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SEND at Langtoft Parent Information Leaflet

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SEND at Langtoft Parent Information Leaflet

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A decent night's sleep will help children to learn more effectively and make them less susceptible to minor ailments,

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Advice and support related to children's physical health and wellbeing.

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We can help you by providing health advice and information about your baby, child or young person. To speak to a health professional in the team, please contact us on 01522 843000.

We work with midwives, GPs, social workers and other health professionals.

Our hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, excluding bank holidays, however if you leave a message out of hours we will contact you the following day.

The children's health team includes:

Health visitorsare qualified and registered nurses and/or midwives who can give advice to parents about their new baby. They will assess the needs of individuals and families to promote good health from pre-birth to the end of your child's first year at school.

Family health workers - family health workersdeliver packages of care recommended by your health visitor, relating to family health and wellbeing and child development, for example behaviour. They also complete health assessments for children in the community.

Children and young people's nurses - the children and young people's nurses are qualified nurses with experience working with children and young people. They will continue to provide support up to the age of 19 (SEND 25) for those with long-term or more complex health needs and children with bladder or bowel conditions. For children with complex or specialist bladder and bowel conditions they will refer to the Specialist Continence Service.

You can visit our Facebook page for more information. You can also view a selection of videos for further information.

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health and wellbeing
health visitors
support your child’s development
common childhood illnesses
adjusting to parenthood
breastfeeding
bottle feeding
starting solids
sleep behaviour
keeping your child safe
getting ready for school
positive parenting
maternal mental health

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Children's health - Lincolnshire County Council

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Support for the health and wellbeing of children and families in the crucial first years of life.

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If you need support with your child's toileting, such as wetting during the day or night, the ERIC website has lots of information and support.

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With your help, we can keep offering free support to those who need us.

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Support for families of autistic children and adults, or those who may be autistic.

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The Virtual Autism Hub is an innovative source of all age autism support to empower autistic people and their parents/carers. We work closely with community groups and organisations to strengthen support for autistic adults, children and young people and parent/carers, increasing the range, breadth and reach of these groups.

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Support for parents and carers of children who have Special Educational Needs of any type.

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Lots of brilliant advice and resources for families. It also has a great online progress checker.

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Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

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Speech and Language UK: Changing young lives

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We are Speech and Language UK - we want every child to face the future with confidence. For 1.7 million children in the UK, learning to talk and understand words feel like an impossible hurdle.

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The LCHS children's therapy service website is full of resources and information to support your and your child.

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Early years development

It is important to remember your child is unique and will develop in their own way as all children develop at different rates.

Read more

Get in contact

Address

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust,
Beech House,
Witham Park,
Waterside South,
Lincoln,
LN5 7JH

Other information

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It is important to remember your child is unique and will develop in their own way as all children develop at different rates. Read more Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, Beech House, Witham Park, Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7JH Return to header

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BBC tiny happy people webpage, this website helps develop your child's language skills.

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Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's language skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about babies and toddlers' amazing early development.

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Children’s language development and parenting advice - BBC Tiny Happy People

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A chatty child is a happy child, so Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child’s communication skills through simple interaction and play.

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Ican is a charity that helps children communicate.

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Supports children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Children with communication difficulties might find it hard to express themselves, understand words, speak in sentences and understand simple instructions. I CAN’s mission is to ensure that no child who struggles to communicate is left out or left behind.

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Radld - Developmental Language Disorders

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Radld - Developmental Language Disorders

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Radld.org, a website created to raise awareness of developmental language disorders.

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Referrals :: Lincolnshire Children’s Therapy Services

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If you have been contacted to say your child’s speech and language needs do not meet the criteria for assessment from the speech and language therapy service at this time, please see below a number of resources that provide information, advice and support including suggested activities that you and/or your child’s educational setting can try.

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What is a Max Card

Max Cards are similar to Student Union Discount Cards but offer discounts to parents of children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (up to 25) at a variety of venues and settings e.g. Butlins, Lincolnshire Park Farm, Jorvik Centre, some museums, Go Ape, Bedlam Paintball, Alton Towers ....

For more detailed information please check out the Max Card website which also has an excellent search facility to check out what is near you, or look for activities.
N.B. remember you can check out what settings accept the card at your favourite holiday destinations.

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Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum is the official independent parent carer forum in Lincolnshire, seeking to represent parents and carers of children with disabilities and Special Educational Needs (SEN).

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Lincolnshire's Local Offer - find everything you need to know about SEND in one place

The Local Offer brings together information for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families.

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SEND Local Offer - Lincolnshire County Council

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The Lincolnshire Local Offer includes services and events for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities and their families.

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Parent-led information, resources and informed opinion about SEND for young people aged 0 - 25.

