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This is our very own SEND and SEMHWB padlet. It contains lots of information regarding SEND and SEMHWB (Social Emotional Mental Health & wellbeing).

Our SENCO's are Mrs J Hoos and Mrs L Merrison.

Mrs Merrison is also our SEMHWB lead alongside Mrs Rawstorne who is SEMHWB deputy.

Together we aim to support and guide our parents, carers and pupils with any SEND or SEMHWB needs.

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SENCO personal Statement Document 2.docx

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Welcome to the Liverpool Family Information & SEND Directory (FISD).

The FISD provides a wealth of information about local services available to children, young people and families across Liverpool.

The Families section above contains information about Childcare and links to Childcare providers (Day Nurseries, Childminders, Breakfast and After-School Clubs, Holiday Clubs), as well as information about wider Family and Children's support services across the city.

Our SEND Local Offer is specifically for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Providing Early Help to families is key to preventing needs from escalating into more serious concerns. Good co-ordination of Early Help can support families in becoming more resilient for the future.

The Help section contains compilation of user guides to assist with various tasks like resetting your password, creating an account or cancelling a booking.

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The FISD provides a wealth of information about local services available to children, young people and families across Liverpool. The Families section above contains information about Childcare and links to Childcare providers (Day Nurseries, Childminders, Breakfast and After-School Clubs, Holiday Clubs), as well as information about wider Family and Children's support services across the city.

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Information for parents/carers

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Through our community-based groups, programmes, and opportunities that raise awareness; develop skills; share learning experiences; and build confidence, we support children, young people, and families living with neurodevelopmental conditions, learning difficulties and associated mental health needs.

If you have concerns about your child's behaviour or progress at school, our community network groups offer support to help you learn, understand and meet the needs of your child and family.Find out more.

Structured programmes and workshops that give parents, carers, and supporters the skills, knowledge and confidence to enable you to better recognise, understand and meet the needs of your family living with neurodevelopmental conditions, learning difficulties and associated mental health needs. Find out more.

Family Activity Days

Join us and other families on our family activity days.Taking place during school holidays they include trips to the park, fun days, walks with the ranger, cookery activity days and days out.

For children and young people with a neurodevelopment condition finding it difficult to engage in activities, our learning workshops, groups and activities will help them overcome these challenges and learn how to manage individual situations. Find out more.

Designed to improve professionals' understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions, how they may present and how one condition may overlap with another. Professionals attending this training will develop knowledge, skills and confidence to better support families living with neurodevelopmental conditions and learning difficulties. Find out more.

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For Families in Liverpool | Our Offers | Community Network | ADDvanced Solutions

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If you have concerns about your child's behaviour or progress at school, our community network groups offer support to help you learn, understand and meet the needs of your child and family.Find out more.

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Welcome to The Isabella Trust

The Isabella Trust is a registered charity which aims to provide information, support, training, courses and workshops to parents and carers of autistic children and children who experience sensory processing difficulties.

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The Isabella Trust | The Isabella Trust aims to improve the quality of life of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Difficulties by supporting their Families and Carers

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The Isabella Trust is a registered charity which aims to provide information, support, training, courses and workshops to parents and carers of autistic children and children who experience sensory processing difficulties. Download Leaflet

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Merseyside Youth Association's mental health promotion team (RAISE Team), has developed a range of bite-size courses, adapted from courses they have previously delivered. These sessions cover a range of mental health issues which impact on children, young people and their families.

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Liverpool CAMHS - Promoting mental health and emotional wellbeing

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Merseyside Youth Association's mental health promotion team (RAISE Team), has developed a range of bite-size courses, adapted from courses they have previously delivered. These sessions cover a range of mental health issues which impact on children, young people and their families.

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What is Seedlings?

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How to access this service

Service level agreements obtained which will be provided by Brighter Horizons 4U or in some cases the local authority.

A meeting will be arranged between Brighter Horizons 4U and the school at which a designated team member of Brighter Horizons 4U will be assigned who will offer advice and support to school.

Initially a child needs to be identified through a self-referral, school or parents.

Parental/Guardian consent obtained.

Counsellor referral completed.

Confidential setting established within school and a designated time arranged.

A meeting arranged with designated team member of Brighter Horizons 4U and parent/guardian to discuss the counselling process (if a child requests or is under the age of 13).

Once counselling and contract is agreed session will commence.

All resources are provided by Brighter Horizons 4U

All team members of Brighter Horizons 4U have extensive training in working with schools, children and families. All our staff have been DBS checked, fully insured and have attended Child Protection courses and will adhere to schools Safeguarding policies and procedures.

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Service level agreements obtained which will be provided by Brighter Horizons 4U or in some cases the local authority. A meeting will be arranged between Brighter Horizons 4U and the school at which a designated team member of Brighter Horizons 4U will be assigned who will offer advice and support to school.

