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SEND Early Years - useful links and resources for parents and carers

SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years (Opens in New Window)

Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Local Offer (Opens in New Window)

Norfolk's Local Offer - your one-stop shop for information about special educational needs and disability.

Browse the website to find support, services and advice all in one place!

Norfolk SEND Partnership (Opens in New Window)

Free and impartial support for children and young people aged 0-25 years with special educational needs and disabilities and their parents/carers.

Contact the Helpdesk here

Norfolk Portage Service (Opens in New Window)

Portage is a free home-based visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional needs and their families. Visit Norfolk Portage to find out how the service uses communication tools and observations to understand a child's needs and wishes.

Independent Parent Special Education Advice (IPSEA) (Opens in New Window)

IPSEA is a national charity providing free legally based advice to families who have children with special educational needs and / or a disability.

Telephone: 0800 018 4016

Email: parents@ipsea.net

Website: www.ipsea.org.uk

Family Voice (Opens in New Window)

Family Voice Norfolk is the parent carer forum for Norfolk. They work with (not for) the local authority, health and social services to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities and their families.

Visit the Family Voice website

Contact (Opens in New Window)

The Contact website provides advice and information about any concern you might have about raising a child with additional needs or a disability.

Check it out here

Family Fund (Opens in New Window)

Family Fund has received extra funding from the Department for Education to provide grants for families on low incomes raising disabled or seriously ill children in England this year.

Find out more here

*Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year, the Fund provided 89,101 grants or services worth over £33 million to families across the UK.

Health services for children and young people with SEND (Opens in New Window)

Find services and information HERE

Parents' Toolkit: SEND - BBC Bitesize (Opens in New Window)

SEND resources, activities and support to help you and your family.

Visit BBC Bitesize

SEND e-learning: Introduction to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

This e-learning course has been designed to support the professional development of those who work, or are training, in the field of SEND. It's also a useful tool for parents/carers and anyone interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of SEND.

Please note

You can now access each module of the course individually. You will need to allow approximately two to three hours to complete the course in its entirety.
Once all modules have been completed, the menu page will display this.
Once you have completed the course, you can download a completion certificate for your records
You can also download the course in a PDF PowerPoint presentation format (16,546KB)

Select here to begin

Autism Awareness

Norfolk County Council has co-produced this Autism Awareness eLearning programme with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and the Norfolk Autism Partnership Board. The training has been endorsed by the University of East Anglia.

*You will need to allow approximately 45 minutes to complete the course.