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  • Choosing a school for your child with special educational needs and/or disabilities

    by appointment. During a school visit, you might want to: Tell the SENCO or teacher about your child’s needs and ask what kind of support they give to children with these needs. Ask: What experience does the school have in supporting children with similar needs? What is the school day like? What happens at breaks and lunchtimes? How do you support children to make friends and deal with friendship issues? What’s the school environment like? Do you have any break-out rooms or quiet areas? How do you stay in touch with parents? How do you support particular needs… City Council. SSENDIAS is Sheffield’s SEN and Disability Information, Advice, and Support. www.sheffieldsendias.org.uk Email: ssendias@sheffield.gov.uk Tel: 0114 273 6009 Sheffield Parent Carer Forum (SPCF) is a parent-led charity. It brings parents of children and young people with SEND…

  • Strategies to use in daily timetable school

    and supported with their autistic identities. This can result in them masking less. Autistic people shouldn't need to change to fit in to the environment. It needs to change to support their neurodiversity. Schools and other settings should aim to do this at a whole-school level. It increases…

  • SEND The Basics training

    links from Session 3 SEN Support PDF (learnsheffield.co.uk) What is SEN Support? Sheffield Parent Carer Forum Facebook Page E-mail address for Sheffield SENDIAS - ssendias@sheffield.gov.uk Sheffield SENDIAS website - sheffieldsendias.org.uk Local Offer webpages - sheffielddirectory.org.uk/localoffer Sheffield Inclusion Co-production charter Sheffield Support Grid SEND Sheffield - Graduated support for children with special educational needs video 4. SEND The Basics - Session 4: What plan and when? Useful links from Session 4 One Page… people with SEND. Search for support groups in the Sheffield Directory which the Local Offer is part of. …

  • Assessing whether a child is unable to attend due to their health needs

    for a longer period, and early help support has not helped the child back into school The school should: meet with parents, and where appropriate the child liaise with the GP or Health Professional to consider what they feel the child can engage with. put in place a support plan. This looks at what the child needs to continue to go to school. Any reasonable adjustments will be part of this plan. For children with physical health needs this should include a referral to the health needs in education team. consult with their linked attendance and inclusion officer. This is to discuss support. It also includes whether Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) support, graded exposure and/or mentoring could help with going to school. invite other professionals to meet with the child. Only where their support can be meaningful to the outcomes of the child. Click on the drop down options…

  • Getting back to school and full time education

    Getting back to school and full time education (Re-integration and Review) Plans for long term outcomes and next steps should be agreed at the start of all support or provision. They are then reviewed regularly. Steps should be in place to increase the hours back to full time as soon as possible. the Department for Education says this in their Alternative Provision guidance. The long-term plan is for the young person to have the support to go back to school full time. Parents and the young person must be told about this from the beginning. To support need, schools may look at if either of the following should be in place or applied for: an Extended Support Plan an Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment The Department for Education (DfE) Alternative Provision guidance More information about getting back to school and full time education can be found on page 12…

  • Sheffield Carers Centre

    A support service funded or partially funded by Sheffield City Council. Referral reason: To help any adult who is an unpaid carer. A carer is someone who provides support – practical and/or emotional – to an adult or child with an illness, disability, frailty, mental health problems or substance misuse issues. People involved: Carer Advisors Offer:Sheffield Carers Centre offers advice, information and support. This includes: Carer Advice Line Carer Card - discounts and offers from businesses Carer’s Assessment Carers Cafe Carers Support Groups Carers News Community Connect Legal Advice Service Plan for an Emergency Time for a Break - help to get a break from caring and some quality time for carers How to refer People are able to refer themselves to the Sheffield Carers Centre – if you are a carer please use the Register With Us Page on the Sheffield…

  • Lifelong learning skills and communities (LLSC) Progression Team

    A Council-run service to help with Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Supports children and young people: 11-16 years Referral reason: Alternative Provision can support young people to Develop their readiness to learn; Improve their chances of making progress; Achieve successful transition between phases of education towards adulthood and employment; and Be supported to reintegrate for excluded or disengaged pupils. Schools can refer when they are concerned about a young person of secondary school age. In general, young people will need some of their learning to be delivered outside a school environment due to their needs. People involved: The progression team staff work with Sheffield schools in matching alternative provision from our Alternative Provision Network (of 20 approved providers). The team meet learners, school staff and parents/ carers…

  • Exclusions Team

    A Council-run service to help with Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Supports children and young people: Primary and secondary school age Referral reason: Concern about a child at risk of permanent exclusion or who has already been permanently excluded. People involved: Complex Case Manager and Exclusion and Reintegration Officer. Offer: The team coordinates the Primary and Secondary Inclusion Panels, supporting schools which are bringing cases to the panel and providing support post-panel. The team also provides advice, guidance and signposting to schools for children at risk of exclusion. (This may include access to nurture, alternative provision and additional support from the Sheffield Inclusion Service). How to refer Schools and professionals can contact Sarah.kelly@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 5750 or Genine.nuttall@sheffield.gov.uk 0114 273 6197 Parents can…

  • Becton Hospital School

    A service to help with Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Supports children and young people: 5- 16 years Referral reason: Child has been admitted to an inpatient ward at either Sheffield Children’s Hospital or the Becton Centre for Young People (Tier 4 CAMHS) People involved: Medical Staf…