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What do I do if I feel my child has SEND? 

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If your child is not on our SEND register but you feel they should be then in the first instance you should make an appointment with their class teacher.
The class teacher will gather information from you and will also discuss any concerns (if any) that they also may have. Strategies and possible provisions may be agreed and your child will then be monitored for a period of time (roughly a term) to monitor the impact.
The meeting, and the details of the what was discussed, will be shared by the class teacher to the school SENDCo's.
After the monitoring period, if both parent and class teacher still have concerns then further actions will be discussed with school SENCO's.

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If you are going through the EHC process then you may benefit from special parental advice. SENDIASS offer a vast wealth of knowledge about the process and can offer both support and advice.

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Liverpool & Knowsley Special Educational Needs and Disability - Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service

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Listening to your views and concerns Working with you to explore your options Explaining your rights in relation to SEN and disability Working in partnership with schools and the local authority to develop positive relationships

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Our Liverpool community service work with children from the Liverpool area, in collaboration with parents or carers and an educational setting like their school. Our evidence tells us this approach leads to the best outcomes for the child.

Children learn from parents, teachers, friends and family so it's really important we work collaboratively with everyone in the child's life to get the best outcomes.

A referral to the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service is a request to work collaboratively. This means the SLT service working in partnership with parents/carers and educational settings to achieve the best outcomes for your child.

To be seen by a Speech and Language Therapist from the Liverpool community team, your child will need to have a Liverpool G.P and you will need a referral for your child to be completed by one of our designated referrers.

Children can be referred to the Liverpool Community Speech and Language Therapy Service by:

Health Visiting Team

Child Health Practitioners

SEN Disability Link Workers (Children's Centres)

Schools and Nurseries

Paediatricians (Children's Doctor)

Educational Psychologists

Audiologists

Dieticians

Other Speech and Language Therapists

It is important that you talk to a designated referrer first if you have concerns about your child's speech, language and communication development. They may be able to offer you advice and strategies which answer your questions or resolve your concerns so you don't need to see us. If, however, you have tried lots of ideas and are still worried, your child may need to see a Speech and Language Therapist.

A designated referrer can talk with you and complete the referral form. This is the first stage in gathering information about your child's communication and development and any concerns you or the setting might have. We also need to know what you have tried already; what is worrying you the most; and how you think speech and language therapy could help.

How can I help my child?

If you are worried about your child's speech and language or communication skills, there are lots of ways you can help before a referral is considered.

Family/Children's Centres run lots of early listening and language activities. It might be useful to speak with the SEN Disability Link Worker or the Children's Centre manager.
Find your local Family/Children's Centre
If your child is in school, you can talk to the Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCo) about your concerns. The SENCo may have some ideas about what help is available to support your child's needs, This might include additional school activities, school support, advice on things you can do at home, and general information on how your child's language and communication skills can be developed alongside their general learning in the classroom.

If your child is not yet at school, your Health Visitor can also give you some advice about speech, language and communication development

Advice leaflets

Here you can find some general advice on ways to support your child's speech, language and communication. You can find further information on the recommended websites above or you can contact us.

USEFUL WEBSITES

Where are you based?

We are based at Liverpool Innovation Park, next to Edge Lane. It is a large building we share with a number of other organisations and you can access it from Digital Way. Car parking is available:

Kilby House
Liverpool Innovation Park
Digital Way
Liverpool
L7 9NJ

For general information and to contact us, please call 0151 295 3990.

We also have a fax number: 0151 295 3991.

What will happen at my first appointment?

Children are usually seen for their first appointment in a community clinic. We have lots of venues across the city. This is so we can talk with you about what worries you have about your child's speech, language and communication and how we can work together to make a plan to help.

This plan may or may not include direct sessions with a speech and language therapist. We may talk with you about other people in your child's life who could help. We may also direct you to other agencies, local groups etc that can offer advice.

In working with you to develop the plan for your child, the speech and language therapist will talk to you about:

What has prompted your visit to speech and language therapy

What worries you have about your child

What you have tried already to help your child - did this work?

People in your child's life who can help support your child's speech, language and communication

What your child can do and what they may find hard

How you think a speech and language therapist can help your child and what changes you hope to see

How your child's difficulties are impacting them at nursery, school or home e.g. what is stopping them/getting in the way of not doing what they want to do

What your child was like as a baby and a toddler - you may want to bring your red book

At the first appointment we may also want to:

Watch and listen to your child as they play

Look at how they follow instructions

Listen to how they say words and sentences

Look at how your child tells you what they want, for example pointing, signing

Look at your child's eating and drinking if we have been asked to do this by the referrer

At this appointment the Speech and Language Therapist will talk to you about how we can all work in partnership to best support your child's speech and language development. We will also talk with you about how long we expect to be involved with your child; what we can do; what you can do; and what their school or nursery can do. We may also have suggestions of other organisations and groups in the wider community that can help.

