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Information and Advice
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Common concerns
- What are Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)?
- What to do if you think your child has Special Educational Needs?
- School refusal and anxiety
- What if you are worried about a child?
- Letting people know you may need help (including the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower scheme)
- Making choices when you have Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - The Mental Capacity Act
- COVID-19 and SEND
- Additional needs register
- What about adults with learning difficulties and special needs?
- What about other Local Authorities?
- Bullying
- How to deal with meltdowns
Help for families from Social Care
Health, wellbeing & mental health
Education
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- How children get the help they need in school.
- Outreach from specialist support services
- What support every pupil should receive (Quality First Teaching)
- What does a SENCO (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) do?
- IEP's ANP's, provision maps and My support plans (MSP's)
- Educational Psychology (EP) Service
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- Types of educational settings
- Special Educational settings (inc Outreach and Specialist Provisions)
- Schools search
- Independent educational settings outside of Kirklees (Section 41 Approved Schools and Natspec)
- Mainstream colleges and training providers
- Transfering from college to Higher Education & getting support (including DSA)
- Applying for a school place for a child with special needs
- Changing schools when you have an EHCP (including Change of Phase)
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- Fixed and permanent exclusions
- Educating your child or young person with SEND at home (EHE)
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- FAQ's (Education)
Early years & childcare
Preparing for Adulthood (PfA)
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- What does preparing for adulthood (PfA) mean?
- Getting support with preparing for adulthood (if you have an EHCP)
- The My Life team - social care support as you grow up
- Parents guide to preparing for adulthood
- Easy read guide to preparing for adulthood
- Preparing for adulthood checklist
- Support for parents
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- Careers information
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- Having a life and being part of society
General information and advice
Travel & transport
Finance & benefits
- Passes & cards - overview
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- Finance & benefits - overview
- Adult social care financial assessment (means testing)
- Benefits calculator
- Carers Allowance
- Council Tax
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children
- Housing Benefit
- Job Seekers Allowance (JSA)
- New style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Tax Credits
- Universal Credit
- Wills and Trusts
- Grants you can apply for - overview
Information and support for specific conditions
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- Specific Learning Difficulties (including Dyslexia & Dyspraxia)
- Social, emotional & mental health difficulties (SEMH) - including behaviour
- Complex communication & interaction difficulties (CCI)
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Physical Impairment
- ADHD
- Dyslexia
- Autism
- Autism - Videos about everyday situations
- Autism - Sex and relationships resources
- Learning disabilities (including PMLD)
- Multi Sensory Impairment (MSI)
- Down syndrome
- Hearing impairment
- Visual impairment (blindness and sight problems)
- Acquired brain injuries (ABI)
- Dyspraxia or DCD
- Dyscalculia