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Special Needs Jungle provides parent-centred information, news, resources and informed opinion about SEN, disability, children’s health and SEN politics

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Don’t Lose Hope is a charity that offers a professional counselling service for all members of the community from age 4 upwards. This is a free service for families/individuals receiving certain state benefits and affordable to all others. This service is delivered by a team of qualified and experienced counsellors, in private fully equipped counselling rooms. We rely on fundraising to ensure we can maintain this service. We raise funds through our Café, and Gift Shop and also through Donations.

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Don't Lose Hope is a charity that offers a professional counselling service for all members of the community from age 4 upwards. This is a free service for families/individuals receiving certain state benefits and affordable to all others. This service is delivered by a team of qualified and experienced counsellors, in private fully equipped counselling rooms. We rely on fundraising to ensure we can maintain this service. We raise funds through our Café, and Gift Shop and also through Donations.

Our online Gift Shop is now open providing unique and personalised gifts and collectibles for all. With something to suit all budgets, and a combination of handmade and locally produced goods, we are sure you will find something to match your needs.

Thank you for your Donations and support. Without these, we wouldn't be able to provide access to therapeutic and emotional support.
If you would like to learn more about how you can support us, please click here

Inside our Café we are proud to serve freshly ground coffee, handmade cakes and scones, freshly made sandwiches, baguettes and paninis and much more. All served by our amazing team of volunteers.

Our Community Garden and man shed are changing with the seasons and we are looking forward to welcoming these new additions as we head into an exciting new phase in our support provisions. You can now become a member to support us supporting you.

The café is open Monday to Friday 9-4 and Saturday 10-4, and is run by volunteers. This is a space where anyone can drop in and find someone to talk to, get involved in activities, make friends or just have a slice of cake and a cup of tea.

You can read here about our latest News

We are based at 4 North Street, Bourne, PE10 9HA.

We are looking for volunteers to cover a range of roles within the charity. If you are interested please email dlhvolunteers@gmail.com

You can find out more about our fundraising and other news through our facebook page.

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Don't Lose Hope is a charity that offers a professional counselling service for all members of the community from age 4 upwards. This is a free service for families/individuals receiving certain state benefits and affordable to all others. This service is delivered by a team of qualified and experienced counsellors, in private fully equipped counselling...

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Children's Hearing Services Working Group

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Children's Hearing Services Working Group

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CHSWGs have been around in one form or another for the last 20 years. They are multi-disciplinary and multi-agency groups with professionals, funders of services, and parents of deaf children who all work together to ensure local services across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector meet the needs of local families and are of the best quality.

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Community Dental Services in Lincolnshire is a specialist dental provider for residents within the County (excluding North and North East Lincolnshire) with significant medical, physical or mental health disabilities, or people with severe dental anxiety. We are a referral only service, and our acceptance criteria and referral form can be found on our website.

They pride themselves on providing high quality care and treatment for children and adults whose dental care cannot be managed by a General Dental Practitioner. They accept referrals from all healthcare providers, however any referrals for dental anxiety reasons must come from a Dentist.

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Together, we will enable our communities to enjoy a better quality of life - Community Dental Services

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Nicole Woodcock is a Clinical Hypnotherapist and lecturer in her practice Hummingbird Hypnotherapy. Working with adults and children from the age of four.

With a background of working in a social care setting for 15 years Nicole now uses clinical hypnotherapy to work with children with additional needs and neuro diversity.

Offering a supportive and relaxed environment for positive therapy.

Teaching young people how their brain works and incorporating psychotherapy with trance relaxation.
Sessions available face to face and online via zoom.

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Hypnotherapy Lincolnshire, Bourne | Hummingbird Hypnotherapy - Solution Focused Hypnotherapy

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Hummingbird Hypnotherapy | Bourne, Lincolnshire

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Hypnotherapy Bourne, Lincolnshire. Providing solution focussed hypnotherapy. Ever considered hypnosis? Hypnotherapy based in Bourne, Lincolnshire with Nicole.

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What is Liaise?

Liaise is Lincolnshire's Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS).

We provide confidential and impartial information, advice and support to children and young people up to the age of 25, with SEN and disabilities, and their parents and carers.

Our staff:

work at arm's length from the local authority and health services

are trained in SEN and disability law

work to national standards, so you know what to expect

We aim to empower families to have the SEND knowledge and understanding they need.

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SEND Workforce Development - E-Learning - Parental Access

Background

For a while now LPCF have been involved with Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) and partners in developing access to core induction skills and knowledge modules of learning for Special School and Mainstream staff.

During the process LPCF suggested that the training provided should not be restricted to staff but should also be made available to parents as part of the E-Learning process.
LCC have had the foresight, in the spirit of co-production, to accept this and approve parents access to complete the seven modules available.

