ROTHERHAM
PARENT PARTNERSHIP SERVICE
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Welcome to the Rotherham Parent Partnership Service home page. Our Service is available to all parents or carers of children who have, or may have learning difficulties and disabilities. We try to give a flexible service in order to empower you to play an active and more informed part in supporting your child's education. The content and information within our website may also be relevant and of interest to all parents/carers. To find out more follow the links below: What is the Rotherham
Parent Partnership Service all about? What is meant by
Special Educational Needs? Area of Need Information Guides
Area of Need Information Guides Finding it difficult
to sort out: what help is available? School have answers to many of your questions and this is always a good place to start. However, it is not unusual to be confused by the range of help and support that is 'out there'. Rotherham Parent Partnership believes that this overview of information will help you. Click on to the area of special educational need you are interested in:
What is the Rotherham Parent Partnership Service all about? The Rotherham Parent Partnership Service is available to all parents/carers of children who have, or may have, special educational needs. We try to give a flexible service in order to empower you to play an active and informed part in your child’s education. We work with you in looking at the particular issues you bring to the Service and expect our involvement will only last for a few weeks in most cases. You can talk to the Service as many times as you wish. We hope that you would feel more able to tackle issues yourself and need less active support following our involvement. Your case can easily be re opened later if the need arises. We want to help parents, carers, professional workers and schools to work together to raise the achievement of children with special educational needs. The Flexible Services we offer are:
The Service is also able to offer individual support to you as a parent or carer with regard to your child’s special educational needs. This support might include:
Inclusion within education is an ongoing process which aims to raise the achievement of all pupils by actively seeking to identify and overcome barriers to a child’s learning and participation. All pupils, including those with SEN, at risk of exclusion or non attendance, should be able to achieve success and have access to the highest quality education. Inclusion within education is also important in the development of increased inclusion and equal opportunities within the wider community.
Inclusion Parents' Forum Minutes What is meant by ‘Special Educational Needs’? Children have special educational needs if they have learning difficulties that need special educational provision to be made for them. Children have a learning difficulty if they have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age or they may have a disability which makes it difficult for them to access educational facilities. Many children at some time in their lives, have special educational needs of some kind. The vast majority will have their needs met in their local mainstream school. What does the law say? The law says that all schools must do their best to see that proper education is provided for all children, including those with special educational needs. The most important legislation dealing with special education is the Education Act 1996 and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001. The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice is part of this legislation and gives guidance to schools about how a child’s needs can be identified and assessed. The Children Act includes children with special needs and sets down the responsibilities of social services working with Health and Education Authorities to help ‘children in need’. This can include children with special educational needs. The Education Act, Special Needs and Disability Act and Children Act emphasise the importance of consulting with children and young people and taking their wishes and views into account where possible. The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice The Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of SEN (Department for Education and Skills 2001) provides guidance on the identification and assessment process and the way in which pupils’ special educational needs should be met. There is detailed information about the responsibilities of Social Services Departments and the Health Authority. The Code of Practice highlights the importance of working in partnership with parents and pupils. All maintained schools must have SEN policies which clearly set out how they intend to identify, assess and meet special education needs and involve parents in their children’s education. Also outlined in the Code of Practice are the arrangements for transition from primary to secondary school and from secondary to further and higher education. This requires local education authorities to consult with a variety of bodies, including Social Services, the Health Authority, the Careers Service, the Learning and Skills Council and the Connexions Service in planning for a young person’s transition to adult life. The code of practice is available free of charge from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (0845 6022260) and on the DfES website www.dfes.gov.uk/sen/parents The Code of Practice says:
Rotherham Parent Partnership Service Evaluation Document, Development Plan, Annual Report and Equality Plan listed below can be downloaded. Copies can also be posted on request.
Last updated on February 20, 2008 |
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