OTHER SOURCES OF INFORMATION

DfES

The Department for Education & Skills (DfES) (www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/parentcarers) produces a guide for Parents and Carers. This guide aims to help you understand:

• What Special Education Needs are
• What you can do if you are worried that your child may be having difficulties at, or before, they go to school
• How you can help your child
• What early education settings and schools can do to help your child
• What local education authorise and other services can do to help your child
• Your rights and your child’s rights

The DfES 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

ACE (Advisory Centre for Education)

ACE is a very helpful website full of information, for both you and your child. They have many leaflets for you to look at, 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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Last updated on September 5, 2006