Although sometimes the speech and language therapist may work directly with your child, the main part of our role is to work collaboratively with parents, teachers, and those in the child's life.

Our intention is to share knowledge and demonstrate strategies so that you and the people closest to the child, can make the changes. For children to have good outcomes they need everyone in their immediate environment to be involved.

What will happen after the appointment?

We will talk to you about how you can help your child and whether we need to see them again for furtherassessment

We may ask if another person can see your child, for example an educational psychologist

We may recommend your child needs an episode of speech and language therapy or we may agree they don't need to see a speech and language therapist at this time so they may be discharged with advice

Where will I have to go for my appointment?

Children are usually seen for their first appointment in a clinic. Clinics are available across the city, so we always aim to provide a venue close to your home or your child's school.

If it is felt your child needs a further appointment with us it may be considered that a different venue is better. This may be a school visit, a visit to their nursery or children's centre, or your home.

When will I get an appointment and what if I can't come?

Our service is really busy and we have a waiting list for a first appointment. This means we have to have to be strict with appointments to make sure people who need them are able to get one as soon as possible. When your child is near the top of our waiting list you will be sent a letter asking you to call us to book in a suitable day, time and clinic.

Your child will be discharged and you will need to go back to your referrer and ask them to make a new referral if:

You don't call us within two weeks of us sending you an appointment booking request letter

You have an appointment you do not attend, or an appointment you cannot attend but do not cancel beforehand

You cancel two consecutive appointments

If you cannot attend your first appointment but have cancelled beforehand, we will arrange a new appointment for you. Please make sure you can attend this rearranged appointment.

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Community Speech and Language Therapy in Liverpool

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Our Liverpool community service work with children from the Liverpool area, in collaboration with parents or carers and an educational setting like their school. Our evidence tells us this approach leads to the best outcomes for the child.

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SEND IASS (special educational needs and/or disability, information, advice and support service) provide free, confidential and impartial information, advice and support to children/young people with special educational needs and disabilities ( SEND) and their parents/carers. We work with families of children and young people from 0-25 and cover issues related to education, health and social care.

SEND IASS are statutory services, which mean there has to be one in every local authority. Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS is a combined service for residents of Liverpool and Knowsley and is delivered by WIRED, a registered charity.

Liverpool and Knowsley SEND IASS offer:

Telephone and email service

Factsheets about Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Drop-in/information sessions for parents and carers

Face-to-face, meeting and appeal support for families that need it

Liverpool & Knowsley SENDIASS Newsletter 2 Liverpool & Knowsley SENDIASS Newsletter 1 IASS Easy Read Minimum Standards
IASS Minimum Standards

IASS Video for children and young people

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Universal Access

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Region wide

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SEND IASS (special educational needs and/or disability, information, advice and support service) provide free, confidential and impartial information, advice and support to children/young people with special educational needs and disabilities ( SEND) and their parents/carers. We work with families of children and young people from 0-25 and cover issues related to education, health and social care.

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Through our community-based groups, programmes, and opportunities that raise awareness; develop skills; share learning experiences; and build confidence, we support children, young people, and families living with neurodevelopmental conditions, learning difficulties and associated mental health needs.

If you have concerns about your child's behaviour or progress at school, our community network groups offer support to help you learn, understand and meet the needs of your child and family.Find out more.

Structured programmes and workshops that give parents, carers, and supporters the skills, knowledge and confidence to enable you to better recognise, understand and meet the needs of your family living with neurodevelopmental conditions, learning difficulties and associated mental health needs. Find out more.

Family Activity Days

Join us and other families on our family activity days.Taking place during school holidays they include trips to the park, fun days, walks with the ranger, cookery activity days and days out.

For children and young people with a neurodevelopment condition finding it difficult to engage in activities, our learning workshops, groups and activities will help them overcome these challenges and learn how to manage individual situations. Find out more.

Designed to improve professionals' understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions, how they may present and how one condition may overlap with another. Professionals attending this training will develop knowledge, skills and confidence to better support families living with neurodevelopmental conditions and learning difficulties. Find out more.

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If you have concerns about your child's behaviour or progress at school, our community network groups offer support to help you learn, understand and meet the needs of your child and family.Find out more.

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Managing Sensory Processing Difficulties at Home

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We are registered as a charity in England and Wales (269425) and in Scotland (SC039427). The National Autistic Society is also a company limited by guarantee, registered at Companies House (01205298). VAT registration number: 653370050. © The National Autistic Society 2024