Useful SEN Links

St Teresa’s Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

Miss J. Shirley

0208 2704757

Office.st-teresa@bdcs.org.uk

Special Educational Needs Assessment and Review Team

Roycraft House

15 Linton Road

Barking

IG11 8HE

Phone: 020 8227 2415

Barking and Dagenham Direct – Education Advice

Civic Centre

Dagenham

RM10 7BN

Phone: 0208 215 3004

Email: 3000direct@lbbd.gov.uk

Department for Education – Guidance on SEN

http://www.education.gov.uk/popularquestions/childrenandfamilies/specialeducationalneeds

Afasic – Family Advice

Is a parent-led organisation that helps children and young people with speech and language impairments and their families. Provides information and training for parents - and professionals - and produce a range publications.
Link: Afasic

www.afasic.org.uk

Action on Hearing Loss 

Helps deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the United Kingdom.
Link: Action on Hearing Loss

http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/

National Deaf Children's Society 

Is an organisation of families, parents and carers, providing emotional and practical support.
Link: National Deaf Children's Society

http://www.ndcs.org.uk/

Royal National Institute for the Blind 

Helps blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom.
Link: Royal National Institute for the Blind

http://www.rnib.org.uk

Scope 

Is a disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy. Scope's aim is that disabled people achieve equality: a society in which they are as valued, and have the same human and civil rights, as everyone else.
Link: Scope

http://www.scope.org.uk/

Advisory Centre for Education 

Is an independent registered charity. It offers telephone advice and information about state education in England and Wales for parents of school-age children, including special educational needs.
Link: Advisory Centre for Education

http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/

PACT

‘Parents of Autistic Children Together’. A voluntary organisation aiming to support the needs of families and carers.

http://www.pact-uk.org.uk

ICAN

Children’s Communication Charity. There are a range of services providing advice on speech, language and communication.

http://www.ican.org.uk

IPSEA

A national charity providing free legally based advice to parents with SEN children.

http://www.ipsea.org.uk

The Communication Trust

Group of approximately 50 voluntary and community organisations with expertise in language and communication.

http://www.thecommunication trust.org.uk

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEND-Useful Info and Links

BBC Bitesize SEND Articles-https://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh9v382

BBC Bitesize Calm Zone-https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone

Speech and Language-https://speechandlanguage.info/parents

This is a great website, they have various links to websites with speech and language therapy activities. They are categorised according to topic-https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-free-speech-language-communication-and-send-resources-for-schools-and-parent-carers

Oak academy communication and language lesson-https://classroom.thenational.academy/specialist/subjects/communication-and-language 

 A website with speech sounds activities and other language activities-https://mommyspeechtherapy.com/?page_id=55