OTHER
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department
for Children Schools and Families
The
Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) website www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/parentcarers
contains answers to key questions:
- What are Special Education
Needs (SEN)?
- If my child has SEN
what next?
- Who do I contact if
I do not think my childs needs are being met?
DCSF produce
a guide for parent/carers. This guide can be downloaded, it aims
to help you understand:
- What SEN needs are
- What you can do if
you are worried that your child may be having difficulties
- What early education
settings and schools can do to help your child
- Assessments and Statements
DCSF also produce
a range of leaflets to help parents called the 'Help Your Child
to Learn' series. These are listed below:
- Getting the Most from
School Reports
- Making the Most of
Time with Your Child
- Making the Most of
Parents’ Evenings
- How is Your Child
Doing at School?
- Formal Meetings with
Teachers
For more see
www.parentcentre.gov.uk/publications
Contact
a Family
This is a national
charity for families with disabled children, providing advice,
information and support to the parents of all disabled children
- no matter what their disability or health condition. Contact
a Family also enables parents to get in contact with other families,
both on a local and national basis.
Help line 080
808 3555 www.cafamily.org.uk
ACE
(Advisory Centre for Education)
ACE has a very
helpful website full of information, for both you and your child.
They have many leaflets for you to download, some of which are
listed below:
- Asking for a Statutory
Assessment
- Getting Extra Help
- Disability Discrimination
- Early Years Extra
Help
- Making a Complaint
- Fixed Period Exclusion
- Permanent Exclusion
- Choosing a School
- Appealing for a School
For more information,
please visit: www.ace-ed.org.uk
Rotherham
Metropolitan Borough Council
www.rotherham.gov.uk
This website provides information on the wide range of Council
Services and Responsibilities. Click on Learning when on
the site for:
- Archives & Museum
- Community Learning
- Early Years
- Education Services
- Libraries
- Reports
- Student support
- Links (to some school
websites)
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