All our staff have received training to be able to provide SEND support and advice and this is based on the law and statutory guidance based on the child’s needs.
The definition of SEND is set out within the Children and families act 2014 as:
a child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she:
- has a significant greater learning difficulty than the majority of others of the same age OR
- has a disability which prevents or hinders him / her from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream schools or mainstream post 16 provision.
A child under compulsory age has SEND if they are likely to fall within the above two ,or would if special educational provision was not available for them when they reach school age .
Parent/carer concerns
If parents/carers have concerns about their child, whether it be around their behaviour, emotional wellbeing or their development, or if you feel that they are struggling either at home or at nursery / school our teams are here to provide guidance and support.
Parents/carers can talk through their concerns in the first instance with their Health Visiting or School Nursing Team in Cheshire East or Wirral.
Contacts
Contacts in Cheshire East
Contacts in St Helens
Contacts in Wirral
Additional support for parents and carers in Cheshire East:
Children’s Centres
- Autism Inclusive
- Autism Together
- Cheshire East Family Information Service: 0300 123 5033 –
- Cheshire East Children with Disabilities Shortbreaks Team – 01625 378083
- Cheshire East Parent Carer Forum
- Cheshire Autism Practical Support (ChAPS)
- Cheshire East Carers’ Hub
- Contact for families with disabled children
- Cerebra – working with you and your amazing child
- Newlife – the charity for disabled children – www.newlifecharity.co.uk
- ERIC – Potty training children with additional needs
- Ruby’s Fund – Centre for children with additional needs –
- Space 4 Autism
Additional support for parents and carers in St Helens:
Children’s Centres
- Autism Inclusive
- Autism Together
- ERIC – Potty training children with additional needs
- Local Autism and Social Communication Service (LASCS)
- Outreach Support Service
- St Helens Council
- St Helens College
- The Bridge Centre
Additional support for parents and carers in Wirral:
Children’s Centres
- Autism Inclusive
- Autism Together
- Local Offer Wirral
- Wirral carers – parent carers
- Autism Together
- Short break services for disabled children
- ERIC – Potty training children with additional needs
- Space 4 Autism