E-Learning

SEND Workforce Development - Induction Tier

What is Inclusion?

What is Inclusion? (Bonus Content).

Respecting Individuals.

Awareness of Neuro-Typical Child.

SEND Code of Practice.

Working with Professionals.

Types of SEND.

How does a parent benefit from the training?

In allowing parents to participate it helps with that goal of helping parents become their own professionals, through enhanced skills and knowledge. As one parent recently advocated at a LPCF Coffee Event (paraphrasing)
"If you take up all the training available it brings two major benefits :-
1. When you have tried things and speak the language used with a good knowledge -Professionals really do listen.
2. Your child will only see a Paediatrician or Occupational Therapist (OT) etc. for a very short time - You are there as a parent 24/7 for life"
LPCF might add that knowing the training Professionals can undertake should also make parents aware of what/how they should be delivering to families.

Since places are limited LCC have put a minor condition in place, which is that only parents registered with LPCF may apply and applications will go through LPCF to ensure that applications are managed and coordinated.

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Lincolnshire Parent Carer Forum is the official independent parent carer forum in Lincolnshire, seeking to represent parents and carers of children with disabilities and Special Educational Needs (SEN).

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The Working Together Team is a National Autistic Society Beacon Status Accredited Service. We advocate best practice and provide specialist support to empower mainstream settings to ensure autistic children & young people thrive through collaborative working with families and professionals.

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I have an autistic child

Autism is described as a lifelong, neurological difference of development that can affect the way a person communicates, interacts and processes the world around them.

Autism is a spectrum condition which is different for every person.

Spectrum means that an autistic person may have a wide range of differences and intensities meaning everyone's autism is different and unique to them. Each person will have different strengths, characteristics and difficulties/distresses. It doesn't mean they have something missing, are ill or need 'curing' it's just a different way of being and how we help may need to be different
"When you've met one autistic person, you've met one autistic person"
Some people call it Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) Other people might say Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Asperger Syndrome. Some autistic individuals might say they autistic, autistic person, or they autism, it depends on their preferences.
We are all unique and different in our own ways.
The key to understanding autism is to try to find out how an autistic person is experiencing the world around them, so the more your child can tell/show you, the more we can learn where they might need some extra help.
Where do we start? Let's see what The National Autistic Society has to say in the video below Go to https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/what-is-autism for more information.
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2. Focus on their strengths and interests
Having an autistic child can be worrying, frightening, confusing and exhausting for us and especially for them. We also know through working with schools and families that your children are.........
Make a list, or an All About Me poster, use pictures with your children/young people of things they are excellent at, things they do well. What they are knowledgable and passionate about.
3. Try completing the Paper Chain of Strengths activity with your child/young person created by understood.org.

This is a great visual activity to help showcase their strengths and interests, and it can be on display anywhere as a reminder of how amazing they are! It can also help as a reminder for those times when they are finding something more challenging.

4. Everyone could have a go at filling in the Know Your Normal Toolkit© from Ambitious about Autism to help your child / young person know what 'normal' means for them and other people. 'Differences' are ok!
Ambitious about autism resources
5. You could try completing the Autism Education Trusts Priorities Questionnaire below with your child to help you both find out what they'd like help with.

6. Share everything you learn with your child's family, friends and school if you think it would be useful in helping your child.
Please see the separate sections to find out more on specific topics you're interested in. If you are worried about your child's mental health and wellbeing click on the Healthy Minds or CAMHS tabs for more information, help and advice

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Autism is described as a lifelong, neurological difference of development that can affect the way a person communicates, interacts and processes the world around them. Autism is a spectrum condition which is different for every person. Spectrum means that an autistic person may have a wide range of differences and intensities meaning everyone's autism is different and unique to them.

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Useful information, resources, tips and strategies, as well as the latest information on all the courses they are running.

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Welcome to the website of the Dyslexia Outreach Service. We hope our website will provide you with a great deal of useful information, resources, tips and strategies, as well as the latest information on all the courses we are running.

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Deliver a broad range of support and services.

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This website places cookies on your computer to improve your experience. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. For more details, see our privacy policy. I agree

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The British Dyslexia Association is the voice for the 10% of the population that are dyslexic

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We’re a global dyslexia charity, led by successful dyslexics. We’ve built the world’s largest community of dyslexic people and our allies. Our purpose is to help the world to understand the value of Dyslexic Thinking.

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If your child has ADHD, or you think they might, we have information on professional help and diagnosis. We've also got practical advice on supporting them with their ADHD and mental health.

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ADHD Support For Your Child | Parents Advice Guide

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If your child is struggling to manage their ADHD, read our tips on what you can do to support them, how to get a diagnosis and where to find help.

