups around.

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A not-for-profit organisation supported by the Department for Education which offers a support programme to education professionals including training, practical tools and free resources to better support autistic children and young people aged 0-25.

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Helping you support autistic children and young people since 2007

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• Your child’s class teacher

• SENDCO

• School can access specialist advice from the local authority if needed

• Reasonable adjustments

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Be You Northumberland outlines the graduated response for emotional and mental health support in Northumberland.

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Welcome Event Presentation updated March 26

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Disability North is a registered charity promoting inclusion, independence and choice for disabled people and their families by providing information, advice and support on any aspect of disability.

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Disability North - Help and advice for disabled people

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Disability North is a registered charity (no. 514733) promoting inclusion, independence and choice for disabled people and their families by providing information, advice and support on any aspect of disability. Services are also provided for students or professionals working in...

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Autism Resources for children, adolescents, adults, parents and carers

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The Primary Mental Health Work service is an early intervention and prevention service. We help children and young people up to the age of 18. We also support their families and carers in Northumberland.

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Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Our Primary Mental Health Work service is an early intervention and prevention service. We help children and young people up to the age of 18. We also support their families and carers in Northumberland.
We support children and young people experiencing a range of emotional wellbeing and mental health problems such as:

Anxiety including panic, social anxiety and phobias

Habitual behaviours of an obsessive compulsive nature

Low mood and depression

Managing emotions and anger

Poor body image

Self-harm

Difficulty in adjusting to traumatic life events including parental separation, bereavement and bullying

Behavioural issues

Young people come and see us when:

The above issues are moderate in nature

It has not been resolved following initial help at school or at home

When it is having a significant impact on their day-to-day life.

We are also involved in improving mental health support in Northumberland schools as part of the Be you programme.

Treatment

Upon referral, we will carry out an initial assessment. This helps us to understand the nature of your difficulties. We can then identify the best support for you.

If we think our service can help, you may be eligible for treatments. This can vary depending on your personal needs.

It includes evidence-based support like self-help information and one-to-one advice. These will help to:

Challenge unhelpful thoughts

Increase your levels of activity

Help you find solutions through problem-solving and talking therapy. This can be either one-to-one, with parents or as a group.

Your care

Your appointment

After your referral, you will receive an offer of an initial appointment. This will take place over a video call and last around 45 minutes. You will receive instructions to join the call and the name of the clinician you will meet. This assessment appointment will give you the chance to discuss your concerns in detail. We will work with you to agree on what the best way of helping will be.

Your next appointment will offer a treatment appointment. The purpose of this appointment will be to agree on a care plan to inform your treatment and agree on goals to work on during your treatment.

You will always have time and the chance to ask questions. We want you to tell us if you do not understand. Or if you disagree with what we talk about.

Who you might meet

Our team consists of primary mental health workers. They come from a variety of professional backgrounds working with children and young people with moderate mental health needs. The PMHWs are trained to deliver a range of early intervention evidence-based interventions.

The team is also supported by an administration team.

Bringing someone to your appointment

It is very important that you feel supported during your treatment. If you are under 16, a parent/carer should come to the initial appointment. This means we can introduce ourselves and have a brief talk with them. You can then choose to speak alone. Or they can stay to support you.

Clinic details

After your first assessment, appointments can either be online or face-to-face. These would be at one of the below venues. We hold clinics Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. Your appointment could take place at one of these venues based on where you live.

Central: Ashington Family Hub, Newbiggin Family Hub, Bedlington Family Hub, Wansbeck Child Health

North: Alnwick Health Centre, Hadston Family Hub, Berwick Family Hub, Alnwick Family Hub

West: Dene Park House, Oaklands Health Centre, Ponteland Primary Care Centre, Hexham Family Hub

South East: Cramlington Health Centre, Blyth Family Hub

During term time, we can see you in school.

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Confidentiality

Everything you say to a member of staff will be confidential. The only exception is if they feel you or someone else is at risk of harm. If this happens, your PMHW worker will talk to you. They will tell you who they need to tell and what details will be shared.

