Useful SEN Links
St Teresa’s Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator
Miss J. Shirley
0208 2704757
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
Royal National Institute for the Blind
Helps blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom.
Link: Royal National Institute for the Blind
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
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
PACT
‘Parents of Autistic Children Together’. A voluntary organisation aiming to support the needs of families and carers.
ICAN
Children’s Communication Charity. There are a range of services providing advice on speech, language and communication.
IPSEA
A national charity providing free legally based advice to parents with SEN children.
The Communication Trust
Group of approximately 50 voluntary and community organisations with expertise in language and communication.
http://www.thecommunication trust.org.uk
