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| Carers | |
|---|---|
| Publication Type: Information | |
| Are you a carer? | This information leaflet published by East Sussex County Council, provides information about organisations in East Sussex that provide information and support to carers. |
| Publication Type: Policy | |
| Recognising Fathers (PDF format) | A research report into the support needs of fathers with disabled children |
| Disabled Children | |
| Publication Type: Guidance | |
| Bullying Involving Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities | DCSF Guidance for schools on embedding anti-bullying work in schools |
| Publication Type: Newsletter | |
| Kites Newsletter Summer 2008 | The family information service newsletter for the summer of 2008 |
| Publication Type: Policy | |
| Fathers and disabled children in East Sussex (MS Word format) | This report considers the extent to which the findings of recent research into the views of fathers with disabled children, is applicable to those living in East Sussex. |
| Disabled Young People | |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Moving On | East Sussex County Council's excellent guide to the transition. Providing an overview of policy and services for disabled young people as they approach the transition to adulthood. |
| Early Support | |
| Publication Type: Information | |
| East Sussex Early Support and Care Co-ordination Scheme | This East Sussex leaflet provides information about the East Sussex Care Co-ordination Scheme and how it can be contacted |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Introduction to the background information booklets (PDF format) | This is Early Support booklet introduces the background information booklets and gives an overview of the way in support for disabled children and their families can be organised. |
| Early Support Family Pack | |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Background information: Childcare (PDF format) | The purpose of this early support booklet is to inform you about the different childcare options that are available to you. It explains where to go to get help with the costs of childcare, how to find childcare services in your area and what a good childcare service provides. |
| Background information: Education (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet contains information about the range of early educational options available to the parents of young disabled children and what types of additional support may be available. |
| Background information: Financial help (PDF format) | This booklet explains how having a disabled child may change your financial situation, and the benefits that may be available. |
| Background information: Health Services (PDF format) | This booklet contains information about access to health service provision. |
| Background information: Social Services (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet contains information about social care services. It gives an overview of the Common Assessment Framework and the type of help and support that they may be able to provide. |
| Background information: Statutory assessment - education (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet gives an outline of the support a child may receive in accessing early years education.It gives an overview of the staged approach to meeting children's special educational needs and the role that statutory assessment may play in identifying, assessing and meeting those needs. |
| Background information: Useful contacts and organisations (PDF format) | This booklet provides details of national contacts and organisations that you may find helpful. |
| Background inofrmation: People you may meet (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet is designed to explain the roles of the different professionals that you may become involved with and will provide a useful overview of the different titles. |
| Introduction to the background information booklets (PDF format) | This is Early Support booklet introduces the background information booklets and gives an overview of the way in support for disabled children and their families can be organised. |
| Early Support: Additional Materials | |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Information for parents - Autistic Spectrum Disorder (PDF format) | This booklet contains information about autistic spectrum disorder, the situations and the typical impact it may have on a young child's development. |
| Information for parents - Cerebral Palsy (PDF format) | This booklet contains information about cerebral palsy; the different ways in which it mainifests itself and the implications for a child's developement. |
| Information for parents - Deafness (PDF format) | This booklet provides information about young children who are deaf; the impact that their impairment may upon their development and the way in which families may be supported to minimise it's impact. |
| Information for parents - Down's Syndrome (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet contains information about young children who have Down's synrome and how it may affect them as they grow older. |
| Information for parents - If your child has a rare condition (PDF format) | There are a great number of children with medical conditions that only occur occasionally. This booklet contains information for parents who have a young child with a rare condition. |
| Information for parents - Learning Disabilities (PDF format) | This booklet contains information for parents who have a young child with a learning disability. |
| Information for parents - Multi-sensory Impairment (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet provides information to parents who have a young child with a multi-sensory impairment. |
| Information for parents - Speech and Language Difficulties (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet contains information for parents who have a young child with a speech and language difficulty. |
| Information for parents - Visual Impairment (PDF format) | This booklet contains information for parents who have a young child with a visual impairment. |
| Health Services for Disabled Children | |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Background information: Health Services (PDF format) | This booklet contains information about access to health service provision. |
| Social care services for disabled children | |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Background information: Social Services (PDF format) | This Early Support booklet contains information about social care services. It gives an overview of the Common Assessment Framework and the type of help and support that they may be able to provide. |
| Special Educational Needs (SEN) | |
| Publication Type: Guidance | |
| SEN Guide for Parents and Carers REVISED 2009 (PDF format) | The new version of the parents guide, updated to include the changes to the SEN Tribunal |
| Publication Type: Information: SEN | |
| Keep Talking Leaflet (PDF format) | This East Sussex leaflet describes the steps available to you if you have concerns about your child's statement. |
| SEN Assessment and the Statement | This East Sussex County Council booklet gives a detailed overview of the assessment process; including how long it will take and who will become involved. |
| SEN Information for Parents and Carers | This East Sussex County Council booklet gives a good overview of special educational needs and how schools and pre-schools are able to meet those needs. |
| SEN Moving up to Secondary School | This East Sussex Booklet outlines the procedures to support the transition from primary school to secondary school for a young person with special educational needs. |
| Specialist Educational Provision in Maintained Schools | This East Sussex booklet outlines the educational provision available at the County's special schools. |
| The Annual Review - information for parents | This East Sussex leaflet outlines what happens at an annual review and the roles of the different people who may be expected to attend the review. |
| The Provision Planning Meeting | This East Sussex leaflet describes the aim and purpose of a provision planning meeting in meeting a child's special educational needs. |
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