Access to the service

GPs, school staff, social workers, and school public health nurses can refer you to our services. In Northumberland, you can self-refer by calling 01661 864588 or completing this form.

If we think your needs would be best met by another service, we will explain this to you. We will help you to access a more appropriate service. It helps us if you agree to this in your referral. This consent allows us to forward your referral to the best service for your needs.

Support for professionals

We provide advice and support to professionals including:

Telephone consultation and advice

Liaison through the multi-agency early help hub processes

Teaching and training on children's mental health for colleagues supporting children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Health or education professionals and social workers with concerns about a child or young person can get in touch by:

Calling 01661 864588 to book a consultation to discuss a possible referral

Using our service referral form (link)

Via the Northumberland Early Help Hub. Click here for the referral form.

We must have consent from the parent, carer or young person for all referrals.

Contact us

Contact us Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm at:
Ponteland Primary Care Centre,
Meadowfield,

Ponteland,

NE20 9SD

Telephone: 01661 864588

Email: PMHW@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk

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Online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous support for children aged 10 years to 25 years

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People

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YoungMinds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents, making sure all young people can get the mental health support they need.

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This can make normal activities such as learning, playing or simply experiencing the world a huge challenge. Through our research we offer solutions and advice to help these children and their families enjoy lives full of hope and discovery.

Research is the foundation for all our work

Whether we're providing an innovative solution to a problem or new research on an existing condition, we partner with our experts to produce research-driven, evidence-based services, advice and support.

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Cerebra - Working with you and your amazing child

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Cerebra is the national charity helping children with brain conditions and their families discover a better life together.

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Explore expert support and advice for every parenting challenge. Whether in calm or chaos, we guide parents and carers through the ups and downs.

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Mental Heath & Wellbeing Resource Hub - BBC Children in Need

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Cygnus Support have been providing mental health and well-being services to people in Northumberland for 40 years now. Support includes counselling, psychotherapy, education and training.

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Cygnus Support works with the Be You Programme to create better opportunities and mental health for Northumberland Communities.

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Our overall aim is to support parents, carers, education staff and other professional groups to understand how sensory processing can impact on daily life

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Children's Occupational Therapy Sensory Processing Service for children and young people living in Northumberland.

This service is delivered by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and is based at Wansbeck General Hospital.

Our overall aim is to support parents, carers, education staff and other professional groups to understand how sensory processing can impact on daily life.

The service will provide information on how to modify activities and the environment to support participation in activities of daily life for children and young people with sensory processing challenges.

Our amazing senses

Our senses help us to perceive the world and to interact with other people. We have five external senses; these are known as vision, taste, touch, smell and hearing. We have a further three internal senses which are less well known. These internal senses are vestibular, proprioception and interoception.

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What is Sensory Processing?

For most children the development of their sensory processing occurs as part of our typical development and they learn to respond appropriately to sounds, smells, movement etc.

We all have some sensory processing differences. For example, some of us like very strong tastes and smells and others avoid them. As long as we can manage to take part in the things we want and need to do these sensory processing differences don't matter.

For some children their sensory development is delayed or disordered, and they struggle to take part in everyday childhood activities. For example, they are so distressed by noise they can't go to a friend's party or they hit out when someone brushes up against them as they experience it as painful.

Meet the team

The team consists of a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist, Senior Occupational Therapist, and an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor.

Sandra

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Sandra graduated from Northumbria University as an Occupational Therapist in 2002. She has experience of working in acute physical and mental health settings before going on to specialise in Paediatrics in 2008.

She has completed further post graduate training in sensory processing and achieved a Master's degree in Developmental Disorders in 2018. Sandra has extensive experience of working with children and young people who have complex health and sensory needs and enjoys supporting individuals to achieve their full potential.

Karen

Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor

Karen started working for Northumbria Health Care in 2004. She has a wealth of experience in working in health care and recently transferred to Paediatrics as an Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor.