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The ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity

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The ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity

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The ADHD Foundation is the UK’s leading neurodiversity charity, offering a strength-based, lifespan service for the 1 in 5 of us who live with ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, DCD, Dyscalculia, OCD, Tourette’s Syndrome and more.

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The ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity - an integrated health and education service.

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ADHD Lincs is a registered charity which provides support and information to families and individuals who are living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and associated learning differences.

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ADHD Lincs is a registered charity which provides support and information to families and individuals who are living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and associated learning differences.

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The team are made up of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and therapy assistants. We provide specialist therapy services for children and young people, between the ages of 0 -19, to support them to achieve their potential. We work all across the county of Lincolnshire in a variety of locations.

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Our occupational therapists work with children with a variety of difficulties. This includes children with:

Rheumatology conditions

Significant orthopaedic problems (problems with joints or bones) that are causing functional problems

Neurological conditions (for example cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury)

Muscular conditions (for example muscular dystrophy)

Children with profound and multiple learning disabilities where physical ability significantly impacts on their function or care.

The role of occupational therapists working with children and young people is to provide intervention, support and/or advice to children and young people (0-19 years) and their families, where there is disability or impairment which significantly impacts on their performance and participation in everyday activities of life.

Advice and strategies are offered to the child/young person, their family, education staff and other professionals working closely with the child/young person; this provides them with the information they need to improve the child/young person's wellbeing. Adaptations to the environment, tasks and equipment will be recommended to enable the child or young person to be as independent as possible.

The occupational therapy team also offer advice and information to nurseries and schools to develop the staff's knowledge of some of the difficulties the children/young people may have and how they can support them to join in these environments.

At this current time, the occupational therapy service is not commissioned to see children who have a diagnosis of developmental co-ordination disorder, also known as dyspraxia or to assess for this condition. The occupational therapy service is also currently unable to assess children with sensory processing difficulties however there is virtual training availabe for parents carers - please refer to this section of the website for details.

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Our occupational therapists work with children with a variety of difficulties. This includes children with: Rheumatology conditions Significant orthopaedic problems (problems with joints or bones) that are causing functional problems Neurological conditions (for example cerebral palsy or traumatic brain injury) Muscular conditions (for example muscular dystrophy) Children with profound and multiple learning disabilities where physical ability significantly impacts on their function or care.

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Helping your child to improve their fine motor skills will help them when they start primary school. Early Years Specialist Claire Russell has some top tips to help you begin.

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How to help your child improve their fine motor skills

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Tips for improving your child's fine motor skills

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Information for parents about problems with coordination

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Problems With Coordination - Child Mind Institute

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Learn about dyspraxia in children, a disorder causing poor balance, coordination problems, and difficulty with fine motor skills.

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Support Dyslexic individuals of all ages.

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Dyslexia Sparks | Registered Charity #1168674

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Homepage - Dyslexia Sparks | Registered Charity #1168674

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We support dyslexic individuals of all ages to fulfil their potential at Dyslexia Sparks Hull - contact us TODAY

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This service is delivered by teachers who have specialist qualification in the education of sensory impaired children and young people.

Experts include teaching assistants working with those with sensory impairment and an educational mobility officer for visually impaired children and young people.

The team is involved from an early stage soon after birth and through the learning journey to independent adulthood.

The team work alongside parents to support the development of their child, then with settings and schools to ensure the child or young person can access the full educational curriculum.

01522 554211

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The Lincolnshire Young Carers Service supports young carers up to the age of 19. Young carers may be helping and supporting a family member or friend due to disability, mental ill-health, illness or substance misuse.

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The Lincolnshire Young Carers Service supports young carers up to the age of 19. Young carers may be helping and supporting a family member or friend due to disability, mental ill-health, illness or substance misuse.

A young carer may be providing support with:

cooking, housework and shopping

physical care, such as helping someone in and out of bed

personal care, such as assistance with dressing, toileting and administering medication

managing the family budget

collecting prescriptions and arranging GP or hospital appointments

helping with communication

looking after brothers or sisters

emotional support

The Lincolnshire Carers Service can also provide support for young carers from the age of 16, depending on need.

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Young carers - Lincolnshire County Council

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How to get support as a young carer up to the age of 18.

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PAACT is a Lincolnshire based support group, run by parents of Autistic children. They provide support for parents, guardians and carers with children and young adults who have an Autistic Spectrum Condition and/or associated neurodivergent conditions, who suspect, are in the process of a diagnosis, or have a diagnosis.

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Explore our range of free, evidence-based guidance to support parental involvement in the learning of children who use EAL.

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This page includes a range of guidance for parents of EAL learners, available in a range of languages including Ukrainian, Pashto and Chinese.

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Welcome to LearnEnglish Kids

LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

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LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.