Her goal each day is to ensure she delivers high quality care to all the children and families with whom she works. Working in the Sensory Processing Service allows the opportunity to help children and families in the local area. She finds working in the sensory processing team very interesting and rewarding.

Who is this service for?

Children and young people who are experiencing day-to-day difficulties with processing sensory information can access Northumberland's Sensory Processing website for support, strategies, and information.

If additional support is required a referral can be made to the Occupational Therapy service where parents / carers will be offered an initial telephone consultation. Referrals to the service must be completed by an approved professional and meet the following service criteria:

The Service for any child or young person aged 0-18 years, or up to 19 years if still in full time education and living in Northumberland.

Registered with a Northumberland General Practitioner.

Parent/Carer consent has been obtained for the Referral.

Sensory Processing strategies have been trialled to help improve engagement in daily living activities but have not been fully successful and further support is required.

Sensory Processing challenges continue to have a significant and ongoing impact on mental health and/or physical wellbeing in relation to participating in daily living activities.

Children / young people who are receiving support from the Children and Young People's service (CYPS) who require sensory support may be redirected to CYPS to receive support around their sensory processing needs.

How to access?

Children, Young People and Parent/Carers can access sensory processing resource information and online workshops.

Northumberland Children's Occupational Therapy Service

Child Health Centre, Woodhorn Lane, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9JJ

01670 564050

Referral Form

To access a parent/carer telephone triage consultation a referral will need to be completed by an approved referrer into the service, such as:

Medical Staff - Paediatric Consultant or General Practitioner.

Health Professionals such as Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Community Nurse, Health Visitor or School Nurse.

Social Worker

High Incidence Needs Team (HINT)

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact the department on 01670 564050.

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About us - Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Sensory Processing Service

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Support and information for parents and carers of children and young people who experience difficulties with processing sensory information.

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Welcome to the Neurodevelopmental Assessment Pathway within Northumberland CYPS. Your child has been accepted for a neurodevelopmental assessment. Here you will find information of where you can access support, if needed, whilst you are waiting for this assessment.

What happens next?

Your child will be allocated a care coordinator in due course. This clinician will be your named point of contact and will organise your child’s assessment.

The allocation appointment will be the first appointment of the assessment.

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The Party: a virtual experience of autism – 360 film

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Have ADHD? Know someone with ADHD? Want to learn more? You're in the right place! Most weeks I post a new video with tips, tricks and insights into the ADHD brain. This channel is my ADHD toolbox -- a place to keep all the strategies I've learned about having and living with ADHD.

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We are a voluntary group of Northumberland parents and carers of children and young people (0 – 25) who have special educational needs and/or disabilities. We work in partnership with service commissioners and providers, sharing knowledge and experience, with the aim of supporting and enabling families within our community to access the services and give them a voice in developing the quality, range, and accessibility of this provision.

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Shout is the UK's first and only free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging service for anyone who is struggling to cope.

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Your messages with us are confidential and anonymous.

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If you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious or sad about what's going on in the news, know that you're definitely not alone. Here are some actions we can take to help us cope better through times like this.

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Online resources and support

However you're feeling right now, you don't have to face it alone. We're here to support you with your mental health.

Take a look at our resources, information and support, find further help or reach out to one of our volunteers.

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Shout - UK's 24/7 Crisis Text Service for Mental Health Support

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If any of your child's personal details change while you are waiting for a neurodevelopmental assessment, such as address, contact phone number, school and GP, please inform Northumberland CYPS via email on northumberlandcyps@cntw.nhs.uk.

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Northumberland Information, Advice and Support Service

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We are a free, confidential and impartial service for children and young people (up to 25 years) with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers.

The information, advice and support provided by the service covers the full range of education, health and social care as defined in the SEND Code of Practice 2015.  The service is run at 'arm's length' from the Local Authority.

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Northumberland Information, Advice and Support Service
Northumberland Information, Advice and Support Service is a free, confidential and impartial service for children and young people (up to 25 years) with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers.

The information, advice and support provided by the service covers the full range of education, health and social care as defined in the SEND Code of Practice 2015. The service is run at 'arm's length' from the Local Authority.

The support the service can offer includes:

Providing a listening ear and practical advice and support with understanding the SEND 'system'.

Information on a range of SEND topics.

Support with preparing for meetings.

Help with exploring the options for a child/young person's SEND provision.

Signposting to other services and groups, including parents group, youth forums and national helplines.

Support for individual children, young people and their parents that empowers them to express their views and wishes and helps them to understand and exercise their rights in matters including SEN processes, exclusion, complaints and SEND appeals.

Training for parents, children and young people, and professionals to increase their knowledge of SEND law, guidance, local policy, issues and participation.

Northumberland Information, Advice and Support Service
We are a self-referral service. Feel free to contact us:

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Frontline is a community project. It helps frontline workers and the public to quickly find details on local health and wellbeing services and to contact services through call back and referral options.

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Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 30 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.

We provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, we also offer expert training and professional qualifications.

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Place2Be is a children and young people's mental health charity with almost 30 years' experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.

We provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. In addition, we also offer expert training and professional qualifications.

Why it's important

1 in 5

children and young people have a probable mental health condition, and many continue to have these problems into adulthood.

50%

of those with lifetime mental health problems first experience symptoms by the age of 14.

1 in 10
boys aged 5-19 with a mental health condition are suspended in some form from school.

Find out more about our work

How we help

Mental health support in schools

Our in-school mental health service supports the wellbeing of pupils, families and staff.
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Our mental health services in schools

We provide mental health services in schools that contribute to a whole-school approach to mental health.
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Counselling training and placements

Gain experience and skills with our child counselling training and placements.
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Place2Be is part of our school family. It is more than an office, more than a therapy room and more than a collection of counsellors.

Glyn Ellis - Headteacher, Haslingden Primary School

My daughter had become a different person - one we didn't recognise - but since counselling we see signs of our old loving daughter coming back.

Parent

If you have problems or worries you get a chance to talk to a person you trust. When I grow up I want to help children like Place2Be helps children.

Eight-year-old girl

Your support makes it possible

Thousands of vulnerable children and families depend on our work every single day. We simply cannot reach them without your help. There are so many ways to lend your support.

Place2Be's counselling service in primary schools has the potential to return £8 to society by improving long-term outcomes for each child.

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Partner with us

See how your organisation can help us to support more children, families and school staff across the UK.

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Our impact

In the last school year

6,901

pupils were supported through one-to-one counselling.

33,327

pupils booked their own appointments o speak to our mental health professional.

After one-to-one counselling with Place2Be

76%

of children with severe difficulties show an improvement in mental health, according to parents.

64%

of pupils whose difficulties impacted their learning in class improved, according to teachers.

75%

of children and young people found it easier to make and keep friends, according to parents and carers.

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Eating Disorders in Children and Young People: a major public health concern

Clara Faria and Professor Tamsin Ford reflect on the impact of eating disorders on children and young people's mental health.

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New report from NHS England shows increase in children experiencing mental health difficulties

Published today, the report reveals that 1 in 5 children and young people now have a probable mental health condition.

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The BAFTA Roadshow with Place2Be arrives in North-West London

BAFTA and Place2Be team up to bring the BAFTA Roadshow to North-West London.

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Improving children's and young people's mental health - Place2Be

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Place2Be provides mental health counselling support and training to schools to improve the emotional wellbeing of children, young people, families, teachers and staff.

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SEND ParentCarer Peer Support Group Ashington (1)

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Online SEND Parent/Carer Peer Support Group

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Online SEND Parent/Carer Peer Support Group

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Based in Hexham and provide activities for children and young people aged up to 25 (no diagnosis needed) and also parent/carer support, workshops etc.

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Autism Family Drop In - Information sheet

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Have you found the information on the Padlet useful?

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Easily create surveys and polls to collect customer feedback, measure employee satisfaction, and organize team events.

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Autism Central for Parents and Carers | Autism Central

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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.